Jibbs Ft. Melody Thornton (of The Pussycat Dolls)- "Go Too Far"

Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton is following fellow Nicole Scherzinger's paw prints into the solo career business. Nicole has been collaborating with several artists like Shaggy, Will Smith, Avant or Diddy, and now Melody teamed up with rapper Jibbs for his third single Go Too Far. The track is an hip hop update of Janet Jackson's Let's Wait a While (the chorus is sampled on Jibbs' version), and it's a rather good hip hop track if you ask me. Melody does a nice job and actually sings in a low key (there's no trace of her powerful back-ups on The Pussycat Dolls' repertoire). Melody is also releasing a solo album, just like Nicole. The Beginning is set to release around the same time as Nicole's solo album, and it's produced by Darkchild, Timbaland, Will.i.am and Pharrell Williams. Her first single is rumoured to be True Love Lasts and will feature Pharrell. While we wait for any of her tracks to leak, we can listen to Nicole's Steam (awesome track by the way) and this collaboration with Jibbs... Enjoy!

Jibbs Ft. Melody Thornton - Go Too Far

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Da1000 - "Living On Buttons" (The Pussycat Dolls vs. Pakito)

After premiering the first taste of my mash-up album two months ago, it's time to present you the official first single from Future Sound Booster. The album features popular dance tracks, mashed-up with the acapella versions of today's most popular hits. For the first single I've used french DJ Pakito's hit single Living On Video and mashed it with The Pussycat Dolls' fourth single from their debut album PCD, Buttons. Culminating on a 3:20 minutes wonder bootleg, Living On Buttons was actually one of the easier to produce. Nevertheless, it's the one that is more catchy and addictive. The video was also very fun to make, altough it turned out a bit Low Quality-ish in the end, mainly because of one of the programs I use to make videos (Honestech that is) and YouTube's uploading system (which is not that good by the way). Since Viacom International has been removing some of my videos from my YouTube account, I added a disclaimer on the video. The video is for promo use only, period. A second single is being chosen, and the video for it will be on the making soon, so expect a new premiere soon :D... It all comes down to this in the end : I really hope you all like it, cuz this one means really something to me, and besides that, have fun!

Da1000 - Living On Buttons
(The Pussycat Dolls vs. Pakito)

And if you're not into watching videos, listen it below...


Monday, February 12, 2007

I Swear It's Buttons Baby

I've been becoming a DJ lately... Pretty soon, besides my VJing, you'll be able to also listen to my DJing. Been making some mash-ups, some are quite good, while some are real shit. LOL. Now I made this one right here, before I started to really work on my mashes. I was really just playing with my computer, and this happened! When I listen to it for the first time, I kinda liked how Beyoncé's singing kinda connected with the Pussycat Dolls' beat. And after that, it stayed a bit forgotten on my pc, but then again, I decided that I had nothing more to do than to make it a video. And so I did. Based purely on Beyoncé's Déjà Vu video, we can also spot some Pussycat Dolls' appearances. I guess, this is my official mash-up, though it's nothing special... New things will come soon, so keep checking this out... Enjoy, and gimme some feedback ;)

Beyoncé vs. The Pussycat Dolls - Loosen Up My Déjà Vu (Ft. Jay-Z)


Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Merry Christmas (Part II)

It's Christmas day! And I couldn't not write you today, so I'm just passing by to give you my Christmas presents.
The first one it's one of my favourite Christmas songs this year. British girl band Girls Aloud made a version of the very traditional Jingle Bell Rock. It's a bit similiar to the version presented on the motion picture Mean Girls, but this has more...Girls Aloud into it. Nevertheless, it's a quite good version, so here's their performance of the song, as well as the mp3 ;)


Girls Aloud - Jingle Bell Rock


Also one of my favourites this year, the Pussycat Dolls' version of Eartha Kitt's classic Santa Baby. The song has been covered by a whole bunch of artists, such as Madonna, Kylie Minogue or even Calista Flockhart on Ally McBeal, but it was the Dolls' version that really got me into it. A version by Cynthia Basinet is most of the times mistakenly credited to having been sung by Marilyn Monroe, although Marilyn never recorded the song. Anyway, here you go, video and mp3!

The Pussycat Dolls - Santa Baby



Also so you can compare, here's other versions of the song :


Finally, we had some bad news today unfortunatly. The godfather of soul, James Brown, passed away today. Here's my tribute to him.


Monday, December 25, 2006

And the nominees are...

And the nominees list for the 2007 Grammy Awards just came out. I was really pleased with this year's nominees, though Nelly Furtado could have more than just one nomination ( Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for Promiscuous with Timbaland, which they'll probably lose to Mary J. Blige's One with U2). And I was also really pleased and surprised for The Pussycat Dolls' nomination for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for Stickwitu, they really deserve it. Other nominees include Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Madonna, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gnarls Barkley, Natasha Bedingfield, James Blunt, Corrine Bailey Rae and Mary J. Blige (with 8 nominations), among others...

