Eva Simons campaign motto, "The Truth Behind Silly Boy" was allegedly stolen from Tripletimexl.com without permission.

The quote was originally used on the last line of: http://tripletimexl.com/the-real-singer-behind-the-silly-boy-demo-intended-for-rihanna-and-lady-gaga/ .

I'm completely perplexed… why would her management visit my page, take a line from my blog post and paste it all over her websites: evasimons.com & myspace.com/evasimons.

Someone from her team must have googled: Eva Simons, landed on my website, and said "hey that's a great line, let's use it for our marketing campaign".

They've got a lot of nerve haven't they?

Here's the funny part, this same management team sent my web host a notice of copyright infringement for posting the mp3, (which caused a 24-hour shutdown of my site).

Why bother… seriously?

People can just Google: "Eva Simons – Silly Boy tripletimexl" and download the song for free!

I'm glad to see that Eva Simons reads my blog…

(mention Tripletimexl.com if you repost this info)

I remember when all the hip-hop websites were featuring Charles Hamilton, calling him the next big thing in hip-hop, and praising his lyrical skill and delivery. What happened?

After a few media incidents, a lot of his die-hard fans have jumped on the "I hate Charles Hamilton" bandwagon.

I think a lot of people are forgetting that Charles Hamilton is linked to one of the strongest hip-hop management teams in New York City, and he's still signed to one of the most profitable record labels in the world. His career is far from over. His lyrical skill hasn't changed, if he was good in 2008 then he's still good now. So what, he got publicly embarrassed. I'm sure you've been embarrassed at one time in your life. Everyone makes mistakes. His public affairs have nothing to do with his lyrical skill.

Where are all the Charles Hamilton Fans?

Let's get into this one, new music from Million Stylez of Sweden. This is a brand spanking video released about 9 hours ago, thanks to Universal Music in Sweden. The video for Million Stylez new single, titled "Love We Deal With", is directed by David Dawoodi, who is best known for his unique advertising spots for Adidas, Playstation, Budweiser and Lexus. This video, which looks like it was filmed on a moderately low budget, contains many great shots with numerous camera angles that showcase the musicians doing a live performance in an empty concrete building. Overall, it's a great video shot by one of the most creative directors in Sweden.

"Love We Deal With"
Artist: Million Stylez
Director: David Dawoodi
Country: Sweden
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/millionstylezonline
Label: Adonai Music/Universal Music Sweden
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQEuoTC1En8&feature=channel_page

As much as I hate to say it, Asher Roth is still a one hit wonder. This shouldn't come as a surprise… "Asleep In the Bread Aisle" was reviewed as one of the worst rap albums of 2009 (according to Pitchfork Media) and with the exception of XXL (who gave Asher Roth an overly inflated album review), every major music critic rated "Asleep In the Bread Aisle" between 2 and 3 stars… out of 5. This is not a good sign for any new artist, especially Asher Roth who was initially given all the resources that he needed to create a timeless album. "I Love College" went platinum after 12 weeks, an incredible accomplishment for a new artist. It's just too bad that the millions of "I Love College" purchasers didn't go out and buy his full length album or his second single.

Lets look at the numbers. According to Soundscan reports, 10% of the people that are purchasing "I Love College", are also buying his debut album. "Be By Myself", his second single, features Cee-Lo of the duo Gnarles Barkley. Even though the song carries a Gnarles Barkley style of rhythm, the millions of Cee-lo fans, that always support his music, completely ignored this collaboration effort. If a record with Cee-Lo can't help a mainstream artist break into the Billboard Top 100, then there's something terribly wrong. The third single, "She Don’t Wanna Man", is currently being shipped out to major radio stations worldwide. It features platinum selling singer Keri Hilson, who, as of last week, currently has a top five smash hit with Kanye West called "Knocks You Down". Now, if Keri Hilson fails to boost an artist into the Billboard Top 50, Top 100, or Top anything, then something is "seriously" wrong.

Asher Roth, as of today, fits the mold of 90's era one hit wonders like: Lou Bega, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Los del Río. He joins those artists by having that one timeless song that's going to be played at parties for the next 50 years. He, like many other one hit wonders, has a song that works in only one setting; a song that can sound out of place if it's played anywhere else.

