Skylar Gray who?

Recently, a reappearing name has had me intrigued. Skylar Gray has featured in Diddy Dirty Money’s ‘I’m Coming Home’, but her vocals at the beggining aren’t enough to do her justice. The chorus is carried on by the ‘Dirty Money’ duo and do not compare, in my opinion.

Little-known fact, Skylar actually wrote one of the biggest songs of 2010 ‘Love The Way You Lie’ represented amazingly by Eminem and Rhianna that became one of the years most overplayed songs on the basis of collaborative talent. Although, Rhianna is a globally recognised talent and a hard-working one at that, Skylar’s original demo is out of this world. I discovered that an old favourite ‘Where’d you go’ by Fort Minor is complimented by her voice.

Introducing...

Since then, she released an album Like Blood Like Honey in 2006, which could be guilty of poor managment or bad promotion. Skylar has impressive vocal talent and deserves more than her 15 minutes.

A brief appearance was made by the songstress in her performance with hip-hop legend Dre’s comeback, with a modestly-lit stage something tells me Skylar may not be one for the limelight. In a brief interview she mentions that she was born to perform and not a very good talker. I think her voice makes up for this, so we can forgive Skylar for her socially awkward conversation and allow her to communicate with us through her music:

Also check out her track on Lupe Fiasco’s new album, ‘Words I Never Said’.

Get Him to the Greek: this years Hangover?

And get yourself to the cinema

 Although, Get Him to the Greek acts as a spin-off to Brand’s first attempt acting Forgetting Sarah Marshall don’t expect anything close to a romantic comedy. It is more a tale about a budding friendship that takes its turns in the rock and roll lifestyle of Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) and Aaron’s (Jonah Hill) mission to get him to perform a comeback concert at the Greek theatre in L.A. Diddy plays an exaggerated version of what he really is, a over-the-top, intimidating, slightly crazy music executive. And he does it well, alongside Aaron his intern and Aldous his task.

The three work well together

With many celebrity cameos from Pink to Lars Ulrich, I think it’s fair to say Get Him to the Greek is this years Hangover and a fair comparison!

My verdict: 8/10