Music In Ya Ear!: Rihanna – “A Child is Born”

Rihanna gets into the Christmas spirit with her new reggae-inspired Christmas song, “A Child Is Born.” Christmas is still roughly two months away, but Rihanna had released a snippet of the new reggae-flavoured Christmas song back in September and let me start off by saying that it really got me into the Christmas spirit. It’s a huge change from the usual festive ballads, Rihanna has gone for an upbeat sound on the track.

The song is featured on a compilation album titled ‘Now That’s What I Call Christmas, Vol. 4,’ which was released yesterday (Tuesday, October 12).

The new album consists of 36 tracks, which will be split on 2 discs (No you don’t have to go out and buy two separate albums, they are both in one album).  As for the other tracks included on the album, will include, Lady GaGa‘s “Christmas Tree”, Britney Spears‘ “My Only Wish (This Year),” Christina Aguilera’s “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” Kelly Rowland’s “Wonderful Christmastime” and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”.

Rihanna had also recently announced that the song “Only Girl (In The World)” will be the first track to be taken from her next album “Loud”, which will be released in November.

‘I didn’t want to go backward and remake [2008 album] ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’. I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna,’ she said during a webchat on her official website Rihannanow.com.

‘I’m gonna miss the [2009 album] ‘Rated R’ era too, but NOTHING compares to the album I just made.’

Listen to the song below….

Get into the Christmas spirit by going out to buy, “Now That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 4″ which is in stores NOW!!

Audio via YouTube

Just In: Rihanna’s Law Plus More

Leaked Rihanna Photo Inspires “Rihanna’s Law” Petition…

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Police Department said that they were investigating the where the leak might have come from. STOParazzi is behind the proposed law.

Terry Ahem, the President of STOParazzi, says, “We can no longer tolerate the leaking of private information when an interest turns into stalking.”

So, what does “Rihanna’s Law” state? Well, here it is:

“If a private crime photo is distributed the receipt of money for that act is irrelevant and does not diminish the detrimental effect such public distribution of private crime photos, could have on the victim, the case itself, other victims of similar crimes etc. Just because the person who leaked it may have done it for example, because they were disgruntled or vindictive or even, perhaps, to help the defense, and not for money, per se, should not make it legal.”

Some are also saying that the law will make it possible for organizations like TMZ, who initially released the photo to the public, to face consequences for such a violation of privacy.

Go to Rihannaslaw.com for more information [ don’t if you don’t want to see the picture].

Plus…

Tyrese Gibson and Jadakiss Speak Out About Rihanna & Chris Brown…

Tyrese says, “Although he appears to be really strong through all of this, it’s really taking a toll on his spirit.”

He continues, “It’s really hard for him to focus right now on his music, even though he really wants to.”

Then, rapper Jadakiss had a few words to say as well. “I’m not going to knock him, [because] the whole world is knocking him. You can’t hit females.”

Jadakiss is actually recording a song on his album “The Last Kiss” about the strength of women. He explains, “Its called ‘Smoking Guns.’ Females are real strong. They go through something and hold it in forever. But my song isn’t about physical abuse, its about other types of abuse.”

Well, it’s good to hear some people can appreciate women. I actually really don’t want to hear how upset or distracted Chris Brown is right now. Give me a break.

Last but not least…

Rihanna Goes House Hunting in Hollywood – March 23rd…

Yesterday Rihanna went house hunting in Hollywood. She checked out some houses near Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz. She even looked at Christina Aguilera’s old house [4 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, Devlin Drive] and Jerry Seinfeld’s [3 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms,Sierra Mar Place].

After that, Rihanna seemed to have found her dream-home on the Rising Glen Drive. The house cost about $6.5 million dollars with 4 bedrooms, 4 and a half bathroom mid-century modern. The villa has glass walls that creates the illusion of an indoor-outdoor environment. Of course there is a large pool, outdoor theater, a killer view and a grassy lawn.

In the end she went to look at a $4.9 million dollar mansion that Britney Spears once concidered purchasing on the Sunset View Drive. It has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms with pool and other belongings.

View More Pictures Here.

Source: Ultimate-Rihanna

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Video of the Week

Hi, everyone. I’m Jamie and every Tuesday, I’ll be bringing you a favorite video. This week, I have chosen Christina Aguilera’s cover of a Nina Simone song. Check it out below and let us know what you think of it!