I have something Positive to say about Miss Be-Yawn-Ce:
Her newest videos premiering in anticipation of her re-release of B-Day, her moderately (in Ms. Knowles standards) received album which was plagued with criticisms of being rushed and anti-climatic. However, the new songs that will be included on the deluxe edition are definately an upgrade from its first incarnation. Even more of an improvement has been made on the videos--Beautiful Liar with Shakira and Upgrade U with (is he really or are they just faking it) boyfriend Jay-Z being the first to debut. The flow of the videos is alot more tolerable than what we got from Deja Vu and Ring the Alarm and most evident for me at least was the involvement of a choreographer. *I was just beginning to like the random mashup of dance moves from the last 6 decades--I mean the girl mixed Josephine Baker, Bobby McFerrin, James Brown, and Elaine Marie Benes from Seinfeld.
Over the last few days we've learned alot about the children that call Diddy, Daddy. First, they don't do myspace. Second, they love to dance and dance. Third, they are well taken care of financially. Now, we got pictures of Diddy's first born (and second oldest--yes it sounds Jerry Springer-ish, it's supposed to), Justin, up in the club getting lap dances. Or so we have been led to believe.
It's funny how we only want to believe the worst in people and therefore jump to conclusions, but let's examine these pictures carefully. First, the boy isn't in a strip club! Too many FULLY CLOTHED people around for these pictures to be from the floor at Body Tap. Also, where's the money. No matter how famous your daddy is, if you ain't making it rain, hoes aren't going to pay you any mind. Strippers are working, and they are gonna go where the money is, not the camera.
All that's not to say, he's not in a club. He's almost 13. There are plenty of teeny bopper clubs out there, especially in New York, that cater to the foolishness that the kiddies want to participate in these days. Philly cats, think Shampoo. Any for all of those people that act like they were so innocent when they were 13--just because camera phones were invented back then doesn't mean that the memories of you droppin it like its hot are ingrained in someones mind somewhere.
Second, those aren't grown ass woman, as sooo many bloggers and gossip columnists have been inaccurately reporting. Justin is at that age when he can be expected to be shorter than his female counterparts so you can't judge the fact that these women seem to be dorfing him as a sign of age superiority. Plus, look at their faces! Yes, they are cute but in them is a sort of immaturity that can be associated with junior high girls. I'm willing to bet anyone that those girls aren't over the age of 17, and most likely 15 or 16. Today, girls are known to be more curvacious than in previous generation. When I was in the 7th grade, a few girls were wearing D cups comfortably.
Lastly, let's not put all the blame on Diddy. We all are guilty of acting differently when are parents aren't around, whether it's sexually or aggressively. So, he got caught on camera? Is he really doing something that you haven't or at least thought about--bumping and grinding with an attractive partner? Plus, let's think about the state of pop culture and the product the music industry markets towards kids Justin's age: Pretty Ricky--we all know what they be talking about in "Hotline", and we still take our 14 year old daughters, sisters, cousins, and nieces to their shows; Omarion--his first song post B2K was an analogy between his initial and an orgasm; Marques Houston--goes on the prolific teeny bopper Scream Tour talking about "Let's Get Naked" performing in nothing but a towel. Nelly Furtado performed her hit single, "Promiscuous Girl" for the TEEN CHOICE AWARDS which had previously been hosted by famed amature porn start and all around talentless whore Paris Hilton; Ciara, whose signature move is poppin it--on a car, in the streets, in the rain, in a dress...; Lil Bow Wow, who decided he would show the world he's grown up by airing his sexual expoits with ex-girlfriend Ciara during a radio interview.
Now if anyones to blame, its them!
*Misa Hilton, mother of Justin and Diddy's ex-girlfriend, had this to say to New York's Hot97 with Miss Info:
1. This (lapdance) happened at a teen party in New Jersey. *I told you!
2. Neither Diddy nor Misa were there and do not condone the behavior at all.
3. The security team that was with Justin that night has been fired because of their negligence BUAHAHA! That's what they get. Misa said: "It's so crazy. These teens think that it's nothing, like it's dancing. But this is big problem for Justin. Real big. I don't play that at all!" Get 'em mom!
Long time, no see. It's been about 3 months and soooooooo much as happened.The funny part is that with all the flurry of activity we have been distracted from our mission of distracting you. We hope you aren't too upset with us.
So, you might be wondering what we've been doing since November...
1. The Howard Insider is now functionable. Check out some of our articles and posts. Interviews and podcasts are on their way in the next few weeks.
3. Joi has been designing her butt off. Between the super clique and other clients'myspacepages and a few other websites, she has been literally burning the candle at both ends.
4. Let's not forget Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years
5. Oh, and fighting with some freshmen on the myspace forum. *Lord, the little one's are so misguided*
But anyways we're back. Look forward to a less productive, but more entertaining work week!
As mentioned about two weeks ago, Blogger sucks. Because of the down...errrr...upgrades to the system, The Howard Insider has chosen to move to the more adaptable Wordpress. With this change has come some unexpected hick-ups and therefore delayed the release date of the the winter issue. However, check back with us and keep an eye out for an email announcement in the next couple of days.