Now, being a one hit wonder isn't a bad thing, it's actually extremely difficult to become a one hit wonder in today's music climate. One hit wonders have to create a great song, a timeless song, a song that is so big that it overpowers and outsells it's album by a massive percentage.

"I Love College" is a sheer musical accomplishment. It's very difficult for a brand new artist to go platinum off of their debut single in less than three months. It simply doesn't happen to most rappers in 2000's era. So one-hit wonder or not, Asher Roth, and SRC Records have accomplished an amazing feat and deserve all the credit and respect for making music history out of a debut single. The lingering question will be… Is SRC Records more concerned with milking every last penny from "I Love College" than they are in promoting his other great singles from his debut album.

Today, Asher Roth is a one hit wonder, tomorrow… who knows.

Beyonce has just released one of her best videos of 2009, with "Sweet Dreams". This was the first song that was leaked off of the album "I Am… Sasha Fierce", back in March of 2008. After about a year and some change, the video is finally released to the general public. The song was originally met with mixed reviews by many of the international critics that first reviewed it, however, in America it was seen as a potential ground-breaking smash hit. By releasing it in the summer of 2009, Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams" fits perfectly with many of the top singles in the current American mainstream radio rotation including Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow", Jeremih's "Birthday Sex (Dance Mix)", and Lady Gaga's "LoveGame". The timing of this record couldn't have been any better. "Sweet Dreams" is on it's way to become one of the biggest songs of 2009.

Now, the astonishing feat lies with Beyonce releasing six singles from her album "I Am… Sasha Fierce". It's very very rare for any artist in this era to release an album with six hit singles. Beyonce's previous album "B'Day" had a whopping seven singles, something that is absolutely unheard of in popular music. The late Michael Jackson, in his hey day, was creating albums with seven, eight and nine singles; the same goes for Janet Jackson and Bruce Springsteen. But in the 2000's, the era of music downloads, dwindling CD sales, and not to mention… a recession, releasing an album with six or more singles twice in a row is an amazing accomplishment. This album is on pace to sell another 5 million units globally before the year ends.

The video for "Sweet Dreams", is just monumental… there's simply no other way to put it. Beyonce obviously pays homage to other futuristic dance videos that came before it such as Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video, which is known as the most expensive music video of all time. She was also influenced by the innovative fashion designer Thierry Mugler who recently became the main costume designer for her "I Am…" tour. "Sweet Dreams" is now reinvented with the launch of this new earth-shattering video and the newly released deluxe single is going to be a global success. The CD and digital release date for the United Kingdom is going to be on August 3rd 2009.

"Sweet Dreams"
Artist: Beyonce
Producer: Jim Jonsin and Wayne Wilkins
Writer: Rico Love
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Video Director: Adria Petty
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Label: Columbia
Beyonce's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/beyonce
Adria Petty's Website: http://www.adriapetty.com/

This is J-Son's newest video for his single "My Window" (produced by Addeboy vs. Cliff). The background vocals were sung by Yaiya, a Swedish pop singer who is currently prepping the release of her new song, titled "What's4Dinner", which features Eboi. The video was directed by the animation and stop motion wizard Arvid Tappert. Arvid Tappert has produced video clips for many major companies and he's also won dozens of awards throughout his amazing career.
The stop motion team which worked on the video did a phenomenal job in making seamless transitions during the frame by effects. Stop motion videos can be very difficult to produce, yet Gifford Film managed to make those visualizations very look easy.
The chorus of "My Window", which is sung in a similar fashion of Seal (from his album "System"), is about waking up with and knowing that you can accomplish anything that your mind can manifest. This song contains a valuable message about the importance of staying positive and making all of your dreams come true.
J-Son has a new album titled "Never Half Steppin", which is scheduled to be released during September of 2009.

