There haven’t been many great albums recently. Aside from Britney Spears doing her thing and Radiohead releasing their album on the Internet, there has been very little of interest in the music world. Timbaland is one of the few artists making great pop music in the current climate. Could Timbaland be the savior of contemporary pop music?

Timbaland’s album Shock Value is groundbreaking on so many levels. Here is an artist respected as a hip hop producer, defying all genre boundaries and throwing in shades of electro, hip hop, RnB, house, rock, indie – everything.

Timbaland is unique in that his music appeals to a wide range of people. You’ve got hop hop joints like “The Way I Are” sat next to the beautiful ballad “Apologize”. The real telling sign of how great Timbaland is will come if and when he releases his next album, but if it’s anything like the stuff he has been working on over the past three years, we’ll know Timbaland is here to stay.

Wow! Britney is back with some serious bite. As if Britney Spears’ comeback single going top five wasn’t enough, the next single is shaping up to do even better, thanks to some cutting lyrics aimed at the media frenzy that follows her daily.

As if to say, “Enough is enough,” Britney has slammed the media and given the world an insight into how she has been struggling to cope with her A-list profile.

I’m Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous

I’m Mrs. Oh my God that Britney’s Shameless

I’m Mrs. Extra! Extra! this just in

I’m Mrs. she’s too big now she’s too thin

Now if that’s not edgy then we don’t know what is. “Tryin’ and pissin’ me off, hopin’ I’ll resort to startin’ havoc, and end up settlin’ in court.” This is the first time that Britney has written such powerful lyrics, and we must say, we like it. It’s as if she’s finally telling the world what’s on her mind. This new gnarly Britney could be what we see more of in the future. Is our pop princess dead? Perhaps a duet with Avril Lavigne is on the cards.

“Piece of Me” has been leaked onto the Internet already, so if you really want to hear it, you know where and how. The forthcoming Britney album Blackout is slated for a November release.

Despite all the problems she’s faced, could it be that Britney’s comeback is actually bearing fruit? The real test will come when the album drops and touring begins, but this is a good start.

Amid all the controversy, after that her disastrous performance at the MTV Awards, after getting charged for driving without a license – even after all of that, Britney Spears’ latest single “Gimme More” has reached number one in the Billboard Digital Song Chart with 179,000 downloads. The song also sits at number three in the Billboard Hot 100.

How does she do it? It seems that the negative publicity has actually benefited Britney Spears, because she really couldn’t have hoped for anything better than this for her comeback. Although her live performances are still looking shady, at least her single is doing well.

Now we can hope that Britney starts seeing sense and gets her ass in gear and back in shape to become the pop princess we once adored. The new album is slated for release November 13 and we’re really excited about the prospect of it.

Although she’s had a terrible week in which she had to give up custody of her children to rapping idiot Kevin Federline, this should give Britney some positive to build on so that she can avoid going completely insane.

While he’s got the kids, K-Fed must be a little jealous, because there’s sure no way he could ever notch up a top five single. Suck on that, Kevin.

In yet another twist in the long line of weird thing that go on in Michael Jackson’s life, reports coming out of the US are claiming that the former King of Pop is has remarried. The story is that he secretly married his children’s nanny.

Source say that Wacko Jacko married long-time staff member Grace Rwaramba some time ago. That poor woman now has three step children whose faces she can never see, thanks to them always wearing masks and wigs.

Other sources are strongly denying the rumor.

“Wide spreading reports regarding Michael Jackson being married are not true. Documents stating otherwise are a hoax,” said one source.

Where rumors like this come from is anybody’s guess. What’s more perplexing is that people actually seem bothered. Who is Michael Jackson’s nanny? Has anybody ever seen a picture of her? We’ve got no idea who she is or what she looks like, and we really don’t care.

As for the long-awaited comeback, the album should be dropping some time soon, with collaborations with the likes of 50 Cent and Akon. There are also rumors of a world tour. If he can keep himself together without doing anything else weird, perhaps some good will finally come from Michael Jackson’s world again.

Some strange revelations from George Michael today. It appears that the former face of Wham! only became interested in music after he suffered a severe blow to the head.

In an interview with Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4, Michael said that before he received his head injury as a child, stitches and all, he was only interested in bugs and insects.

“At the age of about eight I had a head injury and I know it sounds bizarre and unlikely, but it was quite a bad bang, and I had it stitched up and stuff, but all my interests changed, everything changed in six months,” said Michael.

We knew he was weird, but this is a whole new kettle of fish. Does this mean that if a young boy hadn’t taken a bump on the head, we wouldn’t have had to endure the music of Wham!? Now that’s an interesting though. Perhaps another blow to the head would be enough to get him to go back to his insects.

Any takers?

Michael, who has sold over 85 million records, said that after his blow to the head he became obsessed with music. It was like he became a different person. Maybe that’s what happened to Micahel Jackson.

Honestly. We could devote an entire category to “stupid things Britney is doing”. As if her career wasn’t enough in tatters after that performance, now she’s only gone and pulled a Paris: Britney has been charged with driving without a license and hit and run.

She could be jailed for up to a year for this, and you’ve gotta think that she could do with some time inside for quiet reflection. Somebody needs to seriously help the girl out.

Apparently, Britney Spears drove into a parked car and then sped off from the scene. At least nobody was hurt, but the exact circumstances surrounding this one are a mystery.

She could have been drunk, high, with friends, on the phone – we just don’t know yet.

We’re gonna say it: Britney Spears is dead. We don’t know who this imposter is, but she’s ugly, uncouth, untalented, weak and ignorant. This isn’t our pop princess. This tabloid whore has taken enough column inches.

A hearing is set for October 10, although to the disappointment of the paparazzi Britney doesn’t have to attend it.

This fake Britney is starting to freak us out even more than Michael Jackson with his obsession for forcing his three children, one of who is named Blanket, to wear wigs in public.