Remembering The King: 'Human Nature'...

This is Michael Jackson Performing the. one. and. only. 'Human Nature' Live in Japan in 1987. I think it's just amazing that we actually got a chance to see what a real star is...When Michael took that stage everyone would faint..Could you see yourself doing that for any stars now? Especially your 'bust it baby' type artists? I think it was not only his talent that took our breath away but with out a doubt a combination of what he was singing and his talent...The perfect storm

Remembering The King: Did You Know....

The King got down like any of us in the car.... Michael was in Miami in rush Hour Traffic gettin down to R.Kelly's Ignition (R.Kelly this made you look REEEEEEAAALLLLL good) Truthfully doesn't this make you want to go download 'Ignition' from iTunes and act an ass?

Remembering The King: Alien Ant Farm 'Smooth Criminal'

Kiss my ass man this was HOT! (Check the little boy in the yellow shirt act a fool!)

Remembering The King: Beyonce' Sings 'Can't Help It'

This was right after Mr. Jackson passed away. In a show for Philadelphia on her 'I Am' tour Beyonce' reached out to pay her respects for the best to do it...Check it out..

Remembering The King: The Wiz 'You Can't Win"

Produced by Rob Cohen and directed by Sidney Lumet, The Wiz stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor. The film's story was reworked from William F. Brown's Broadway libretto by Joel Schumacher, and Quincy Jones supervised the adaptation of Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross' songs for film. A handful of new songs, written by Jones and the songwriting team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, were added for the film version.

Upon its original theatrical release, The Wiz was a critical and commercial failure, and marked the end of the resurgence of African-American films that began with the blaxploitation movement of the 1970s. The film received four Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Original Music Score and Best Cinematography.

There are a lot of all black cast movies that come and go but 'The Wiz' has to be one of my favorite! Although this one was commercially a failure I think it was the best thing since slice bread when my mother decided to share it with me for the first time....SAU whatcha think?

Remembering The King: Michael And Quincy ....

Hands up and Hands down we all know Quincy Jones is the best producer to ever live, check this rare footage of him with Michael Through out a day in the life of Making the 'Thriller' Video, The first of its kind...Am I the only one that still gets that nervous feeling when I see the Full 'Thriller' Video?...Don't judge me LOL



The second part shows a rare interview with Mike Jacks and Mr.Jones but the confusion of it all is do they really realize its a full boa constrictor on Michael's lap? Why is everyone acting like this was regular?...Gotta love it!

Remembering The King: The Jackson 5 'Can You Feel It'

Played by Black colleges everywhere, & Written by brothers Jackie and Michael, the song featured solo leads by Randy and Michael. Released as a single in 1981, the song reached #77 on the pop charts and number thirty on the R&B charts in United States, but reached number six in the UK and number two in The Netherlands in 1981.

M.I.A. Does GQ Mag...

MIA graces the thin covers of GQ magazine for their July issue...Wearing traditional garments, MIA talks about her upbringing in Sri Lanka,What she wants to wear to her wedding, and growing up without a dad...

'I lived on a street, a dead-end street. There were like seven or eight houses, and then you turn the corner and there was another seven, eight houses. But my whole family lived on the street. So it was amazing. I grew up with about a hundred of my cousins, playing hide-and-seek all over the village and the temples.'

Tears For A Never Forgotten Fear....

I bet most of you are wondering who in the hell are these two white men right?... Well have you ever awoke with a song in your heart? This morning was my morning. As an avid learner and lover of music as a whole, on the surface of my Ipod are the glorious songs of the 60's 70's and 80's where real music rented an apartment and stayed part time. Curt and Roland better known as 'Tears for fears' rocked out with their hits 'Rule The World' and 'Shout' (which are my personal favorites). Outstanding alone, these guys did their part in the 80' to define pop/Rock music.

Often forgotten being that 80's pop music was headlined by then up and coming Madonna, but when music like this gets left behind for the moment being that we're witnessing history in Madonna is that really a bad thing, when now if you get one hit song, most likely the rest that lag behind are your 'auto tune-filled-off-noted- soon-to-be-has-beens'? I mean check this... these guys 'lagged behind' yet and still sold 22 million world wide...think about it

Mostly made up of dead on stategically placed vocals, ''one foot taps', mulletts galore and longlasting beats that pop, Curt and Roland made your melodic ear spark up with lyrics including: " They give you life/but in return you gave them hell/ As cold as ice/I hope we live to tell the tale/.... songwriters and producers alike should bow at the initial hit of the distinct Anthem born material.

