So I’ve just spent the last hour trying to recreate Purple Rain out of cover versions on Spotify. Apart from including two random but still splendid symphony versions of ‘Take Me With You’ and ‘Computer Blue’, I have succeeded. And so to make up for having two of the same artist I’ve included the Patti Smith and the Ginuwine version of ‘When Doves Cry’. Oh and how come I only just found out about a Mariah Carey feat. Dru Hill version of ‘The Beautiful Ones’? Where have I been? Why has that not been in my life? Anyway, click the image for the link.

Check out their profile and new single on Blackplanet

Dru Hill Online http://druhillonline.com/
Dru Hill Twitter http://twitter.com/druhill4real
Sisqo’s Facebook http://www.facebook.com/officialsisqo

Word on the Blok is that Dru Hill is Back & making major noise upon their arrival. Not only is the group preparing for a New CD, they will also be featured with label mate Keith Sweat on his reality show Sweat’s Platinum House. Original members Sisqo, Nokio, & Jazz will be returning to the stage without Woody, who is actively pursuing a career in gospel music. In Woody’s place will be newcomer Tao (Pronounced Tay-Oh). Newly signed to Kedar Entertainment, the Group’s new CD will be titled InDrupendence Day, due for an April 13 release. In addition, solo projects from Nokio & Sisqo’s rock group, Black Angel Down, is on the horizon.

-”The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Dru Hill’s new single, “Love MD” received a great response from radio and the web on January 26, 2010. Check out the single premier on Myspace. Be sure to “friend” Dru Hill and leave a comment.

Baltimore-based R&B group Dru Hill returns with a new label, new album and a brand new member. Original members Sisqo, Nokio and Jazz are back with new member Tao, who replaces Woody for the group’s new start at Kedar Entertainment. Their new album, “InDRUpendence Day,”   <<<<—- Wtf? drops on April 13.

Fyi-

Some1, Please let Sisqo Know, Bimbo WineHouse  wants 2 Fuck him in his Ass Asap:

 Dam!

Buy “Love MD” on iTunes

(New York, New York – January 21, 2009) After eight years, R&B multi-platinum group Dru Hill reunites and signs a new recording contract with Kedar Entertainment. Sisqo, Nokio, Jazz and new member Tao (pronounced Tay-oh) are back and will release their fourth CD offering, InDRUpendence Day in stores April 13, 2010. The new single, “Love M.D.” is a sexy mid-tempo ballad and will impact mainstream, urban adult contemporary and crossover radio on Tuesday, January 26 with all formats including mainstream and crossover to follow. The new album is a soulful blend of R&B, rock, hip-hop and romance–in true trademark Dru Hill form.

There are several key local and national radio promotions, performances and interviews scheduled for the release of the album. Kedar Massenburg, President and CEO of Kedar Entertainment, is very excited to work on their reunion project. “I’ve always been a fan of Dru Hill and I’m happy to be in partnership with them,” says Kedar. “We look forward to further developing the Dru Hill brand and exploring the numerous marketing and promotional opportunities available to them including solo releases from Sisqo and Nokio’s rock group, Black Angel Down.

In 2001, the group disbanded so that members could pursue solo careers. Dru Hill group member, Sisqo went on to achieve international success with the acclaim debut album release, Unleash the Dragon, which included the mega hit, “Thong Song.” The album sold over eight million units worldwide, while former group member Woody went on to pursue a career in gospel music. This year, Dru Hill will star in a reality TV series titled Sweat’s Platinum House, produced by label mate Keith Sweat and airing on CENTRIC. The series is guaranteed to keep audiences glued to their seats and further demonstrates the group’s provocative and edgy swagger. In addition to Sweat’s Platinum House, Dru Hill’s member Sisqo also stars in the London based (UK) TV sensation, Big Brother. The show has already garnered international visibility for the group and is an excellent marketing vehicle for the CD project oversees. Plans are currently underway for a 25 U.S. City “House of Blues” promo tour scheduled March through April with Joe and Keith Sweat. An international tour of Europe, Asia and Africa is set for May 2010. Dates for the promo and concert tour will be announced in the coming weeks.

For more information on Dru Hill, please visit druhillonline.com and kedar.com.

I’m a big fan of Dru Hill, always have been. Not just because they are from the 410 but because they’re music is so awesome

they’re R & B has always been so good (cant think of a way to articulate my thoughts unfortunately)

I’m sure everyone within the span of my blog has heard of them. They ruled the 90’s.

But sadly, like all good things, they subsequently broke up. Heartbreaking. And after they’re botched attempt at a reunion on 92Q *smh*

BUT they are coming back ! Idk how excited I should be because Woody isn’t returning but still. He was replaced by this new nigga Tao that won that contest on 92Q (ironically).

