The NEW AT Report

With new colors and a new banner comes a new AT Report! I will be making the blog a little more personal and widespread. Instead of just TV, movies, and music, I'll pretty much talk about whatever I want to talk about. Don't worry, though, it'll be interesting, fun, and AMAZING! Stay tuned for what is sure to be a GREAT blog and summer. As a teaser, here is what's on deck for The AT Report in the future:

• Lady GaGa's "Monster Ball" concert in July!
• Rihanna's "Last Girl on Earth" concert with KE$HA in August!
• Music picks of the week
• Movie reviews
• TV chatter (including, of course, "True Blood" and "Jersey Shore")
• Life updates
• Anything and everything in between

Keep checkin' back!

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Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug

Ke$ha has finally released the video for her third single, "Your Love Is My Drug". Just like Ke$ha, it is fun, silly, dirty, and trippy. It embodies the song perfectly, at least in tone. AND there's a pirate and an elephant!



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Remember This?: "Superhuman" by Chris Brown feat. Keri Hilson

Chris Brown's problems aside, "Superhuman" was an excellent song. Chris Brown's voice is without a doubt great, but Keri sings her butt off on this track. The song was an epic ballad that should have gotten a lot more play than it did. The video isn't much, but seriously, the song makes it worth watching.



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Teyana Taylor Covers Alicia Keys' "Unthinkable"

Star Trak artist Teyana Taylor has posted a video of her singing Alicia Keys' "Unthinkable," and she absolutely KILLED it. I have heard her sing/rap before (see her single "Google Me"), but never like this before. She clearly has talent and needs to get her album released now. She can without a doubt sing. Pharrell needs to get up and put out her album (even if she was on "My Super Sweet 16").

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Lack of Posts

Hey Readers (who probably don't exist)!

I've gotten a few comments lately about the lack of posts. I'm sorry. I've been neglectful and forgetful, but it stops now. I'm going to start updating much more frequently (once the next two weeks are over). Keep checkin back!

In the meantime, read my twitter.

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THE ALEX AWARDS RESULTS!

So, I'm sorry it took so long for me to post the results, but I was being lazy. Anyways, check after the jump for the results!!

Who had the most wins??? Lady GaGa with 4!!!!

BEST SONG

"Poker Face" by Lady GaGa

BEST BREAKOUT SINGLE
"I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry

BEST VIDEO
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyonce

BEST PRODUCTION
"Kids" (MGMT) - Dave Fridman

BEST POP SONG BY A MALE ARTIST
"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz

BEST POP SONG BY A FEMALE ARTIST
"Poker Face" by Lady GaGa

BEST POP SONG BY A GROUP
"Kids" by MGMT

BEST POP COLLABORATION
"Just Dance" by Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis

BEST R&B SONG BY A MALE ARTIST
"Birthday Sex" by Jeremih

BEST R&B SONG BY A FEMALE ARTIST
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyonce

BEST R&B SONG BY A GROUP
"Like Me" by Girlicious

BEST R&B COLLABORATION
"Knock You Down" by Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo

BEST HIP-HOP SONG BY A MALE ARTIST
"Whatever You Like" by T.I.

BEST HIP-HOP SONG BY A FEMALE ARTIST
"Best, Best" by Missy Elliott

BEST HIP-HOP SONG BY A GROUP
"Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas

BEST HIP-HOP RAP/RAP COLLABORATION
"Swagga Like Us" by T.I. & Jay-Z feat. Kanye West & Lil' Wayne

BEST HIP-HOP RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Live Your Life" by T.I. feat. Rihanna

BEST DANCE SONG
"Just Dance" by Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis

BEST GUEST APPEARANCE
"Knock You Down" (Keri Hilson) - Ne-Yo

BEST REMIX
"Hot & Cold (Remix)" by Katy Perry feat. Yelle

BEST SONG OFF OF A SOUNDTRACK
"Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire) by A. R. Rahman

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The Alex Awards 2009!!!

That's right! The 2009 Alex Awards are done and ready for you to vote. This year, we changed it up: we're going green!! All voting is online! Exciting, no? So anyways, I know you're excited to get to voting, but a few tidbits first.

Just fyi, all songs/singles released (or popularized) between May 1 2008 and April 30 2009 were eligible for The Alex Awards 2009 (5th annual). All nominations were my opinions, so if you don't like them, oh well.

The artist with the most nominations this year is Kanye West with 12, followed by Lady GaGa with 10. Keri Hilson and Lil' Wayne each earned 9 nominations. Anyways, have fun voting!!

Check after the jump to vote!!!


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GLEE!

So, I meant to blog earlier about this wonderful show (GLEE), but I have been lazy. Anyways, "Glee" is about a teacher (Matthew Morrison) who is trying to revive the Glee club at his school, despite multiple forces working against him, including the cheerleading coach and the principal. His group of somewhat loser kids are going to train on their way to winning Nationals. The teacher also has help from another teacher who clearly has a crush on him (Jayma Mays from "Heroes" and "Pushing Daisies").