Now Although the facial features of tears for fears while singing brought out the fear in us all (LOL). Their stern unison brings a slight nod and a smile to a musical lovers head. Question: If an amazing band came along with serious vocals that you didn't want to admit but brought a slight nod to your head, would you turn away and not support because of the visual aspect that they bring to your eyes, Or would you say fuck it and love the musical orgasm that they bring you?..If not please don't waste your time pressing play on the youtube people

(Extended History)

Songs from the Big Chair became one of the year's biggest global sellers, eventually being certified triple-platinum in the UK and quintuple-platinum in the US (where it remained the #1 album for five weeks in the summer of 1985) before my time..

"Shout" (#4 UK, #1 in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc., "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", (their biggest UK and Irish hit at #2 and another #1 in the US and in Canada)

Lady Gaga: "My Next Album Is Finished"...

As Lady Gaga graces the covers of Rolling Stone Magazine recently, she also revealed that although touring like hell she is finished with her next album...

There are very few details out there about what Gaga's next album will sound like, but she say it's already finished. She's planning to announce the title of the album — due early next year — at midnight on New Year's Eve. "I think I'm gonna get the album title tattooed on me and put out the photo," she said. "I've been working on it for months now, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. It came so quickly. Some artists take years; I don't. I write music every day."

Covering such topics as love and celebrity on her previous efforts, this new album will veer more toward the political. "Why are we still talking about 'Don't ask, don't tell'? It's like, what f---ing year is it? It makes me crazy! And I have been for three years baking cakes — and now I'm going to bake a cake that has a bitter jelly. The message of the new music is now more bitter than it was before," she teased. "Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be."

As growth is always the next topic of conversation when it comes to 'The Next Album', Lady Gaga was the one that stomped her foot in this new techno-pop area of music. Now that it seems to be fading (If only a tad) do you guys think Lady Gaga's next album will define who she is as an artist without a doubt?

(RS)

SAU On The Lawn Spotlight....Broken Bells

Broken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist–producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Portland indie rock band The Shins. The project was first announced on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The pair decided to work together after meeting at the Roskilde Festival, a Danish music festival, in 2004 and finding they were fans of each other's work. It took four more years before the two started working together and by March 2008 Mercer and Burton began recording together in secret at Burton's Los Angeles-based studio. The two describe their material as "melodic, but experimental, too."

But I think this is nice 'full music' (If you will) They have obviously a lot of melodic material but their transitions within their music is very defined...Love it!

Drake Performs 'Find Your Love' On Jay Leno....

[Video] Drake - Find Your Love (Live On Jay Leno)

Drake I don't know about this performance, the entire thing just seemed a bit off to me..SAU whatcha think?

When Eminem Drops, They Support.....

While Drake is sitting at number one right now with his debut 'Thank me Later', Eminem is coming like a force to be reckoned with, playing the number one card, dropping his highly anticipated 'Recovery' Monday. Check what Billboard had to say about the numbers Em is expected to do..
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"Recovery," released on June 21, is headed for the top spot next week with a very large sum. Industry sources estimate the album will rack up the biggest sales week of the year, as the set could exceed 600,000 copies by week's end on Sunday, June 27. There's even the chance it could surpass the 608,000 that Em's last set, "Relapse," started with last year.

"Recovery" is on track to be Eminem's sixth straight No. 1 debut -- and sixth overall No. 1. His only album to miss the top spot was his "Slim Shady LP" debut, which bowed and peaked at No. 2 in 1999.

A damn good look for music right now Congrats to Eminem!

Interview With Eminem....

Arguably the best rapper alive, Marshall Mathers stepped foot on this thing called rap and turned it completely upside down! Selling more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world, but Eminem has never forgotten where he's come from. The academy awards, The grammys,The albums sold is what we're getting to in this interview. Eminem made me step my game up 50x's bringing the big questions out for this one, but everytime I step it up, Eminem Steps it up just a tad higher... and although he's sold everything he could and basically done it all, he is absolutely one of the most Down to Earth motherfuc*ers I've ever met. Check it out...


Ms.A: What an honor it is to have you here at SAU Eminem how are you and how have you been?

Eminem: I have been great and I have been watching this SAU empire grow congrats on all of your success Ms.A!

Ms.A: You know that means a lot coming from you so thank you so much!

Ms.A: So The Grammys, the controversy, the records sold, I want to talk about it all...

Eminem: You got it, that's what I'm here for.

Ms.A: So your of course from Detroit Michigan, but growing up in Detroit, how do you think that influenced you as the rapper you are today?

Eminem: Growing up in Detroit has influenced me a lot, its not easy to make it to 21, let alone be successful coming from Detroit, but we're a hard working blue collar type of people, so that gave me the love and passion for what I put in my rhymes, and the strength to keep going.