Here's some of the 2006 Grammy Awards perfomaces :

Gorillaz & Madonna - Feel Good Inc. / Hung Up

U2 & Mary J. Blige - Vertigo / One

Mariah Carey - We Belong Together / Fly Like a Bird

Jay-Z, Linkin Park & Paul McCartney - Numb/Encore/Yesterday (Mash-Up)

Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger


So here's part of the nominees list :

General Field

Category 1

Record Of The Year

  • Be Without You
    Mary J. Blige
  • You're Beautiful
    James Blunt
  • Not Ready To Make Nice
    Dixie Chicks
  • Crazy
    Gnarls Barkley
  • Put Your Records On
    Corinne Bailey Rae

Category 2

Album Of The Year

  • Taking The Long Way
    Dixie Chicks
  • St. Elsewhere
    Gnarls Barkley
  • Continuum
    John Mayer
  • Stadium Arcadium
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • FutureSex/LoveSounds
    Justin Timberlake

Category 3

Song Of The Year

  • Be Without You (Mary J. Blige)
  • Jesus, Take The Wheel (Carrie Underwood)
  • Not Ready To Make Nice (Dixie Chicks)
  • Put Your Records On (Corinne Bailey Rae)
  • You're Beautiful (James Blunt)

Category 4

Best New Artist

  • James Blunt
  • Chris Brown
  • Imogen Heap
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • Carrie Underwood

Field 1 — Pop

Category 5

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • Ain't No Other Man
    Christina Aguilera
  • Unwritten
    Natasha Bedingfield
  • You Can Close Your Eyes
    Sheryl Crow
  • Stupid Girls
    Pink
  • Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
    KT Tunstall

Category 6

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

  • You're Beautiful
    James Blunt
  • Save Room
    John Legend
  • Waiting On The World To Change
    John Mayer
  • Jenny Wren
    Paul McCartney
  • Bad Day
    Daniel Powter

Category 7

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • My Humps
    The Black Eyed Peas
  • I Will Follow You Into The Dark
    Death Cab For Cutie
  • Over My Head (Cable Car)
    The Fray
  • Is It Any Wonder?
    Keane
  • Stickwitu
    The Pussycat Dolls

Category 8

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • For Once In My Life
    Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder
  • One
    Mary J. Blige & U2
  • Always On Your Side
    Sheryl Crow & Sting
  • Promiscuous
    Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
  • Hips Don't Lie
    Shakira & Wyclef Jean

Category 11

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Back To Basics
    Christina Aguilera
  • Back To Bedlam
    James Blunt
  • The River In Reverse
    Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
  • Continuum
    John Mayer
  • FutureSex/LoveSounds
    Justin Timberlake
Field 2 — Dance

Category 12

Best Dance Recording

  • Suffer Well
    Depeche Mode
  • Ooh La La
    Goldfrapp
  • Get Together
    Madonna
  • I'm With Stupid
    Pet Shop Boys
  • Sexy Back
    Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Category 13

Best Electronic/Dance Album

  • Supernature
    Goldfrapp
  • Confessions On A Dance Floor
    Madonna
  • A Lively Mind
    Oakenfold
  • Fundamental
    Pet Shop Boys
  • The Garden
    Zero 7
Field 4 — Rock

Category 15

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

  • Nausea
    Beck
  • Someday Baby
    Bob Dylan
  • Route 66
    John Mayer
  • Saving Grace
    Tom Petty
  • Lookin' For A Leader
    Neil Young

Category 16

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

  • Talk
    Coldplay
  • How To Save A Life
    The Fray
  • Steady, As She Goes
    The Raconteurs
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • The Saints Are Coming
    U2 & Green Day

Category 20

Best Rock Song

  • Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
  • Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • Lookin' For A Leader (Neil Young)
  • Someday Baby (Bob Dylan)
  • When You Were Young (The Killers)

Category 21

Best Rock Album

  • Try!
    John Mayer Trio
  • Highway Companion
    Tom Petty
  • Broken Boy Soldiers
    The Raconteurs
  • Stadium Arcadium
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Living With War
    Neil Young
Field 5 — Alternative

Category 22

Best Alternative Music Album

  • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
    Arctic Monkeys
  • At War With The Mystics
    The Flaming Lips
  • St. Elsewhere
    Gnarls Barkley
  • Show Your Bones
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • The Eraser
    Thom Yorke
Field 6 — R&B

Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

  • Ring The Alarm
    Beyoncé
  • Be Without You
    Mary J. Blige
  • Don't Forget About Us
    Mariah Carey
  • Day Dreaming
    Natalie Cole
  • I Am Not My Hair
    India.Arie

