SOCIAL WRITERS: The Worse Moments In Music For 2010

Keri Hilson's 'The Way You Love Me' Music Video

'Good girl gone bad' went wrong for Keri Hilson with her raunchy music video for 'The Way You Love Me'. SMH!

Cher Lloyd

Cher Lloyd, the mini Cheryl Cole you love to hate with her constant hissy fits, annoying facial expressions and bitchy comments on this year's X Factor. From (sort of) impressing us her X Factor audition to becoming simply annoying every week for thirteen weeks. We can appreciate her bringing hip hop to the masses,
but it just became annoying after while. Nonetheless the brat is said to have signed a record deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation.

MC Hammer's Diss Track To Jay-Z

 

MC Hammer ashamed himself with his diss track to Jay-Z 'Better Run Run'. Ain't nobody trying to run from MC Hammer except from his career!

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SOCIAL WRITERS: Best Moments In Music For 2010

There have been some incredible moments in music globally for 2010. Here are our top picks of the best moments in music for 2010!

Kanye West's 'Runaway' (Short Film)

Kanye West released his short movie 'Runaway' in October and redefined what it means to be a music artist. Kanye has continued to push the boundaries with his new album 'My Dark Twisted Fantasy'.

Kanye West's Speech At His 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' Album Release Show In NYC

To end his last minute album release show at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC in November, Kanye made a nine minute rant speaking on the tirade of insults he receives constantly from the blogs and the media we were given an insight into that ever complex noggin of his. It was his victory moment in some respects, for the fact that he was able to see off those ‘douche bags’ with not only good record sales but a project that the critics seem to love. And we all know he cares what the critics think.

Rihanna's 'What's My Name?' Performance on X Factor

Rihanna had the nations attention when she performed a racy number of her recent single 'What's My Name?' on this X Factor in December. The Bajan beauty transformed what was an excruciatingly disappoint season finale of the X-Factor, into an ITV splashment! That performance has helped her album 'Loud' stay in the top 10 this month and has helped her with her 'Loud' tour sales in the UK which was sold out, so extra dated were added!

Tinie Tempah's Debut Album 'Disc-Overy' Going Platinum

South-London's Tinie Tempah announced in December at his headlining show at MTV's  that his debut album 'Disc-Overy' had gone platinum! We feel this was a major achievement for Tinie and another great achievement for the UK music industry.

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SOCIAL WRITERS: Best & Worse Albums 2010

2010 has been a great year for music! Below are our pics of the best and worst album of this year (in no particular order).

Rick Ross | Teflon Don

Mindful of the fact that 'Teflon Don' was his fourth studio album, listeners weren’t polluted with 18 tracks of repetitiveness adlibs of the fat man yelling ‘bawse’ from his bowels. Co-signed by Jay-Z, DJ Khaled and BFF with Diddy, Ross released the street bangers ’BMF’, ‘MC Hammer' with Gucci Mane, the third of his ‘Maybach Music’ installments, ‘Aston Martin Music’ and 'Super High' with Ne-Yo to push this album to platinum status in 2010.  Still what many people fail to forget his, that Ross was an artist in decline at that moment, with his shady past as a correctional officer being exploited by 50 Cent, 'Teflon Don' could have broke him, but it didn’t, it merely quietened those whispers away.

Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid

Just like Janelle Monae herself, her debut album 'The ArchAndroid' is spellbinding and mesmerizing. The album takes you on a journey from beginning to end fusing funk, hip-hop, soul and Indie together to create a masterpiece. With 'Cold War' and 'Tightrope' released in 2010, the album will definitely still shine in 2011 with further single releases.

Black Milk | Album Of The Year (365)

Black Milk is one of RVB's favourite producers and his album has been on constant replay throughout the year. The instrumental interludes on the album are captivating and unique to his sound. The drums on his‘365’ track are over and beyond!

Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

This is Kanye's most eecentric, eye-opening, rule-breaking album. Kanye really digs deep down into himself to reveal all that he truly is to the world after the whirlwind of his much publicized meltdowns. Pure Genius! #thatsall

WORST

Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday

'Pink Friday' simply didn’t live up to its hype. Everyone expected the Nicki we had become

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Happy New Year

2009 saw alot of things, people all over the world watched Barrack Obama become the first black President of the United States of America.

Kanye West shocked us all with the epic "umma let you finish" speech as Taylor Swift collected her gong at the MTV Music Awards.

Across the pond, Tinchy Stryder became a household name with two successful number one hits in the British charts, we also saw the emergence of Susan Boyle, a 47 year old singer who shot to worldwide fame after appearing on reality TV show, 'Britains Got Talent'; smashing records and single handedly challenging the old business model of the 'successful' artist.

A lot of great things happened in '09, but it also saw the birth of the Social Writers, three young journalists and one blogger dedicated to giving you the entertainment and cultural writings on the wall, as they happen, when they happen.

We thank you all for supporting & hitting us up in '09 and we hope that you'll do the same 2010.



Remember, keep it cool and keep it Social.