Presenting a melody of performances from that American Music Awards. Alicia Keys brings the heat in a fullbody cat suit that In my eyes was the best performance of the night. Ok enough of the pubescent lust, She hits the stage with reggae greats JR Reid , Beenie Man, Chaka Demus & Plier and her latest single “No One”. Following her performance are videos of Rihanna & Ne-yo performing “Umbrella” & “Hate That I love You”, Mary J Blige singing “Just Fine”, and finally Chris Brown & T-pain with “Kiss Kiss”

When the brother hipped me to this device almost in an instant memories of being 12 and playing Sonic the Hedgehog on my Game Gear rushed through my dome. Yes, some how the inner adolescent that I fight tirelessly to suppress, conceived notions that this might somehow be the next generation gamming platform. Unfortunately its not it is just simply a Korean PC prototype, more specifically a UMPC.

You can see that the most oblivious characteristic of this ultra-mobile PC is its split keyboard user interface. With the QWERTY keyboard divided into two parts, one on each side of the 4.8 inches large touch screen in a fashion more aligned with that of the gaming industry. This device defintely takes a different approach on portable computing. The basic features are a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution Blueuetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi on 802.11b/g, quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA. This is far from your average UMPC. Check the video demonstration at the jump.

These are a couple of recently released videos from behind the scences production of the “Gotta Say It” and “Stomp Thru” music videos we brought it to you here a while back. The director from 3-2-1 media that over saw both projects breaks down the process behind the production, and imagery that he created for each song. Peppered thorought out the videos you can catch the artists speaking on everything from how the songs where concieved to random fans. Both of these songs are off of their fourth and latest album called “The Album”. Peep the Video after the break.

I think this brotha Freeway might just have the most disappointing album of the year. Yeah this track is hot and all, but its a far cry in comparison to ‘What we do‘ and pretty much every other track thats on “Philadelphia Freeway“. So enjoy Free’s video for ‘Still got love’ after the break, its pretty much as good as its gets on his album, “Free at last” in stores tomorrow (November 20th, 2007).

I believe its completely possible, all Amazon has to do collaborate with Apple’s marketing team, change the kindle’s absolutely hideous design, and perhaps even work something out with notarapper. These young heads would start reading in no time, but lets get back to the uncomely but useful, Kindle.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says, “This isn’t a device, it’s a service.” Kindle starts shipping Nov 19th, for $399 and is “a perpetually connected Internet device” running off of EV-DO—it calls the service “Whispernet.” It’s totally computer independent: You browse for books (88,000 at launch) and buy them in a “one-touch process,” it comes with a personal Kindle email address and it can browse the regular internet, I suppose that keyboard at the bottom is there for a reason huh?

Expect New York Times bestsellers and hardbacks to go for $9.99, and classics as low as $1.99. The service (an extension of the Amazon store), also allows you to subscribe to newspapers (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post) and magazines, which are sent immediately to Kindle as soon as released. I’m also going to go out on a limb and assume that there will be an extension or function on the Kindle for Amazon Associates, so you bloggers might want to consider the purchase. Head over to Newsweek for their entire seven-page all-out feature, for more information on specs, a video of it in action, and even the reason as to why they went forth with such a lackluster design…

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Well at least to me it does. Jenni (above), plays the role of Metroid’s heroine Samus Aran, and with their meticulously chosen environment & handmade costume, conceive 15 photos that look like there straight out of a made for Big (or little at least) screen adaption. These are amateurs mind you, imagine some substantial funding behind a Metroid project?

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In Brief: Fresh off the heel of becoming GQ’s International Man of the Year, Kanye West has landed the December 2007 cover of GQ Magazine. Check for the issue on stands all over the nation November 27th…

On tangent: Props to this brotha for remaining “Stronger” amidst all the tragedy…

One of the more perverse capitalist induced characteristics of our generation is the shoe epiphenomenon. The desire to own every single Jordan, or SB dunks, Tims, Bapes, or which ever fad is current at the time. ESPN attributes our over-indulgence in sneakers, and our fanatic admiration for material trends to the inception of the JORDAN brand. ESPN states and I qoute.

“It was the Beatles of footwear because it changed everything. In an instant it became the playground must have. All by itself it transformed the essence of urban fashion. The whole marketing of the Jordan line was predicated on the style and the class and the competence and the capabilities that Michael Jordan brought to the basketball court.”

Our belief is that these shoes, or whichever endorsed material goods that one can possible conceive, genuinely gives the purchaser a tangible characteristic aligned with the philosophies or physical attributes of the endorsee. And according the ESPN this ideal was catalyzed by Jordan. Yea so who isn’t guilty of for owning a couple J’s I tried to say no, but the 12’s kept calling my name. Definitely is an insightful look, especially for those zombies oblivious to the consumer environment that we live in. Peep the Video at the jump