Welcome to Dope & Fresh in the City -- The Industry-Mag's Official Blogger, Ms-MusiQ

Saturday, February 27, 2010

"Do It!"

If you haven't seen or heard Jonny Roxx's new single "Do It", you might want to WAKE UP and peep it now!!



Do It - Jonny Roxx [Produced by T-Nyce]



Ms. MusiQ: Two words for you Mr. Roxx.... HOLY FITNESS!

Friday, February 12, 2010

RIP: Alexander McQueen


I had a few reservations about doing this post because honestly, and from the bottom of my heart, I cannot fathom why someone would go and take their own life. I know everyone walks a different path and life can be unbearably stressful at times but.... to commit suicide?? Such an unnecessary cop-out, in my humble opinion, of course.

Having said that, I cannot deny the design genius of the late, Alexander McQueen. I will not sit here and speculate on what he went through in his life because I was not in his shoes.... I will, however, post up some of his dope designs.







I always give credit where it's due!
Ms. MusiQ... I wonder how my girl Lady Gaga is holding up?! :(

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Grammy 2010 Wrap-Up: Winners



"And the Grammy award goes to..."



Record of the Year
"Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon
[Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer]

Album of the Year
FearlessTaylor Swift
[Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer]

Song of the Year
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Beyoncé
[Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters]

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Halo" - Beyoncé

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Make It Mine" - Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
"I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Vocal Album
The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas

Best Dance Recording
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
[RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers]

Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Fame - Lady Gaga

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
"Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden" - Michael Bublé

Best Rock Performance By a Duo/Group w/ Vocals
"Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon

Best Rock Song
"Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon
[Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters]

Best Rock Album
21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Pretty Wings" - Maxwell

Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group W/ Vocals
"Blame It" - Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"At Last" - Beyoncé

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
"Pearls" - India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Beyoncé
[Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart songwriters]

Best R&B Album
BLACKsummers'night - Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album
I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé

Best Rap Solo Performance
"D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" - Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group
"Crack A Bottle" - Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Song
"Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
[Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson, songwriters]

Best Rap Album
Relapse - Eminem

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"White Horse" - Taylor Swift

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Sweet Thing" - Keith Urban

Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals
"I Told You So" - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis

Best Country Song
"White Horse" - Taylor Swift
[Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters]

Best Country Album
Fearless - Taylor Swift
 
Best Reggae Album
Mind Control - Acoustic - Stephen Marley
 
Best Short Form Music Video
"Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas
[Mat Cullen & Mark Kudsi, video directors; Anna Joseph & Patrick Nugent, video producers]


Congrats to all winners and nominees!

Grammy 2010 Wrap-up: Fashion

*The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*


First of all... Are you guys seeing this? This dress absolutely made my life!! Pass it over Bey! *DROOL*


John Legend and his beautiful lady Christine.


Celine Dion looked very nice!


No bueno Ricky!


MJB was embarrassing some of the younger ladies in this fab dress!


SMDH! Ciara, you tied for absolute worst dressed of the night. The BOOs continue!


Hot look for Jennifer!


Meh....


This one did nothing for me.


A sloppy, greasy MESS!

Nice look for Mrs. Lopez.


I'd wear this on a date, not the Grammys. Did anyone else hate her make-up??


Loved the blue on you Fergie, but I'm still on the fence about that shimmery thing.


Pink, you make the dress look so OFF standing like that! Respect the garment PLEASE! :@


Carrie Underwood looked really good in this flowy dress.


Access Hollywood must have been really hard up for ratings to have this guy co-host with them. Not only was his suit NOT steamed/pressed, but he had THE GALL to repeatedly unbutton his shirt?? *expletive expletive expletive*


Boring. Would've worked if she had a pop of colour....


Ugh..... *Tapping out*


Rihanna ate EVERYBODY'S food with this one!! Hair (which I'm not even a fan of), accessories, make-up and dress were PERFECT!!


You tied with Ciara for worst dress Britney. BOOOOOOOOO!!


Ohh Gaga.... How I love thee! She bought IT!! High fashion DRAMA... Thank you Giorgio Armani!


Katy Perry let me down with this one.


AT first glance, I like this dress but, the more I looked at it, the more it turned me off. Beyonce, you've looked 1000x hotter than this. PS, I really hate how light your hair is right now.

A lovely dress that could've only worked on someone as tall as Taylor Swift.


Heidi... I'm on the fence.


I think she forgot what award show she was going to.... *BASIC*

I really liked this dress but I feel like I've seen it a million times!
What were your thoughts on the red carpet fashion?

Grammy 2010 Wrap-Up: Performances

I can admit this... I'm not happy that both Melanie Fiona and Drake lucked out in both of their categories but, to be nominated at the Grammys is just as BIG an honor as winning the actual award. I'm so happy that Drake had the opportunity to perform..... but, & let's be real, the performance was crap!! Poor ting was bleeped throughout the entire performance. *Tsk tsk*

Here are some of the performances:

Drake, Lil Wayne, Travis Barker & Eminem - "Drop The World" & "Forever"

[I couldn't hear you Drake... SMH]

Jamie Foxx, T-Pain, Doug E. Fresh & Slash - "Blame It"

[I started off laughing from the opera opening... & then it just got awkward.]

Beyonce - "If I Were A Boy/You Outta Know"

[Wasn't impressed.]

Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood & Usher - "Earth Song" [Michael Jackson 3D Tribute]

[Ugh... Why must Usher continue to be so damn extra?!]