Anyways, FOX premiered the first episode after part 1 of the American Idol season finale. It was AMAZING! It was funny, clever, and musically great. Unfortunately, it won't be back until the fall, but in the meantime, you all should check out the pilot episode, which is currently FREE on iTunes! The show is seriously worth a look! Plus, two songs from the show are available for download on iTunes ("Rehab" and "Don't Stop Believing"), and they too are also amazing. Check it out!

Classic line: "I'm Beyonce. I AIN'T no Kelly Rowland!"

Here is a trailer for it:


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Two Movie Trailers That Have Promise: "Precious" and "Nine"

So I saw two movie trailers in the past two days that have me extremely excited for the movies. This isn't always a good thing, but I think these two movies are going to be amazing! Plus, they will both fare well at the Oscars.

First up: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire. This movie (which used to be called Push) has had buzz surrounding it since it debuted at Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Drama. Star Mo'Nique won the Special Jury Prize for Best Supporting Actress. The film also stars Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, and Sherri Shepherd. Watch the trailer. Trust me!



Next: Nine. Adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, this film promises to have huge costumes, songs, sets and performances. It's going to be fun and dramatic. It's Oscar bait and I will probably love it. As an FYI, it stars Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Peneope Cruz, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, and Sophia Loren. Basically, it's going to be amazing. Watch!



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The Alex Awards are Coming!

So, I can't guarantee when the 2009 Alex Awards will be released (because I have finals and such), but they will be coming in the middle of this month, so look out!

If you have any suggestions for categories or nominations for current categories, post in the comments.

That's last year's picture by the way.

Here are last year's winners.
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RIP Danity Kane

So, as I'm you all know, Danity Kane is officially over. In September, Making the Band 4 showed Diddy kicking Aubrey and D. Woods out of the group. Then, when the show came back in March, we saw that Diddy invited all 5 of the girls to come back, but that only Dawn and Aundrea showed up. After they tried to get Shannon back and waited for a long time, Diddy finally decided to let 4 of the girls out of their contracts (Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon and Aundrea) and to keep Dawn on Bad Boy as a solo artist.

Then, last week, the show had a live finale where four of the members of DK (all except Aundrea) came on and confirmed that they are officially over and that they will not be reuniting any time soon. It was pretty obvious that they didn't get along, especially Dawn and D.Woods/Aubrey. They're all working on their own stuff now, which is a little sad, but I guess we all have to move on.

This week, MTV aired "The Rise and Fall of Danity Kane", which relived the group's life from their formation through their #1 albums until their demise. All in all, for me at least, it was pretty sad. Through their reality show and their fantastic music, I have become pretty attached to Danity Kane and I'm still upset that they have disbanded. It seems like they could've kept it together, but I guess we don't really know the whole reason.

They'll always have a place in my heart (considering they are my #1 most played artist, according to my last.fm and the top two most played songs on my iTunes ("Damaged" and "Show Stopper")). I do hope they reunite in the future, but that seems unlikely.

I am definitely looking forward to what they individually have to offer, but I am afraid that it won't live up to their achievements as a group. We will definitely see.

In the meantime, let's take a moment of silence for my favorite girl group Danity Kane.
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Wow... It's been a long time

Hey all,

Wow. It's been a long time since I've updated my blog. Sorry about that, ya'll. I've been so busy and I have finals this week so I won't be updating too much, but I did want to say that starting Friday, I'm going to try to update at least once a day. I can't promise anything, but that's my plan.

Another post to come in a couple minutes (about what? you'll have to wait and see), so stay tuned.

See you all then!
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What to Listen to This Week

What new songs should you be listening to? Well here are this week's suggestions:

• "Imma Put It On Her" by Day26 feat. Yung Joc & Diddy
• "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" by Pitbull
• "Must Be Love" by Cassie feat. Diddy
• "Change" by Daniel Merriweather feat. Wale
• "What It Is" by Gorilla Zoe feat. Rick Ross & Kollosus
• "Welcome to the World" by Kevin Rudolf
• "I'm At War" by Sean Kingston feat. Lil' Wayne
• "Flight School" by T-Pain feat. Kanye West

They're not all singles, but you should check them out anyways!
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Oh Nicole, What Have You Done Now?

So, Nicole and her dolls (mainly Nicole) released their video for their awful cover of Slumdog Millionaire's "Jai Ho". As I said, this version of the Oscar-winning song is awful and unnecesary. I don't understand why the Pussycat Dolls would do ruin this song. Does Nicole not realize that she's pronouncing "Jai Ho" incorrectly even though A. R. Rahman says it right before her? Why would A. R. Rahman allow them to butcher his song?

