Victoria Beckham Hates ‘Me Julie’

Victoria Beckham is not a desperate woman. She will not pose naked or resort to other means for the sake of getting to No. 1 in the charts.

Mrs Beckham, who posed on a bed covered in diamonds for a British men’s magazine somewhere around last year, has had considerable success with her solo career, although she’d would’ve liked to have the kind of success Emma or Mel C has achieved, but she insists there’s only so far she’d go to notch up sales of her sounds.

She told Newswatch, “I am not one of those celebrities who will do all of those men’s magazines. I like to think I will succeed in music without having to take my clothes off. I couldn’t do that Demi Moore thing — sit there in my knickers and let it all hang out. I do it at home, I mean look at me, I’m five months pregnant.”

Ali G and Shaggy’s ‘Me Julie’ added the coffin to the nail for Victoria’s current state of mind.

“I heard Ali G’s single the other day and I thought it’s time for me to take a rest. I’m going to go home and let the music industry do what it wants for a bit because I’m not going to be involved if people are buying that crap.”

Oh well she can afford do that. She doesn’t really need the money now does she?

Check out the entire Beckham clan at her fabulous site: www.victoriabeckham.mu

‘The Hindu Times’ Rockers Slam US Rock Scene

Noel Gallagher has took a diss at US rock bands, saying it has no soul!

Speaking to MTV.com recently, the mouthy Beatles fan described the state of the current US rock scene as “as bad as it’s ever been.”

However, one or two bands did escape his wrath. “I think that if we take Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Strokes out of the equation, American rock music is as bad as it’s ever been, really,” Noel reasoned, explaining, “There’s a lot of unshaven grown men in shorts with skateboard trainers singing about the blackness of the future. I find it has no soul. They should all have a shave and they should all put on trousers and they should all take their masks off and they should all go and listen to The Beatles and then they should come back and make some proper music.”

Noel also defiantly said that he and his Oasis bandmates had no intention of changing their spots and are still dedicated to producing 100% rock ‘n’ roll.

“We ain’t changing for nobody,” he stormed, reasoning, “If we suddenly went hip-hop and stuff like that, people would just – my fans, I couldn’t even look them in the face again. We believe in rock and roll! Not in the KISS sense, you know, not in a cliched sense. We believe in the power of guitars and amplifiers. That might sound a bit cheesy to people. If you want progression, go listen to Radiohead. But if you want to actually feel your fucking pants flapping, go and see an Oasis show. We believe in it, man, because we’re not fakers. We weren’t faking it in ’94, and we’re not faking it now.”

Oasis are scheduled to release ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ on June 17th, the second single to be yanked from their ‘Heathen Chemistry’ LP, which follows on July 1st.

Jamiroquai To File A Lawsuit

Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay has vowed to sue the man who he alleges head-butted him in the face.

The singer, who claims he did not attack photographer Alan Grisbrook, says he was assaulted as he left the London premiere of the new Star Wars film early last Wednesday morning.

“He’s not going to get away with it,” he told a UK tabloid. “I’m going to take action. I’ve already given the police a full statement about what happened. I’m furious.”

Kay also alleges that the photographer kicked his brand new car — a dark blue Bentley Arnage T — and says Grisbrook should be punished for the damage caused.

As reported yesterday, a police spokesperson confirmed that two males had made “contradictory allegations” of assault against each other.

Destiny’s Child Go Gospel With Hopes To Inspire All

Destiny’s Child have said that they were determined to refer to God in their songs, despite ridicule from some quarters.

“We were praising God and acknowledging Him even when every other R&B group were not,” Beyonce Knowles told a web-zine, “I remember some people were like ‘They talk too much about God, they talk too much about God.'”

“We were getting that but we didn’t care,” the singer recalled, explaining, “We try to live our lives as Christians and we acknowledge Him in all we do.”

The trio’s Michelle Williams recently released a solo gospel album, ‘Heart To Yours’, with the full support of bandmates Beyonce and Kelly Rowland.

“When we first met Michelle I remember her saying she was gonna do a gospel album,” Beyonce recalled, reasoning, “That’s what she was doing before she got in Destiny’s Child. Now she’s getting the chance to do that and bless the world and hopefully inspire a lot of people out there.”

On the subject of negative comments from ‘haters’, the girls said, “God has bigger and better things for us.”

Janet Jackson’s Caught Kylie’s Fever

It’s been reported that Michael Jackson’s lovely kid sister, Janet Jackson’s next album will mark a drastic change of style.

According to fansite www.janet-love.com, the ‘All For You’ star is now planning to embrace Europop, as opposed to her usual R&B sounds. The reason?

Well, apparently, insiders say that Janet’s currently obsessed with Kylie Minogue’s last album, ‘Fever’, which features the worldwide smash single, ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’.

So enamoured is Janet by the Aussie popster’s hugely-successful album that she’s reportedly given all her friends plus long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis copies, to let them get a feel of which musical direction she wants to take. According to a source, Janet wants to do something “edgy and experimental.”

Janet’s upcoming album is expected to be released next year.

Paulina Rubio – The Next Jennifer Lopez?

She’s hot. She’s Latino. She has been dubbed as the Latin Madonna for her way of dressing and performing on stage and she isn’t Jennifer Lopez. Her name’s Paulina Rubio and chances are, you’re going to be hearing a lot more from this fine lass. Steadily climbing up the US charts she is with her debut offering in English, entitled ‘Don’t Say Goodbye’.

Going all the way to the top slot on the Billboard’s Top Latin Albums with her Latino offering, ‘Paulina’ a while back, she hopes to repeat the same success she had, singing in English this time. With all plans set to release her first English language album, ‘Border Girl’ in the States come 18th of June, the 30 year old pop star and former Mexican television actress says that the LP will feature 13 tracks and it will be spiked with hip-hop flavor and other types of rhythms.

