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Kendrick Lamar Album Breaks Streaming Record
Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s new album has broken the first-day streaming record on Spotify after its surprise early release. The site, which has 60 million users, says To Pimp a Butterfly was listened to more than 9.6 million times around the world on Monday. The album had been due for release on 23 March and some reports suggested it had been released by mistake on Sunday night. Rumours increased after Anthony Tiffith, boss of Lamar’s record label Top Dawg Entertainment, appeared to criticise Interscope Records on Twitter for their role in the confusion. Some claimed his tweet was, in fact, a publicity stunt. The unexpected nature of the release gave an advantage to Spotify and its rivals, such as Rhapsody, Google Play and Deezer. The album was taken down for hours by digital store iTunes and, with no physical copies out yet, streaming services were temporarily one of the main places to hear it.
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Atlanta to host new Celebration Bowl
Atlanta will host to the newly created Celebration Bowl, where the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Champions will face off against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Champions, ESPNEvents announced March 18 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The MEAC and the SWAC already duel it out in ESPN Events’ MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney, which is played annually over Labor Day Weekend. “We are excited to work with ESPN to begin a new tradition of celebrating the best in Historically Black College and Universities football while continuing our commitment to the countless students, parents and community members who we serve daily,” said John Grant, CEO of 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. “Our relationship with ESPN will help us continue our long-standing tradition of uplifting the African American community.” The SWAC consists of Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Grambling State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Prairie View A&M University, Southern University & A&M College and Texas Southern University. The MEAC consists of Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Delaware State, Florida A&M, Hampton, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Savannah State and South Carolina State. “We’re honored and excited to be involved in the inaugural Celebration Bowl which will feature the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC),” said Rich McKay, president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons. “The Falcons have long been strong advocates for historically black college football with our close partnership with the Black College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement dinner each year.” The game will be played at Georgia Domein Atlanta following the 2015 season on Dec. 19. The Georgia Dome also hosts The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
Louis Vuitton’s New Monogram Idylle Collection
HARD!!! Described as the most wearable of Louis Vuitton jewelry, the new pieces from the Monogram Idylle collection are fresh, feminine and faithful to the brand. The playful collection interprets the iconic Monogram flowers in the three shades of gold, resulting in recognizable, easy-to-wear pieces that can be mixed and matched. Also each motif has its own power – Fortune, Joy and Passion! For just $3,400, this set of three stackable rings can be worn separately or together. The rings combine the round and star-shaped Monogram flowers with three single diamonds. This Louis Vuitton necklace brings together the Monogram Flowers in three golds with glittering diamond pampilles. A contemporary piece for summer that will add charm throughout the day for $4,950. Dress up the ears with the Monogram Flowers and glittering diamond pampilles that hang from Oriental hoops in playfully asymmetric design. For $4,950, the suspended motifs accompany their wearer’s movements in an ode to refined femininity. The long earrings allow the LV fans to wear all three iconic Monogram Flowers in three shades of golds on each ear. This easy-to-wear piece is designed to echo the body’s movements as well as reflect the light. Put them on for $3,550. Iconic and alluring, the Sautoir is an intensely mobile necklace that undulates with every movement to reflect the light. With its special clasp, double-sided motifs and open-backed settings, it can also be worn in a shorter double-row version. It adorns the neckline for $9,600.
Rent A Florida Island For $250,000 And Indulge In Privacy
Rated as one of the Top 10 US Small Resorts, Little Palm is an intimate resort in the Florida Keys where guests can visit the serene spa, experience premier dining, relax poolside, snorkel and more. The resort has exclusively designed the package to provide guests the chance to fulfill their New Year’s resolution to travel and “treat themselves” with a special island buy-out, allowing exclusive use of the private island resort, April 24-26, 2015.
Mitsubishi Has Made the Largest Spiral Escalator Ever
This shit is crazy!!!!! Architects of the world, give up now: The world’s largest spiral escalator has already been built in this Shanghai shopping mall. Reaching seven stories and resembling a shiny golden drill the size of a skyscraper, the escalators are a matching pair of two spiral staircases with a total of 12 curved escalator pieces. The two were designed and built by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan. Actually, if you dig around about the (very few) spiral escalators in the world, you’ll find that Mitsubishi makes them all. There’s a reason for this niche market approach: Spiral escalators are absolutely terrifying to design, which probably makes sense if you remember your lessons from physics class. You see, when escalators try to move in a circular pattern, horizontal speed varies across the width of the escalator from the inner side to the outer side. You can’t have one side of the escalator moving a different rate from the other side, not if you want it to stay in one piece. To stop the escalators from tearing themselves apart, Mitsubishi made a pact with the forces of darkness and altered the laws of physics – oh all right, the company actually created a series of chains to hold the escalator surface steady and used extra-flexible materials to keep down on the wear and tear. Now the escalators function like a pair of very, very smart screws, and no doubt Archimedes would be proud.