"My Window"
Artist: J-Son
Featuring: Yaiya
Music Producers: Addeboy vs. Cliff
Director: Arvid Tappert
Production Company: Gifford Film
Cinematographer: Hannes Isaksson
Strop Motion Photographer: Klara G
Set Designer: Anja-Lisa Rudka
Compositing: Sam Brandhild, Robert Eskekarr, Claudio Salas
Album: Never Half Steppin
Release Date: September 2009
Country: Sweden
J-Son's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jsonsb
Label: Same Blood Entertainment
Contact: Thierry@Sameblood.com

Watch Addeboy vs. Cliff's "Beep My Beep" on Tripletimexl.com

Addeboy vs. Cliff's "Beep My Beep" is one of the strangest video's I've ever seen. It's so strange, that it's almost brilliant! What do motorcycles, strobe lights and wolves have to do with "beeping" someone's "beep"? Who knows?
I really love the lighting used in this video; everything from the green lasers, the pink sky during the outdoor scene and the four vivid ominous lights that shine behind the thickening fog.
Overall, the best scene in the video has to be the sunset at :50 seconds. The sky looks absolutely amazing throughout that scene.
Addeboy vs. Cliff became international celebrities when they produced Adam Tensta's "My Cool" and "They Wanna Know" from the album "It's a Tensta Thing". They recently went on tour in Los Angeles and displayed their signature sound of electro synths, guitar and frequency filtering. Addeboy vs. Cliff are becoming one of the biggest names in Swedish dance music and production.

"Beep My Beep"
Artist: Addeboy vs. Cliff
Director: Mauri Chifflét
Production Company: Lillasyster Produktion
Cinematographer: Linus Rosenqvist
Producer: Jonas Mattsson
Country: Sweden
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/addeboyvscliff
Website: www.addeboyvscliff.com
Booking: info@addeboyvscliff.com
Licensing: info@lightsout.se

Seven Eight Nine (07/08/09), Happens once every 100 years. So I figured that I should post this incredible funny video about a movie that's based on the childhood question… "Why is six afraid of seven?"

(Because… Seven Ate Nine!)

"Seven Eight Nine"
Writer: Josh Covitt
Director: Ryan Darst
Editors: Josh Covitt and Ryan Darst
Cinematographer: Adam Kauper
Music: Greg Blum
Title: Joe Barry
Voice Over: by Sean Roarty
Actors: Josh Covitt, Michael McGill, Rachel Avery, Bobbie Prewitt, Daniel Gillies, Whit Hertford, Jay Hathaway and Lauren Kesternbaum.
Website: http://www.theattacksite.com/about.php

Here's a new freestyle from Kano aka one of the best rappers in London. Apparently he found (or made) a looped instrumental of Jay-Z's "Death of the Autotune" and decided to speak his mind about the current state of rap music. In Death of Everything, Kano implies that autotune isn't the only thing that's currently wrong with hip-hop. He makes numerous references to the fact that most new artists rely on paying famous musicians to feature on their songs in order to sell records. This track may go over your head, so listen to it more than once.

Download: Download and Share

"Death of Everything (Death Of Autotune Freestyle)"
Artist: Kano
Original Artist: Jay-Z
Sampled: Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky – In the Space
First Premiered: BBC Radio 1xtra
Country: UK
Year: 2009
Kano on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kanorecordings
Label: Bigger Picture Music

Why is Johnsonville Sausage sponsoring the Men's Beach Volleyball Championships? What does sausage have to with Men's Volleyball…. (okay, we'll stop there). During NBC's coverage of the FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Beach Volleyball World Championships on July 5th 2009, Johnsonville Sausage became one of the biggest distractions during the tournament. There were Johnsonville Sausage "key players", The Johnsonville Sausage "big plays", everything was about sausage. Johnsonville was given a higher visibility than other sponsors which included Nike Apparel, Crocs Shoes, and Bud Light. Crocs, as a sponsor, make sense because people wear crocs to the beach. Nike, as a sponsor, makes sense because great athletes wear Nike. Do people eat sausages on the beach?
This isn't the first time that Johnsonville agreed to an interesting sponsorship deal. They recently became the #1 sponsor of the men's American soccer team, DC United. Their new website cleverly states: "Sausage is a grill's best friend". Maybe this will start a trend in the marketing industry; maybe Borders Melon Company will sponsor women's basketball. Maybe Detrol LA (overactive bladder medication) will sponsor Olympic swimming. This can be seen as a great marketing idea, or a poor waste of money. Personally, I think it's a little bit of both.