Ms.A: Going back to the beginning... getting signed to Dr. Dre, you released the hard hitting 'Slim Shady LP' which made you significantly stand out among the rest, one because rap has never heard a rapper break out the box as you did and two...well..the obvious..Did you think that after the success of your first album, the train would continue and eventually blow up as it has?



Eminem: Ms.A, I could never dream of the success that has come after that album. I wish I could say I knew it was gonna be like this no one knew, but with the good comes an equal amount of bad so I don't see myself as a superstar at all, I feel blessed.

Ms.A: The Marshall Mathers LP which is the fastest selling solo album in history..where were you mentally going into this one?

Eminem: I was scared out of my mind working with Dr.Dre! I also knew that this was my last chance if I didn't make this happen it never was gonna happen being a White male trying to break into an African American dominated business and get respect has an extremely high difficult rate of success, so I knew only had one shot!

Ms.A: Do you think Dr.Dre felt the pressure as well?

Eminem: Hell No! I'm just a white boy from Detroit, his legacy was made with or without me NWA,Tupac little old me was just a blip!

Ms.A: Around the time the MMLP hit, we had your TRL's your 106&parks and other shows that boosted sales and likability of artists, giving them the chance to express themselves on a more global level..now that shows like that are basically extinct do you think artists no longer have a crutch and their music should speak for itself?

Eminem: Well as an artist, a lot of things are taking from under you. We don't have our own music to stand on because it gets taken from us. But of course its hard. I remember when I would go to TRL and Times Square would be shut down and millions of people would watch!


Ms.A: The good old days...

Eminem: Its not fair for me to really say because I'm fortunate to have built a brand in the "Good Ol Days". So the true wonder is how artist like B.o.B come from nothing grind and have the entire world against him to come and deliver 2 hits songs and a #1 record...


Eminem: It comes down to now a days that either you have a hell of a gimmick and a catchy song and you go #1, or you have a rare talent to breakthrough. There's gonna be a lot of good artist that get caught in the matrix and not noticed...

Ms.A: Damn good answer!

Ms.A: So how do you separate Eminem from Marshall Mathers? I saw the click just now but how do you separate the two?

Eminem: Its like when you punch in the time clock for work, when its time to work I become Eminem. When I'm living real life I'm Marshall its simple as that. Now I'm a fan of Beyonce's music and I'm not dissing her at all, but I don't have a persona, I'm not going 'Sasha fierce' and shit I don't want people to think that, but Eminem is just a job nothing more nothing less. Marshall is a man,a good friend,and more than anything a Father.

Ms.A: So with you selling millions of albums, worldwide tours, Grammy's and having the longest running number one in hip hop with 'Loose yourself'..can you relax?


Eminem: I went away for about 4 years Ms.A ,you want me to go again? LOL

Ms.A: Now you know relaxing and leaving are two different things!

Eminem: Seriously, one day I'm just gonna relax and sit down for good. I'm not gonna make a big deal about it, you just wont hear from me again.

Ms.A: Damn, and I'm suppose to just take that?

Eminem: LOL I'm not gonna make a big fuss Ms.A, I came and did what I had to do, and I don't want the farewell tour, I'm just gonna go home and finish raising my kid. I wont be 50 out here yelling 'I'm not afraid'

Ms.A: LOL

Eminem: At that point you damn right I'm afraid....Afraid I'm gonna cardiac arrest on stage!

Ms.A: LMAO!! So on to this new album...April 13th of this year you tweeted there is no 'Relapse 2' but the new album is now titled "Recovery" what can we expect on this one?

Eminem: I hope a lot of music you will like. I'm trying to kill off the accent and just rap. Trying to deliver a good solid album for my fans. There's also a few collabos that people wouldn't expect from me this time around.



Ms.A: like you just stated on this new single 'Not Afraid' you drop the accent and give us a more positive uplifting style of song..does this reflect where you are in life now?

Eminem: It does reflect that I'm sober I'm trying to be a better Dad I'm trying to be a better man! I have evolved but that's normal its time to stop acting like someone and be who I am.

Ms.A: You don't feel your past work is who you were or have grown to be now?

Eminem: It was who I was at the time, but if I would try to act like that now than I would be acting I have grown a lot in the last few years...

Ms.A: Speaking of Growth, the lyrics 'Lets be honest the last relapse album was ehhhhhh'..how do you as an artist get comfortable in yourself to say that about your own work?


Eminem: If you cant be honest with yourself ,than your lost as a human, I read reviews and I heard what my fans said, and they all had the same complaints and that was it. I wanted to let my fans know that I hear them and I listened they deserved that!

