Showing posts with label residency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label residency. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Chris Brown Fired From Las Vegas Residency For Calling The Night Club Racist


Chris Brown
 
R&B singer Chris Brown has been fired from his Las Vegas night club residency at Drai's. Previously, Brown announced a deal regarding performing approximately 50 shows at the night club over the course of at least one year. Midway into the deal things have fallen apart, as Brown accused the club's employees of being racist to him. Brown posted the claim on Instagram, which infuriated the owner of the night club. 

Brown did not specify exactly how the club was being racist to him, which could cause him problems. Brown should have been more specific regarding his claims, as now the club has terminated their deal with the singer, costing him several hundred thousand dollars, having taken offense at his statements. Drai's is disputing Brown's claims in trying to defend their name. If Brown is to sue for wrongful dismissal, he would have to prove his claims. Conversely, if Drai's sued for defamation, Brown would have to prove his claims to avoid being hit with a substantial financial judgment.

Since the Rihanna domestic violence case, which resulted in him being blacklisted by many sponsors, Brown's income has been largely derived from club appearances, concerts in select nations that have not banned him for being a convicted felony, merchandising, record sales, music publishing and guest appearances on many songs. Concerts are Brown's most lucrative source of income. If that begins to go, it will negatively impact his finances and financial commitments. Brown has bought multiple homes using mortgages and has several car notes that must be repaid.

While under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Brown has been making a number of incendiary accusations this year regarding a private jet pilot, his former manager, tour manager, publicist, a night club bouncer and now Drai's. Sadly, the drugs and alcohol have Brown engaging in dangerous behavior that is becoming very detrimental to his health and career. 

For Brown to have even bounced back after the Rihanna domestic violence case and earned millions of dollars from revenue sources in music and film, was completely out of the norm coming off such a scandal. In warring with his team and business associates, Brown risks the complete collapse of his career and millions of dollars in financial loss. 

Brown's drug problems have become more severe. Where his team would be able to get him sober for interviews and public appearances, he is now during all his waking hours. Due to this fact, Brown is getting into one disaster after another and releasing videos on Instagram that painfully illustrate his insobriety. In looking at the videos, it is easy to ascertain that Brown is sad, unhappy and lonely. He looks so lost. However, his family refuses to get him the medical help he needs regarding his raging drug problem, for fear he will financially cut them off.

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Chris Brown Call a Vegas Club Racist ... Get Fired
 
7/11/2016 12:40 AM PDT - Chris Brown played the race card and it cost him his Vegas gig. The singer was 86'd from his Vegas residency at Drai's Nightclub for refusing to apologize to the club's owner after calling Drai's a racist venue ... according to a letter management fired off to CB's attorney and obtained by TMZ. 

Not too long ago ... Chris torched the club on Instagram, and that pissed off Drai's to the point it issued an ultimatum -- apologize or get out. But it wasn't just the IG post ... Drai's says Chris' recent behavior has "garnered negative public attention" causing concern among Drai's management... 

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Mariah Carey's '#1 To Infinity' Album Being Branded Biggest Chart Flop Of The Year


Mariah Carey

After a rough stretch of bad publicity and scandal, Mariah Carey's "#1 To Infinity" album was released and flopped on the Billboard charts. Some are branding it the biggest mainstream album flop of the year thus far, debuting with 32,000 copies sold. This constitutes Carey's lowest sales debut to date. Carey wants to be out there so badly, though she is not in a state to do so, as evidenced by her disastrous Las Vegas residency. This eagerness to be on the music scene with new material, combined with bad publicity online, is proving detrimental to career's career.

Carey has released commercially and critically failed albums back to back. First "Elusive Chanteuse" and now "#1 To Infinity" (Mariah Carey And Nick Cannon Headed For Divorce After He Does Interview About His Sexual Conquests). This is not a good idea for a mainstream artist. Carey should have taken time off to get things in order. Quality over quantity. The late Whitney Houston, who is truthfully the best selling female artist of all time, did not release an album until she felt she had gotten it right.  

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Mariah Carey’s Disastrous Billboard Music Awards Appearance Slammed On Social Networking (Videos)

Mariah Carey tries to hit the whistle register she is famous for and misses: 

 

Mariah Carey’s Billboard Music Awards performance descended into disaster. Social networking slammed Carey left right and center over her subpar vocals. The social networking comments were overwhelmingly unfavorable, due to the state of Carey’s vocals. Carey forgets we live in an age where software enables people to strip background music and backup singers to hear what an artist sounds like live. Someone removed all the background music and signers from Carey’s performance and the singer’s vocals were bad. Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Jenner looked at Carey with awkward expressions over the poorly received performance.

