the chal banz blog

As the end of the year starts to wind down, there is less and less music news to report. Like I really have to search. And there won't be really much music news until 2010 and you know the first few months of the new year are typically slow. Meanwhile we can always go back in the past and long for the days of yesterday. Salt-N-Pepa were true trailblazers and this video is just one of many that proves that. I have a lot of memories when it comes to this video and many of Salt-N-Pepa videos. I was a young child who grew up with my sister who would sit and watch videos on MTV on the weekend. This is just one of the handful of videos I remember as a child. Enjoy! Years later Salt-N-Pepa would have their own reality show which revealed an estrangement that I never knew existed. Any time I would see Salt-N-Pepa they always looked happy and to be the very best of friends. But I never thought about the stigma that comes with girl groups and Salt-N-Pepa were no exception. While Salt is rela...

on all the latest news and developments regarding Michael Jackson and his shocking death. As you can imagine there are dozens of stories coming out regarding Jackson's life. How many are actually valid can be debated? You know all types of people are coming out with erroneous stories so you never know. The mystery of Micheal Jackson and his kids have been revealed! Mariah Carey deals with an obsessed man! VH1 rolls out a slew of new shows starring some of our favorite musicians! Read below for the full stories! Music Biz: Michael Jackson Not Father Of Kids! There are a myriad of Internet reports – spearheaded by TMZ.com – that claim Michael Jackson was not the biological father of his three children, Prince Michael Jr., 12, Paris, 11 and Prince Michael II (Blanket), 7. Sources tell TMZ that Jackson did not provide sperm donations for any of his children and that Debbie Rowe was merely a surrogate for Prince Michael Jr. and Paris. According to Us magazine, Ja...

Audio: Brandy feat Lonny Breaux - Surprise Ending This is a newly leaked track from Bran Bran. This was more than likely recorded during the sessions for her "Human" album in stores December 9. Audio: Ciara - The Fit Of Love This is another leaked song from CiCi possibly from her "Fantasy Ride" sessions. As you know "Fantasy Ride" has been pushed back to spring 2009. This is a nice little song and is a lot better than a lot of the leaked material from earlier this year. I read that Ciara scrapped "FR" and is doing a different album but we'll see when it comes out. Audio: Plies feat Sean Garrett - Street Lights Newly leaked track from his "Da Realist" album in stores December 16. Kanye West also has a song called "Street Lights" but the songs are about two different things. Plies speciality is more hood and sex tales. The song isn't that bad but it's not moving me like that. I am eager to hear his song with Ashanti...