The striking singer who looks somewhat like Penelope Cruz, if you ask me, topped the Spanish-language offshoot of People magazine, People en Espanol’s list of the “25 Most Beautiful” Latin entertainers recently.

“Paulina is not only beautiful and sexy, but she has that star quality that will certainly put her on the map. She is destined to be the next breakout performer” said People en Espanol’s managing editor Angelo Figueroa in a statement.

I’ve heard Paulina’s track a couple of times on the radio and if you’ve liked the kinds of hits that Jennifer Lopez spins out, then you’re bound to like hers.

Check more of her out at her official space on the WWW at: www.paulinarubio.com

Simon Cowell On Why He Had To Give Darius Up

Simon Cowell has been giving his side of the story lately to all who’d listen on why he decided to drop ‘Pop Idol’ runner-up Darius Danesh and watch him get snapped up by rival record company, Mercury.

Speaking to the press, the BMG big shot became conscious over time that with Gareth and Will on his books, his time with Darius would be restricted in concentrating on establishing him as an artist.

He also admits that he’s a pretty big fan of the crooner. “I like him a lot. Plenty of a-lots and I would’ve liked to give him a contract that he deserves no doubt. We met several weeks ago and I was very honest with him. I said ‘Look, if you want to, we’ll do something with you.’ But Darius is very smart and sweet and he knew he was going to a third priority when it comes to Will and Gareth. His manager told me Darius was afraid that he wasn’t going to be a primary concern of mine and he’s right. Definitely not when I’ve got to nurse Will and Gareth right? So there.”

Not surprisingly, for Darius, a lot of labels were obsessed on getting their hands on him and soon, as reported earlier on Pop-Music.com, decided to bond with the good people at Mercury Records.

Kylie’s Hopes Are Crushed

Just when hopes of reconciliation was on Kylie Minogue’s mind last week, it appears that her former boyfriend James Gooding has gone back to his old womanizing ways again.

James looked glum when he turned up solo at the Star Wars premiere but his eyes lit up when he met his best friend-turned-lover Edith Bowman at the after party. This is in accordance with the papers.

According to onlookers, they looked close and disappeared for an hour and a half. James raised eyebrows when he openly flirted with Edith during ‘An Audience With Kylie’ last year.

Friends say Edith is the only reason Kylie and James split.

Do us a major favour Kylie. Please tosh James away. You clearly can get any man you want. Being single is so much fun anyway. If he’s cheated on you before, there’s no telling he’s not going to do it again and this, Kylie, will break your heart even more and it’s going to hurt a whole lot.

P Diddy Invented The Remix

P Diddy’s latest album has already found its way into all proper music stores in the States. Hot on the heels of remix CDs from J-Lo, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Destiny’s Child, the rapper is hoping to cash in with ‘P Diddy and Bad Boy Present… We Invented The Remix.’

P Diddy doesn’t hold the copyright on the remix concept but he reckons he deserves major recognition for the idea, mainly because of what he feels, saying “We started this kind of formula of remixing records where we do the whole record over. The first record I ever produced was a remix. So it was like a natural thing for me to drop a remix album.”

The 14-track album features collaborations with the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Busta Rhymes, Usher, Ashanti, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott and others.

The album is due for release in the UK on the 27th of May so look out for that because you just know it’s going to be awesome.

Land And Water LLC Looks To Revitalize An Art Form: The Birth Of L.A.W Record

Land And Water LLC, a comprehensive entertainment company based in New York City, announced on Wednesday that it would be launching an independent record label, called Land And Water Records. According to Robert E. Villanueva, Vice President of Business Development at Land And Water LLC, “the label has been created to pursue a vision where barriers to entry are removed and replaced with a universal common ground for the expression of creativity and imagination.”

Land And Water LLC www.landandwaterllc.com will be launching Land And Water Records www.landandwaterrecords.com on May 31, 2002. Private investors back the independent record label, often referred to by the “L.A.W” acronym. The company will be based in Washington Heights, New York City.L.A.W Records will be focused foremost on the Rap genre, making Washington Heights a seemingly ideal setting. Washington Heights is the home of many early 1970 graffiti pioneers, most notably “JULIO 204” and “TAKI 183.” It is land marked by one of the first Hip-Hop clubs in the country, The Audubon Club, and the neighborhood where members of the High Times Crew shocked the media, when arrested for break-dancing in the Subway back in 1980. Hip-Hop pioneers in Washington Heights have contributed immensely to the culture, with its own code of behavior, slang, and esthetic standards.

“Having been raised in this community, a community that’s played such an integral role in the establishment of Hip-Hop mores and traditions, it’s a natural progression for our company to base its operations in Washington Heights,” said Rene Marcano, a Brown University alum, and Vice President of Land And Water Records.

The first release from Land And Water Records will be a Single by the “other-ground” group ‘Krimzon’ (Anebawk and Modtrikz). The Single will include two electrifying and emotionally charged recordings, “Live Wire” and “Every Ghetto Got.” L.A.W Records will release the 12″ Single, with guest vocals and production by Al-Shid of Bigger Picture Productions, on June 11, 2002. Other singles will follow shortly thereafter. The Krimzon Album, “Le Sacrifice” (Creole translation of The Sacrifice) is set to drop Fall 2002.

Land And Water Records will embrace the Internet as its primary communication media. The website will add visual life to the labels name, provide its fans with unparalleled access to and interaction with the label’s ground, and in essence, manifest its liberation for users of this digital community.