That said, the video is pretty good. The Dolls do what they do best, dancing their asses off. The video overall is good. The song also does grow on you unfortunately, though it's mainly due to the original song's brilliance. Song: D-. Video: C+/B-. Original Song: A.

Anyways, here's the video.

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It's Bad Boy!

Two Bad Boy singles leaked today from two artists on their sophomore albums.


The first is Day26's "Imma Put It On Her" featuring Yung Joc & Diddy. It's pretty catchy. It's definitely got that club knock that the boys were looking for. While, I'm not the biggest fan of the band (Danity Kane forever! lol), they stuff they're been releasing is pretty cool. I liked their original first single ("Stadium Music") better, but this is pretty good. Hopefully they'll get more airplay with this one. Their album Forever in a Day will be released on April 14.

Listen/Download Here courtesy of MusicIsTheHeartofOurSoul.com


The second is "Me & U" singer Cassie, with her new single "Must Be Love" featuring maybe-boyfriend Diddy (again). It's OK. Cassie isn't coming on as strong. "Me & U" was my jam and "Long Way 2 Go" was very good too. Then she released "Is It You?" off of Step Up 2 as a kind of single & I loved it. It was so good. But then she came with "Official Girl" and I wasn't so sure. I eventually grew to like it, but it took too long. "Must Be Love" is pretty good, better in fact than "Official Girl", but still, she needs to bring some better material to the table. Her album will be released sometime in spring 2009.

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Btw, Diddy really needs to stop hoping on these songs. Get your own songs Diddy!!!
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Britney Spears' New Video for "If You Seek Amy"

Hey everyone! Britney Spears' new video for "If You Seek Amy" has been released and it is AMAZING! Besides the song being great, the video is amazing. THe concept is cool and the dancing sequences are cool. This is right on par with everything she's been releasing. Keep up the good work Brit! Overall: A



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Some New Music Videos

NEW MUSIC VIDEOS!



Se7en really pulls this one off. The video is really cool, especially compared to the other ones that have been released lately. It is interesting and the song is bumpin'. I love this song. And Lil' Kim is pretty good too. She doesn't seem to be as plastica as she has in the past. Overall: B/B+



This song is definitely growing on me. I never want to play it purposefully, but whenever it comes on I like it. It's love/not-love. The video is pretty cool. It's got that Dreamgirls/60s vibe. Somewhat creative, though not innovative. I respect LeToya and hope she comes out with some better stuff, though this is pretty good as it is. Overall: B-



I LOVE Keri Hilson! "Turnin' Me On" aside (what was she thinking?), she's put out some fantastic music. This girl can definitely sing. Anyways, "Make Love" is great and so is the video. Keri looks beautiful and the cinematography is great. Kanye is cool in this video too for what he is. The video is only a teaser, but still really great! Overall: B+/A-

There's one more video after the jump!


Pitbull - Calle Ocho


Pitbull just released the video for his next single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)". It follows along with his previous single "Krazy" with his new dance style. It's pretty good, but being a Pitbull fan, I might be biased. The video is pretty much standard fare for Pitbull. It's him with some girls dancing in front of a green screen. Still pretty good though. Check it out! Song: B+/A-. Video: C+
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What Should You Be Listening To?

Here are up to 10 new songs that I think you should be listening to:

• "Defend Dale" by Pitbull feat. Casely
• "One" by Fat Joe feat. Akon
• "Them Girls" by Se7en feat. Lil' Kim
• "Dream Big" by Jazmine Sullivan
• "Bartender" by Unladylike (ehh.... It's OK)
• "Love Struck" by V Factory
• "Make Love" by Keri Hilson
• "Zero" by Varsity Fanclub

Check out The-Dream's "Love vs. Money" album too. It's BOMB!!!
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What Should You Be Listening To?

So what should you be listening to this week?

• "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain
• "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel feat. Pitbull, T-Pain, Sean Paul, & Flo Rida
• "Shone" by Flo Rida feat. Pleasure P
• "Cause a Scene" by Teairra Mari feat. Flo Rida
• "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings
• "Day n Night" by Kid Cudi
• "Comfort" by Omarion feat. Lil' Wayne
• "Takin Back My Love" by Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara
• "Bad To Die Bone" by Brick & Lace
• "Boyfriend #2" by Pleasure P

So, I'm trying to pick ten new songs each week. Who knows if it's gonna work out?

We'll see!
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Videos From This Past Week!

VIDEOS!!!

"Blame It" by Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain



Question: Why are Jake Gyllenhall, Forest Whitaker, Ron Howard, and Smauel L Jackson in this video? They don't do anything and they are barely in it.


"Daydreamin'" by DJ Drama feat. Akon, Snoop Dogg, & T.I.

The video's OK, but the song's pretty good!


"Beautiful" by Akon feat. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall



Again, not such a good video, but I LOVE this song!

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