The Whole Delivery

I guess we won't need Joaquin Phoenix for this one. Johnny Cash has another posthumous album titled "American VI: Ain't No Grave." The cover is so funny. The punk rock group Alkaline Trio return with their 7th album "This Addiction." And after that.......... that's it. That's all the notable releases this week. So, onto the news. Due to that terrible "Loubtins" single, Jennifer Lopez has been dropped by Sony . This was about as blunt and honest of an assessment at someone saying " Whitney Houston sucked. And sucked bad. " And Joell Ortiz is hilarious . Your music thread.

The Saturday night Open Thread is here: Let's begin: Touching story right here. If you love PC games, this information may make you happy . I guess the idiots screaming about Obama taking their guns away look more idiotic after you read this . The cops who leaked Rihanna's pic wayback in that dark night in February may have been caught . One of the more disturbing stories you'll ever read . And Whitney Houston new video, "I Look To You." Have a great Saturday night everyone.

Enjoy. It's a good look actually, because I was very skeptical at first. But it grew on me, no question.

Photo from VHI.com Michael Jackson's death is further highlighting the fact that people still will buy CD's. Now, of course, this is a very different case form the norm, because of people rushing to buy his albums posthumously instead of him being alive at the moment. But people want the raw copies instead of just burning the MP3's and making them into their own CD's. And so, surprisingly and wonderfully as I have highlighted before, for Maxwell too. 316K and No. 1 for him . Whitney is back . Only in this profession can this person turn from this to that , and be respected . But who am I to judge. LL Cool J is returning to NBC . A must read from Shareem Reid on Drake . Really, it is. And if I'm saying that about music journalists and music artists in this day and age, it is a must read . Hell, I'll give an excerpt. "When I was going through the creative process for So Far Gone, I was actually at a pretty dark place in my life," Drake explained. "...

Photo from MTV.com He says he was in on it After Eminem said he was "thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it," the response was sharply divided over whether the bit was a hilarious display of good humor by Slim Shady or a bad look for a rapper. Whatever. I still believe he didn't know the extent of how Cohen he was going to take it, but let's put this one to bed, hopefully. Just some quick hits Whitney Houston is coming back on September 1 with a new album. Good to see. Now the rumors say that Drake is closer to signing with Atlantic Records than Universal Music as reported yesterday. It's got to be the upfront money. Joe Budden is apparently challenging Method Man and Redman . And sorry Mandy Moore fans, but to me, she is irrelvant.