The album set to release on April 13 will be called “InDRUpendence” . I’ll buy it, hopefully I won’t be disappointed..

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Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin, American vocalist of Dru Hill

Today we role played at a hospital. Students acted like they were in scenes of ER. I even played a dead person–having a fake defibrillator bring me back to life.  I got many laughs from watching them play sick. A+ acting.

At lunch, the teachers and I had beef soup. And I asked for an order of mand00 (3,000 won), followed by burger in a sweet sauce (ordered by another teacher). It was all soooo good, I took a picture. It didn’t come out very good, but oh well! After lunch I went home, surfed the net a little and found myself sound asleep.  It was the fullness which made me tired. That combined with the right amount of heat bus  83 offered. Having not taken a  nap at all this week I gave in.

It was a glorious nap, woke up around sixish had a pp and j then played a little on guitar. Also went to MySpace where I found singer Omarion has a new album out. It’s not bad. Then I saw in his profile he used to be a member of B2K–in like 2001 or so, when I was in 8th grade. The band was really popular during my sophomore year in high school and I remember now why member Lil Fizz was my favorite. I looked up recent pictures and he still looks the same with a more mature face and tattoos.

Then I got the idea to look up dance movies since Omarion used to be popular in those. Now I’ve got Center Stage and Stomp the Yard on YouTube waiting to be played. All this old music of B2K made me think of band Dru Hill and singer Jon B. I remembered when R&B still meant something and sounded good. Not that it doesn’t now, but there’s a lot more synthesized and digital stuff coming from the speakers.

So,I’ve completely digressed from the whole school, food and nap thing but a blog is about ranting—whatever it may be.         

As 90’s R&B group Dru Hill prepare to release a new album in March, their first single “Love MD” has hit the net.

Love MD- Dru Hill

With new member Tao, Dru Hill look to regain their spot as the one of the preeminent groups in R&B. Their new album, InDRUpendence is due in March.

Sisqo is back; OK on TV but that’s a start LOL.  Following Coolio Sisqo has gone to the UK to partake in their television series ‘Big Brother.  Below is footage of his performance.

The New Year welcomes or should that be grimaces the return of Channel Four’s Celebrity Big Brother for one last run of celebrity voyeurism.

After weeks of speculation, the final line-up has been revealed in all it’s mainly d-list glory. Read after the jump to check out who we’ll be getting to know more of for the next 27 days…

Stephen Baldwin

Best known for his roles in double Academy Award-winning The Usual Suspects and Oscar winning Born on the 4th of July,  the 43-year-old actor is the youngest of the Baldwin brothers, who include Daniel, William and the most famous sibling, 30 Rock star Alec.

A born-again Christian, Stephen is also the director of his own ministry – The Breakthrough Ministry – preaching in arenas across the United States. His faith has spurred him to write a book entitled Unusual Suspect in which he describes how he has dedicated his life to Jesus

Nicola T

Croydon born Nicola launched her modelling career in 2002 winning The Sun’s first ever Page 3 Idol competition.

The 27-year-old previously dated Fulham Striker Bobby Zamora, during which time she took part in reality show WAGs Boutique where two teams of WAGs competed to run two fashion boutiques over a three-month period.

Other on-screen credits include an appearance as a red light district girl in film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and launching a fitness DVD titled WAG’s Workout with fellow WAGS Melissa Johnson and Lisa Munday.

Nicola is now engaged to Crewe Alexander midfielder Simon Walter with whom she has a daughter, Poppy. She has recently collaborated on a single with ex-CBB Housemate Coolio.

Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie’s first claim to fame came as a 21-year-old when she was chosen to play a nude scene alongside Marlon Brando. The 60-year-old has had an extensive film, television and theatre career on both sides of the Atlantic, she has previously been nominated for a Golden Globe and a People’s Choice Award.

In 2007 Stephanie took part in the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and in early 2009 joined the cast of Coronation Street as Martha, the love interest of Ken Barlow.

Alex Reid

Best known for dating model Katie Price aka Jordan, cage fighter Alex is trained in numerous martial arts including ‘Vale Tudo’ which he describes as “as near as you can get to total mayhem in a controlled environment” The 34-year-olds first cage fighting experience came at Extreme Brawl in 1998, while his lifetime ambition is to be Middleweight Champion of the world.

Outside cage fighting, Alex joined the elite 10th Para regiment of the Territorial Army in 1996 and is said to enjoy reading up on philosophy and ancient mythology. He has also had walk on roles in films such as Eyes Wide Shut, Judge Dredd, Sliding Doors and Tomorrow Never Dies. A regular in ITV’s Soldier Soldier, he appeared in Hollyoaks between 2001 and 2002 before leaving the series to concentrate on his cage fighting career.

