O1LT.COM "HOT AND BLACK" REPORT-BILLBOARD RESULTS/BEYONCE/OMOROSA/WHITNEY AND BOBBY/MICHEAL JACKSON/CHRIS ROCK/MONIQUE!!!!

By L.T. Dinwiddie

O1LT.com Billboard Report.

I don’t know what’s going with CD sales this fourth quarter but things just aren’t looking good right now for any musical artist. Everyone has been hard on Janet and Beyonce for not selling albums but if you take a really long look at the billboard charts you will see that CD sales are way down from this time last year, roughly 3.5%.

Lloyd Banks sophomore album bowed in at number 3 this week selling 143,000. You and I both know that traditionally albums start to dramatically decline after the initial release week. Christina Aguilera who we all know belts on all her songs from beginning to end hasn’t gone platinum yet and she has been on the charts for almost two months now. Pioneering hip-hop duo Outkast can just forget about “IdleWild” because it’s not happening. That album has also failed to bring them a platinum plaque. While we can expect for Puffy to bring a boost to the charts next week with his reportedly last album Press Play. To what extent his impact will be is still up in the air. All in all it’s not a good time to be dropping albums.

Am I the only one who misses old MTV? I remember I would run home from school and sit in front of the TV all night watching “Yo MTV Raps” and “MTV Sports”. Back in the day when VJ’s like Bill Belamy and Idalis rocked that station and brought us all the hottest videos. Now when I watch MTV I have no connection to it. It’s become so commercial and they never play any damn videos anymore I don’t even watch the MTV Music Awards anymore, what’s the point?

But it seems that the ever evolving station has focused on enhancing their website. They’ve launched a new MTV.com. It’s a sleek and much more interactive website. I just thought I would inform those who didn’t know.

Beyonce is talking "DreamGirls" FULL STORY

Speaking of Beyoncé…

It is my belief that Beyoncé herself is going to seriously turn a lot of people off of the "DreamGirls" movie. She is in a very delicate place in her career because a lot of people are Beyoncéd out. For the past 5 years she has been in the fore front without giving us a "B" break! It was hot in the begining how she played up the whole “Diana Ross” controversy by keeping Destiny’s Child restricted to just Kelly, her and Michelle, but its painfully clear that people are over her. From the clothing line, to the cosmetic ads, even the many magazine ads, it’s just all too much. The fact that her album is doing so bad mirrors what I’m saying. The kids don’t care about good music anymore so nobody can argue- "well her album was garbage” because that doesn’t matter these days.

It’s being reported that Beyoncé will have the first single off of the "DreamGirls" soundtrack titled “Listen”. I personally feel that this a big mistake. The first single should be “And Your Going to Love Me” sung by Miss Jennifer Hudson. That song is the serialization of DreamGirls, Many have an affinity for that song and I think it would be better for the project and Beyonce if she just fell back from this for a moment. She could single handedly ruin this movie by being overexposed. B you can't do it all!

OK I am not sure if this qualifies as being “Hot and Black”, but Diana Ross has a new song out. I know what your thinking – “who cares” right? But you never know, she might have some fans out there. FULL STORY



OK I know this is the “Hot and Black” report but dammit I like Justin Timberlake. That white boy can put it down on stage, and though I am partial to my black people doing their thing, you can’t deny Justin’s talent. Check the live performance above!!

It’s the end of an era people. That’s right the couple that brought us all crazy, salacious, and scandalous buffoonery is officially over!! Whitney Houston has filed for divorce from her self proclaimed” King of R&B” and dead beat daddy husband Bobby Brown. I have to admit I am going to miss them. Being Bobby Brown was the best reality show on television. Maybe he and Superhead can keep it going so we can still have more to talk about. FULL STORY

Talk about being “busted”!! Former Apprentice contestant Omarosa has obviously had some help to make her “A” cups double D’s. Did she really think that her enhancement would go unnoticed? I don’t think so! FULL STORY

We’ve got yet another white actor vying for a photo op with some African kids. This is really getting out of hand! I've counted 6 white actors so far. Have you all heard that Britney Spears and Wynona Judd are looking to adopt black children. What in the hell is going on. On one hand you have to admire anyone who is willing to adopt period, let alone a child from another race, but on the other something about it just doesn’t sit right with me. FULL STORY

Michael Jackson is accusing his former attorneys of conspiring to put him into involuntary bankruptcy.

In papers filed on Aug. 29 in Tarzana, Calif., but unseen until now, Jackson accuses former attorneys Ayscough & Marar of “approaching other lawyers” who represented Jackson “in an effort to get such lawyers to join [with them] in forcing Jackson into involuntary bankruptcy …”

Jackson also claims in the papers that Brent Ayscough — the attorney who unsuccessfully represented him in a lawsuit brought by former partner Marc Schaffel — threatened to expose confidential information about Jackson to the press, violated rules of professional conduct and committed both negligence and malpractice. FULL STORY

It’s only a matter of time before “big brother” swoops down on internet land. In case you haven’t heard FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers' online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year.

"Terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in the anonymity of the Internet, as do violent sexual predators prowling chat rooms," Mueller said in a speech at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Boston. FULL STORY


VH1 knows how to ride a show until the wheels fall off. If you’re like me and are already feening for some more Flavor of Love nonsense well VH1 is about to oblige us. The new show will feature girls from both Flavor of Love 1 and Flavor of Love 2. Producers are hoping to throw the girls in a "fish out of water" type situation. I have heard different concepts.

The first concept is that the girls will be put on a farm or ranch like The Simple Life. The girls would then compete in who is the best cowgirl on the farm or ranch.

The second concept is a "My Fair Lady" type show. The girls will be enrolled in a charm school and will compete to be the finest lady. FULL STORY
Fellas (and some females) is this sexy? Guess who has the hairiest legs in Hollywood. Click the hairy legs.

Talk about adding insult to injury, just one day after being shot in NYC, Fabulous has been charged with 5 counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Cops found two loaded guns in the car that was rushing him to the hospital. FULL STORY

Rose Rock, the mother of comedian Chris Rock, claims she was racially discriminated against when she was seated but ignored for a half hour at a Cracker Barrel restaurant along the South Carolina coast. Rock said Tuesday she planned to sue the Lebanon, Tennessee-based company. A Cracker Barrel spokeswoman said the restaurant chain was investigating and taking the complaint "very seriously." FULL STORY