(Eminem 'Not Afraid')


Ms.A: All in all is "Recovery' some of your best work?

Eminem: I think its some of my best, but I wont know until my fans hear it and make that decision. I'm not high on glorifying my own work that's not my place.

Ms.A: So I'm going to ask this question but I'm definitely bracing myself... But What is your take on the music industry today?

Eminem: The Shit Sucks!

Ms.A: LMFAO!!

Eminem: We are force fed what radio programmers want us to listen to! Go through the top 10 hot 100 how many songs will be remembered or are even good?

Eminem: Its sad, but you have 1 or 2 good producers putting out good songs and a handful of artist, and when good artist come along we don't appreciate them Leona Lewis' Cd was great, but in America we are so caught up with women who where the whackest outfits I have ever witnessed in my life, but we ignore damn good music? how sad!

Eminem: Ms.A, I was in Europe listening to the popular radio station and 6 artist who came on in a row on the station were Adele,Sia,Leona Lewis,John Legend, U2, and Amy winehouse. What radio station will give you a 5 song set like that?

Eminem: That's why truthfully in about 5 more years only Europeans will have great music and we wont! How many radio spins you think Amy Winehouse gets a week in the U.S Ms.A?

Ms.A: I believe below what she completely deserves! I think Amy Whinehouse set the bar high for a bunch of females but we fell short after she left...

Eminem: Your right! We have fallen short and according to sound scan she got 26 spins all of last week in America. That's a shame with all of the radio stations we have.

Ms.A: SAU let that marinate...

Ms.A:Eminem it was such an honor having you chat with SAU I appreciate it more than you know!

Eminem: Anytime Ms.A thank you for such a great interview. Thanks For the support SAU!

New Music: The Roots 'The Fire Remix' Ft John Legend & B.o.B

Are you guys sleep on 'The Roots'? If so I think you should wake up soon because they are seriously the truth beyond reason. If your a hip hop head then of course there's no need to further elaborate but if not please take a look back at their past work..I love this remix and I love their album 'How I Got Over' and it should be a must buy people...



'How I got over' is so good of an album you'll trip off the first intro..Check it out people...HOT!

The Drakester's Sales Are In....

With Drake being all the hype over the last couple of weeks, hoping to put some spark back into the industry Drake has officially sold 462,989 albums according to Hits Daily Double! While actual album sales are non existent in this day and age, for a new artist to come out and do these numbers is very impressive so congrats to Drake!

let it be known Sarah Mclachlan's Laws Of Illusion came in selling 91,133 which is awesome being that I didn't see much promotion..did you guys? If you guys on my blog aren't that familiar with Sarah....



remember now?

Amy Winehouse's Impromptu Duet With Father.....

Could Amy Winehouse be feeling the bug of performing again? Well maybe that's a bit much to assume for now, but on Father's Day Ms. Winehouse joined her dad on stage for an impromptu performance as a "surprise Father's Day gift". Mitch Winehouse sang at the closing night of legendary venue PizzaExpress' Pizza In The Park in London on Father's Day and daddy's girl Amy joined him to sing four songs, which reportedly included 'Fly Me To The Moon' and 'Girl From Ipanema'.

The pair were reportedly in high spirits as they performed the evidently unrehearsed duet, with Amy, 26, fondly rebuking Mitch for singing over her.

I don't know about you guys but when Amy's first album 'Back To Black' hit the scene it was something needed at that point in music...Amy that point is here again..

(Amy and boyfriend----->)




(Belfasttelegraph)

Ne-Yo Performs Beautiful Monster ...

Ne-Yo Perfoms Beautiful Monster! from Melo on Vimeo.

Growing on you guys yet?

New Vid: J.Cole 'Who Dat'

I've been hearing a lot about this J.Cole guy who is Jay-Z's new artist but before I say my piece...SAU y'all checkin for this one?

WWE Raw Recap...By Ryan

...And out to start the show was Vince McMahon strutting out on stage. It's 1994 all over again with McMahon doing his throaty "Welcome everyone to Monday Night Raw". He started off the show by saying there is only one person to blame for last night and that is Bret Hart. McMahon believed him firing Wade Barrett and sending the NXT Rookies packing, set off a chain of events. Hart being injured on Raw last week was no excuse to no-show the PPV Mcmahon thought. Hart didn't hire extra security or inform the WWE wrestlers that another invasion could be coming, so Vince says everything is his fault.