Lady Sovereign

Inspired by the success of Ms Dynamite, Lady Sovereign reportedly began writing raps at 14 and uploading them to a So Solid Crew fan forum. Online she met DJ Frampster and together they started uploading sets as the garage/grime duo, Heavy Like Dat.

In 2005 she met Jay-Z, then president and CEO of Def Jam, who asked her to perform an on-the-spot freestyle, it is rumoured that the 24-year-old was immediately signed to the label although has since parted company.

Lady Sovereign or Sov as she prefers to be called has had success both in the UK and US and now has her own record label through which she has recently released a new album.

Dane Bowers

Former member of boy-band Another Level, Dane achieved seven top ten singles including a number one with Freak Me. After the group split in 2000, the 30-year-old fronted UK garage act Truesteppers, who had a hit with Out Of Your Mind featuring the first solo outing of Victoria Beckham.

Dane has a son with ex-girlfriend Emma-Jane North and had a well publicised relationship with model Katie Price. He is currently single.

Sisqó

The former lead singer of now-defunct R&B group Dru Hill, the 31-year-old left in 1999 to pursue a solo career.

His first solo album Unleash the Dragon which included hit The Thong Song launched Sisqó into a household name. The album went five-times Platinum and accrued world wide sales of 6 million. His follow up album, Return of the Dragon had also achieved wide-acclaim.

As well as his music career, Sisqó has taken on supporting roles in the films Get Over It with Kirsten Dunst and Snow Dogs in which he stars as a dental assistant with Cuba Gooding, Jr. He also had a role in the hit television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in 2001.

Jonas aka Basshunter

Swedish born Jonas Altberg is best known for his number one dance hit Now You’re Gone. The song subsequently reached number one on the UK Singles chart and stayed there for 5 weeks making it the biggest selling dance single of 2008.

The  25-year-old makes music under his stage name – Basshunter, his album Now You’re Gone: The Album was released in July 2008 and went directly to No1 in the UK and sold gold and platinum in several countries around the world.

Heidi Fleiss

Known for running an extremely successful yet illegal prostitution ring, Heidi was arrested in 1993 on multiple charges. The media reports of her arrest catapulted the 44-year-old into the limelight as ‘a Hollywood Madam’ although to this day she refuses to name her clients.

Her well publicised 1994 trial resulted in a documentary about her past career. After a spell behind bars Heidi sold the rights to her life story to Hollywood, the result was a made-for-TV-movie called Call Me: the Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss.

She has since produced a DVD with Victoria Sellers aptly named Sex Tips and has gone on to develop various other business interests including running a Laundromat called Dirty Laundry in Nevada.

Katia Ivanova

Born in Kazakhstan, 21-year-old model, Ekaterina moved to Britain at the age of three, coming to fame as the girlfriend of Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood.

After meeting 62-year-old Wood at a Mayfair bar in 2008, Ekaterina reportedly described their relationship as starting off “like a fairytale”. After splitting at the end of 2009 however she claimed in an interview “I think he needed to be mothered….I thought ‘I’m only 21, why should I sit here and worry about him?”

Known as Katia to her friends it is reported that she dreams of being a children’s illustrator.

Vinnie Jones

One of the 20th century’s most notorious footballers, Vinnie rose to fame playing for Wimbledon FC, his most infamous moment involving the grabbing of Paul Gascoignes’ crotch during a game against Tottenham. The 44-year-old was sent off 12 times in his career and still holds the record for the fastest ever booking – receiving a yellow card after just three seconds. Vinnie went on to play for clubs including Leeds, Chelsea, and Wales. He retired from the game in 1999.

After football, his great passion is acting and in 1998 he made his successful debut as ‘Big Chris’ in Guy Ritchie’s hit film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, for which he received an Empire award. Hollywood soon beckoned and Vinnie appeared in a variety of films including Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish, Mean Machine and X-Men: The Last Stand.

So there you have it…let the tears, tantrums and breakdowns commence…

Ok I’ve not been dragged into all of the Celebrity Big Brother hype yet, buuutt I heard about Sisqo and had to post this just for the sake of it.

Watch how it slowwllyyy creeeeps back into the charts now. These celebs aren’t stupid, they’re looking for a comeback!

Loove this song

xo

Do you want to know what happens when your career is over and you want to relive the moment?

Dru Hill, Changing Faces, Troop, Blackstreet, KCI & JoJo, Guy, Next, and Jagged Edge all performed – What do you think?