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

  • Heaven
    John Legend
  • So Sick
    Ne-Yo
  • Black Sweat
    Prince
  • I Call It Love
    Lionel Richie
  • Got You Home
    Luther Vandross

Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

  • Breezin'
    George Benson & Al Jarreau
  • Love Changes
    Jamie Foxx Featuring Mary J. Blige
  • Everyday (Family Reunion)
    Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
  • Family Affair
    (Sly & The Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt
  • Beautiful, Loved And Blessed
    Prince & Támar

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

  • Crazy
    Gnarls Barkley
  • That Heat
    Segio Mendes Featuring Erykah Badu & Will.i.am
  • Mas Que Nada
    Sergio Mendes Featuring The Black Eyed Peas
  • Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)
    Outkast
  • 3121
    Prince

Category 28

Best R&B Song

  • Be Without You (Mary J. Blige)
  • Black Sweat (Prince)
  • Deja Vu (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
  • Don't Forget About Us (Mariah Carey)
  • I Am Not My Hair (India.Arie)

Category 29

Best R&B Album

  • The Breakthrough
    Mary J. Blige
  • Unpredictable
    Jamie Foxx
  • Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
    India.Arie
  • 3121
    Prince
  • Coming Home
    Lionel Richie

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album

  • B'Day
    Beyoncé
  • Chris Brown
    Chris Brown
  • 20 Y.O.
    Janet Jackson
  • Kelis Was Here
    Kelis
  • In My Own Words
    Ne-Yo
Field 7 — Rap

Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance

  • Touch It
    Busta Rhymes
  • We Run This
    Missy Elliott
  • Kick, Push
    Lupe Fiasco
  • Undeniable
    Mos Def
  • What You Know
    T.I.

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

  • Ridin
    Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
  • Georgia
    Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
  • Grillz
    Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
  • Mighty "O"
    Outkast
  • Don't Feel Right
    The Roots

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

  • Smack That
    Akon Featuring Eminem
  • Deja Vu
    Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
  • Shake That
    Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
  • Unpredictable
    Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
  • My Love
    Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.

Category 34

Best Rap Song

  • It's Goin' Down (Yung Joc)
  • Kick, Push (Lupe Fiasco)
  • Money Maker (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
  • Ridin (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)
  • What You Know (T.I.)

Category 35

Best Rap Album

  • Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
    Lupe Fiasco
  • Release Therapy
    Ludacris
  • In My Mind
    Pharrell
  • Game Theory
    The Roots
  • King
    T.I.
Field 22 — Film/TV/Visual Media

Category 80

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Brokeback Mountain
    Various Artists
  • Cars
    Various Artists
  • Grey's Anatomy — Volume 2
    Various Artists
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    Various Artists
  • Walk The Line
    Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists

Category 82

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

  • Can't Take It In (From The Chronicles Of Narnia — The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
    (Imogen Heap)
  • I Need To Wake Up (From An Inconvenient Truth)
    (Melissa Etheridge)
  • Our Town (From Cars)
    (James Taylor)
  • There's Nothing Like A Show On Broadway (From The Producers)
    (Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
  • Travelin' Thru (From Transamerica)
    (Dolly Parton)
Field 31 — Music Video

Category 107

Best Short Form Music Video

  • 8th Of November
    Big & Rich
  • When You Were Young
    The Killers
  • Here It Goes Again
    OK Go
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Writing On The Walls
    Underoath

Category 108

Best Long Form Music Video

  • Flow: Living In The Stream Of Music
    Terence Blanchard
  • Directions
    Death Cab For Cutie
  • Demon Days — Live In Manchester
    Gorillaz
  • I'm Going To Tell You A Secret
    Madonna
  • Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born To Run
    Bruce Springsteen
Check the full list here

Thursday, December 07, 2006

What's New, Pussycat?

The burlesque dance troupe based on Las Vegas, turned into a pop recording group and took the world by storm...

"Don't Cha", their first world wide hit, is nowadays known by pretty much everyone, as well as the follow up singles "Stickwitu", "Beep" and "Buttons"... recently, these Pussycats released two brand new singles : "I Don't Need a Man" over Europe, and "Wait a Minute" on the U.S.. It is said that if "Wait a Minute" does well, their 6th european release "I Don't Need a Man" will also become a single on the American ground. And one last rumour says that "How Many Times, How Many Lies" can become the final single for "PCD", with their concerts' footage as the official music video. Either way, I've made them a new video back in late September, using Aggro1's mashing-up of "Don't Cha" with Fischerspooner's "Happy".
I present you The Pussycat Dolls vs. Fischerspooner - "Don't Cha Be Happy"...



And also a treat : The Pussycat Dolls' videography...


Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Da1000 Productions OnLine!!!

Hi and welcome to Da1000 Productions online! Over here, I'll show you my own productions, and also some more of your favourite artists... So keep checkin' on me ;)

Da1000 Productions Promo

Tuesday, November 21, 2006