Friday, December 18, 2009

Hard or trying a ting?

I've always wanted to know: Since when does being half/fully naked = being a fashionista/fashion icon? Granted, her stylist Mariel Haenn has an AMAZING eye for what's hot but, do I have to see all of Rihanna's business in the process?? Faaaaak!!!


Rihanna Feat. Yung Jeezy - Hard



Ms. MusiQ: As my cousin would say, "I dunno how to feel...."

PS. This was the new joint of the day on 106 & Park.... Chris Brown was also in the studio.
*side eye @ BET*

Conspiracy? I dunno but come one people, stop trying to re-fuel the drama!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

"How You Doin'?"

Don't worry, I didn't forget about you guys!!

I'm still in my vacay state of mind, wishing I was still laying on the beach in the Dominican Republic..... Ahhhhh! The good thing about being back home: the food in DR is CRAP! The bad thing about being home: WINTER!

Anyhow, what's everybody getting into this holiday season? Me, I just wanna see my family and stuff my face (what else is new?)! I'm not really feeling the whole New Year's club vibe but if anybody is having a *DECENT* house party, holla at your girl! :D

..... The reason why I wish I was still in DR:




Ms. MusiQ will be taking regular vacations from now on!

Monday, November 23, 2009

My thoughts on the AMAs

Ok so, I wasn't watching the time and missed the first 15 mins of the show! Now, that wouldn't be so bad if it was the BET Awards but they never rerun the AMAs and I MISSED JANET!! Efffffff! Man, thank goodness for YouTube and WSHH!

Performances:
-I tuned into the AMAs in time to see Shakira's sh*tty step routine performance thing. Moving along...
-Kelly Clarkson performed her record breaking hit, 'Already Gone' and while her performance definately lacked some much needed energy, you can't deny her natural talent. Nice vocals Kelly (but please fire your hair and wardrobe stylists ASAP)!
-I didn't love Carrie Underwood's performance or the song but she just has that thing.... Is it her strong vocals? Her personality? I dunno what it is but I like the girl.
-Jay Z and Alicia Keys had everybody on the feet and sing along to 'New York'. Yeah, the song is MAD catchy, I can admit that and I love the piano intro that Alicia did. I also gotta admit that I would've appreciated it if the Jay stuck to his "All Black Everything" cause that suit choice sucked.
-Rihanna's performance was sooooo SH*T!! POINT BLANK PERIOD. She really needs to stop getting so naked all the damn time, on some real sh*t.
-Lady Gaga, always the original, performed "Bad Romance/Speechless' and broke some glass... Dangerous but HOT! LOL.
-I forgot how good Mary J. Blige sounds live and I liked her performance.... Plus, she looked really good!
-Jennifer Lopez tried a ting with her new song 'Louboutins'.... *Go ahead and laugh. I know I did!* She hasn't performed in nineteen-eleven years and thought it was appropriate come out on stage as a boxing champ and sing THAT song............ WHO TOLD YOU?! PS, I won't laugh about your fall but I will say that your solo dance sequence didn't have the same flare as it use to. Time to regroup mama, I'm just saying!
-*sigh* Alicia Keys.... I really hate it when you try so hard. Stick to swaying your hips and sitting at your piano mama! That little dance session you had with your backup dancer was very ackward & NOT cute! I'm starting to like that, 'Sleeping With a Broken Heart' song but your pitchy vocals will be the death of me.
-BEP should stick to upbeat songs/performances and be easy with those space suits!
-Eminem and 50 seemed maaaadddd out of place to me..... and who told Eminem to do 'Forever' without Drake?
-I didn't expect Timberland to perform tonight so that was a surprise. The permance gets a 6/10 and all because he brought out Nelly Furtado!
-Green Day is hella consistent... Nuff said!
-*side eye* @ this Adam Lambert dude. I'm so off beat right now. I don't know how to feel.....

*Ok so I was able to catch the Janet performance on WSHH. She may look about 30 but she really is dancing with the energy of a 45 yr old these days :(. I liked the music throwbacks but I HATED her outfit. Can someone tell me why she continues to wear these baggy suits with the tight belts around the waist of the jacket?? Anyways, I appreciated her saving 'Together Again' for last... I know that was for MJ <3>

Ms. MusiQ:
What was your favorite moment??

2009 AMA Pics


Shakira look hot in this yellow number. Wrong choice of pumps though.


Leona Lewis, who is your stylist and why are you still paying her? Booties can gwan but, that's about it!


Shante looked good. Didn't like the hair or shoes but that jumper is hot!


This look is a no for me Jenny.


... Just why? Rihanna is taking is "egdy" persona too far.


Looking good ladies!


This one is A LITTLE BIT better than the white outfit.


A good look for our boy Drizzy....


Hey Ne-Yo, nice blazer. Not loving that button up though...


Nice dress Paula, just a little too dressy for the AMAs... In my opinion.


Nice dress Mary... Would've loved the hair if it was darker and not so patchy.


Melody from the Pussycat Dolls came through, looking FRESH!


uGh @ the Black Eye Peas.... *side eye*


Loved Keri Hilson's ensemble but my homie @datchickneeks was right, her make up was TERRIBLE!


I would have paired this outfit with different shoes but Alicia Keys looks amazing!


I'm on the fence with this one. I has potential but it needs a lot of tweeking. Rihanna, I think it's about time you change your hair colour.... It sucks.