Mariah Carey's full 2015 Billboard Music Awards performance:


This comes on the heels of Carey canceling a performance of her Las Vegas residency last week citing bronchitis. Carey did not sound like someone with bronchitis, but a singer whose voice has deteriorated. The Judiciary Report stated in January 2015 that Carey needed to take a break, spend some time with her kids and work on getting her life together. It was abundantly clear to the site she was not ready for any music endeavors, but she went ahead and signed up for a vocally strenuous Las Vegas residency and live performances, such as the Billboard Music Awards and it has turned into one disaster after another.


Mariah Carey performing at the Billboard Music Awards

It does not make sense for singers, especially those in Carey’s genre, to go out there when they are not at their best. Seriously, why go out there when you are not at your best. While Carey sounds better than Britney Spears and Rihanna, who can’t sing, she still sounds way less than her best and that was automatically going to invite criticism and damage her legacy.


Mariah Carey performing at the Billboard Music Awards

However, listening to advice has always been Carey’s problem. During her years at Sony, especially when she just started her career, she would fight against the executives decisions, who had experience. She was routinely off base with what she was fighting for. An example of this would be, she wanted the impressive songs “Love Takes Time” and “Someday” left off her debut album, but kept talking up “All In Your Mind” which is average. They repeatedly warned Carey about her choice in clothes and behavior, but she started to fight against them when she had more clout and her sales began to plummet due to the changes. An artist who won’t listen to constructive criticism and advice is their own worst enemy.


Mariah Carey on the red carpet and the Billboard Music Awards

We see that again this year, as Carey, who reads this website and has for years, rushed forward with the residency that is experiencing low ticket sales and had a cancellation by her, after the first week. She is onstage out of breath and being wheeled around on prop after prop because the show is too taxing for her. It has nothing to do with age, because Patti Labelle and Tina Turner put on energetic shows with great vocals and they are in their 70s.


Mariah Carey on the red carpet and the Billboard Music Awards

Carey doesn’t need the money for the shows, as her divorce proceedings regarding husband Nick Cannon revealed she has $150,000,000 in cash and assets. Conversely, with the money and other resources at her disposal, she has the ability to get help for her voice, appearance and health, but refuses to do so. Carey is not too old to be a relevant and successful star with big hits. She is engaging in conduct that is working against her. She has no one but herself to blame for what is happening to her career. However, apart of the problem is Carey is addicted to fame. So she’s going to go out there at all costs, even if it means embarrassment and damaging her legacy.


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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Mariah Carey's Stylist For Las Vegas Residency Making Her Look Bad (Photos)


Mariah Carey's Las Vegas residency showcases the singer in tight, ill-fitting clothes that do not compliment her frame

New photos have been released from the first three shows of singer Mariah Carey's residence in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesar's Palace. Not only is Carey having serious vocal trouble, forcing her to cancel a show after just one week of three performances, she has another problem - wardrobe. This residency is damaging her legacy in a serious way.

One has to wonder if Carey ticked off her stylist, as the costume choices are not flattering. The clothes and hairstyles do not suit her. There are so many other flattering choices that could have been made in regard to attire. Carey is not aging badly, as her face still looks youthful, but going out there sounding less than her best and wearing unflattering clothes will only serve to hurt her career that has already sustained damage.

 

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Friday, May 15, 2015

New York Times Rips Mariah Carey’s Vegas Residency To Shreds


Mariah Carey

On May 7, 2015 the New York Times issued a scathing review of Mariah Carey’s Vegas residency entitled “Mariah Carey and Her Can’t-Look-Away Debut in Las Vegas.” The newspaper pointed out the fact Carey’s voice has significantly deteriorated, as the Judiciary Report has stated for the past few years. The New York Times review stated of Carey:

“But the notes have not been there for Ms. Carey of late: Some performances have been markedly off-base, the subject of intense scrutiny. Ms. Carey is still durable, and sometimes excellent, but her once-transcendent voice is like decaying manufacturing machinery: It still churns, but the product might be polished or dinged. You don’t know until it happens.”


Mariah Carey

“When it came to the notes, though, the struggle was real” and “’Fantasy’ featured Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who died in 2004, rapping via video, and he felt more alive than Ms. Carey, who was right on stage” and “even Ms. Carey’s movements were kept to a minimum. Several times, she was wheeled out on stage - singing in a pink convertible, singing on a Jet Ski, singing on a round bed.”

The New York Times also accused Carey of lip sync some of her show, “But as the night wore on, it became increasingly unclear whether the sounds coming through the speakers were coming from her mouth.” The article goes on to state Carey is contracted to perform 50 shows over 2-years at the Coliseum at Caesar’s Palace. Considering Carey’s barely done 3 shows and there is already a problem, her residency is going to be very difficult, as I anticipated months ago.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Rahm Emanuel's Mayoral Campaign Off To A Bad Start


Rahm Emanuel: uh oh!

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chief-of-Staff of President, Barack Obama, is off to a bad start in his bid to become the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. Not only does he not meet the residency requirements of having lived in the city for one year leading up to the election (see Wyclef Jean), he filmed his, "I’m glad to be home in Chicago" speech in Washington, DC.