McMahon paused and said as a result of this chaos, he is relieving Bret Hart of his duties as GM of Raw. "In other words, Bret, you're fired," he said. McMahon smiled and said it gives him closure. He then went on to say that he had a real big announcement that the new Raw GM has been hired but will remain anonymous. The first match that the new General Manager of Raw made was a main event for the World Heavyweight title John Cena Vs Sheamus with Vince McMahon as the special guest ref.



Evan Bourne Vs Chris Jericho

This was another good match between these two the perfect follow up to there great match on Sunday night at the PPV. Jericho and Bourne went at it for nearly 10 minutes it was a hard fought match with several near pin falls by Bourne but Jericho pulled it out with the codebreaker and scored the pin.





Tamina VS Natalya

After a back-and-forth opening to the match, the NXT Rookies suddenly walked out through the crowd to interrupt. Wade Barrett then grabbed a mic and said they just want to apologize nice and clean. Kidd wanted nothing to do with that and tried a flip dive onto the Rookies ringside. The Rookies proceeded to beat down Kidd and leave HD out cold ringside to proceed with their "heartfelt apology" that went as so...


The Great Khali and Eve VS Primo and Alicia Fox

Khali and Primo set up to start things off, but Primo tagged out to Alicia, which meant Eve had to tag in. Eve and Alicia traded offense, then Alicia cut off Eve and began a methodical attack. Alicia tried to set up a corner attack, but Eve cut her off and hit a top rope moonsault. Primo broke up a pin attempt and apparently re-entered himself into the contest. That meant Khali had to tag in. Primo begged off and dropped down to both knees. He then came to his feet and tried a forearm, but Khali shook him off. Meanwhile, Alicia took off to the back with her title, wanting no part of this. Khali chopped Primo, then gave him a big Punjabi Plunge for the pin and the win. Primo sold it as if he were a body outline at a crime scene. Eve and Khali then danced to conclude another awkward pairing for Eve following Chris "pec dance" Masters.


John Cena VS Sheamus



The match started quickly with both wrestlers trading blows before they cut to a commercial break.Once back from break Cena landed body shots, but missed with a corner attack and ate the ringpost. Cena slowly rolled to the ring apron as Sheamus slowly came to his feet. Sheamus missed with a running knee strike, but he cut off Cena in the ring with a running clothesline. Meanwhile, Lawler speculated who the new Raw GM is. Sheamus continued a nice, methodical attack on Cena, who kept selling the effects to build to that inevitable comeback.

Cena tried the AA, but Sheamus raked the eyes and hit the Irish Curse backbreaker for a two count only. Sheamus regrouped, then tried his Outsider's Edge drop, but Cena slipped out and immediately countered with the STF. Sheamus teased a tap out, but eventually grabbed the bottom rope for a break.

Sheamus rolled to the floor and Cena tried to follow but than Suddenly, the NXT Rookies hit the ringside area and cleared Sheamus, who took off running into the stands. The Rookies then grabbed Cena and pulled him to the outside. McMahon watched as the Rookies dumped the announce table onto Cena, ending his night ouch!. McMahon walked over to the Rookies and surveyed the scene with them, showing approval. McMahon then walked into the ring with mic in hand and told the Rookies to leave Cena alone. McMahon asked if Cena's still breathing, then he asked the Rookies to walk into the ring. A smiling Mcmahon yelps "these extraordinary athletes," which drew boos. McMahon said he can't take full responsibility, but he can take partial responsibility for all their actions against Lawler, Cole, Hart (especially), and Cena. He asked for a round of applause for himself. He then said it's been interesting this week, but next week, the new GM will reveal something.

McMahon paused and stared down all of the Rookies, who were glaring at him. The crowd just yelled, not knowing how to react. McMahon then smiled and said they almost had him for a second. He said his life flashed before him. McMahon endorsed Barrett before some in the crowd chanted, "Daniel Bryan." McMahon laughed, paused, and said this is just about it. Let's call it a night. Suddenly, the Rookies circled McMahon again. McMahon shot them all funny faces as the Rookies remained standing in place.


Suddenly, they all jumped McMahon and beat him down in the ring. They fed McMahon to Tarver, who landed a big knock-down clothesline. Barrett then gave McMahon his big slam finisher and McMahon crumbled to the ground. Barrett called for the 450 Splash and Gabriel went up top before staring down at McMahon. He took his time before nailing the 450 Splash on McMahon. The Rookies stared down at McMahon, then Barrett told them to leave. The crowd chanted, "NXT, NXT" as the Rookies left the ring satisfied with their work. They cut back to a shot of McMahon motionless in the ring. The cameraman shooting the shot of McMahon dropped his camera and called for some help out here. They cut back to a shot of McMahon out cold on the mat as the show ended..Good show Universe?