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)

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

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

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.

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"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

Watch Drake's "Best I Ever Had" on TripletimeXL.com

This may be one of the few times you'll hear me mention Drake on this site, unless he continues to work with skilled seasoned video directors like Kanye West (yes I said it). Kanye West needs a lot more credit for his artistic talents, especially when it comes to videos, he never disappoints. I've read a lot of negative reviews on Drake's "Best I Ever Had" video (which was directed by Kanye West) from people that simply aren't Drake fans and that are greatly overlooking the brilliance of this video. You can hate the artist, but, don't hate the video. You can hate the director, but do not hate the video… because the video is amazing. Starting from the opening shot which sets the scene of a high school gym with raining confetti and a basketball team made up of "video models" running in slow motion in a comedic, yet sexy way, which pays homage to the slow motion effects used in the television series Baywatch. Kanye West made the video classy, and humorous throughout the entire way, by including a storyline of a girls basketball team that cares more about looking good for their coach (Drake) then they do about winning. This video is sheer entertainment. It's a creative concept that allows the hired music video models to be utilized as actresses instead of dancing props (like in other rap videos). The fictional school in the clip is named after Drake and it pays a slight homage to the real Drake University. The team that they're playing against are suppose to resemble the multi-championship winning Bishop Ford Academy in Brooklyn, New York, and Kanye West made sure to include multiple shots of the team banners hanging on the wall.
One common complaint from online critics is that the song has nothing to with the video and vice versa. My question is, why should it? Did any Brittany Spears music videos have anything to do with her songs? No. Did any P. Diddy music videos (other than "I'll be missing you") have anything to do with his songs? No. Were all those music videos brilliant… yes (with the exception of a couple flops). It takes a large amount of skill to take a song and make a video piece that is five to ten times bigger than the original song; and Kanye West achieved this feat with this video.

"Best I Ever Had"
Artist: Drake
Director: Kanye West
Setting: Bishop Ford Academy, Brooklyn, NYC
Album: Thank Me Later
Country: Canada/USA
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thisisdrake
Label: Young Money/Universal
Booking: booking@bryant-management.com

Watch Devlin's "London City" on Tripletimexl.com!

This is the video for Devlin's new single "London City", which is produced by Kraze and directed by Digital Dan. The song contains a sample of Utada Hikaru's "Passion" (also known as "Sanctuary") from the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack. The video, which features cameos from Ghetts and Griminal, is an artistic masterpiece. It is by far one of the best new music videos of 2009, and it'll definitely be remembered as one of the greatest low budget videos of the decade!

"London City"
Artist: Devlin
Producer: Kraze Productions
Sampled: Utada Hikaru – "Passion" (Kindom Hearts)
Director: Digital Dan
Cameos: Ghetts & Griminal
Location: London, UK
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/devlinot
Label: O.T Recordings/J. Clarke Enterprise

Watch Major Lazer's "Hold The Line (Remix)" on Tripletimexl.com!

This is the official video for the amazing remix of Major Lazer's "Hold The Line," from the album "Guns Don't Kill People… Lazers Do".  The video contains exclusive clips from some of Henok's live performances. You're going to love this!

"Hold The Line (Remix)"
Artist: Major Lazer (Switch & Diplo)
Featuring: Henok Achido, Santigold, Mr. Lexx
Album: Guns Don't Kill People… Lazers Do
Year: 2009
Henok Achido on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/henokachido
Major Lazer on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/majorlazer
Record Label: SSC/Mad Decent
Booking: TheSecretSocietyClub@gmail.com

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really don't like this video. It's too American! Seriously… I love listening to Swedish rap because it's usually progressive, creative, different, avant-garde, and rebellious. This video just doesn't take me anywhere that I haven't been before. It's sounds very reminiscent of 2001 to 2003 Hip-Hop Club Songs and the video looks like something that I've seen before. Plus, where's the lyrics? Tensta? Eboi? What happened on this one? Lazee had the best verse out of everyone on this song. The whole record seems like it was rushed.

Now this is suppose to be Kartellen's big summer hit of 2009, and it probably will end up being their big summer hit of 2009… overall, it's probably one of the most marketable records that I've ever heard from Kartellen. I hope this record does really well over there in Stockholm. I just can't deny the fact that this record simply doesn't live up to the great Swedish dance rap records like Adam Tensta's "Dopeboy" & "My Cool"; Lazee's "Rock Away"; Paragon's "Aavisst"; and Henok's "Pusher" and "Can I". I wish the record had a stronger foundation of meaningful lyrics instead of "have fun and party". Freeway and Memphis Bleek already mastered the art of "have fun and party" music. I gotta hear something more progressive. So I'm just voicing my opinion on this one. I'm sure that some people will feel the same way.

I'm going to continue to support Kartellen because their music is simply getting better and better, I just hope their next single is a bit more thought provoking and ground breaking.

"GÃ¥ Loss"
Artist: Kartellen
Featuring: Lazee, Adam Tensta, Eboi, J-Son, Glaciuz, and MOFO
Director: Mikadelika
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Year: 2009
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kartellen

This is brand new music from TN who is, by far, the best rapper in all of Massachusetts. Lyrically there just isn't any competition out there. If you've ever been to Massachusetts you'll know that there really isn't a scene for hip-hop. There's thousands of rappers yet, there are zero major record labels in Massachusetts, and almost every rapper in the state has a day job. As the saying goes "No one is eating off rap music in Mass. And if someone says that they are, they're lying." TN's been jumping around from venue to venue playing shows with everyone from Canibus to Akrobatik. He had the crowd going nuts at the Middle East in Cambridge last week, and he recently got a standing ovation in Allston at the Harpers Ferry. His unique vocal presence and delivery is what separates him from all the other new rappers out there. He carries this unmatched intensity on every verse and he's often compared to a young 50 Cent, or a late 90's Busta Rhymes. He knows that he's one of the best rappers out… you can hear it in his voice. I've been told that this song is just an early taste of the numerous freestyles that are coming. You may have heard this beat before but you haven't heard it flipped like this. Let's get into one of the biggest freestyles of the 09 summer, TN… "You better know now".

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"You Better Know Now (Freestyle)"
Artist: T.N.
Producer: Red Spyda
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tnfromthema
Booking: truenem@yahoo.com