NICKI MINAJ,"PINK FRIDAY" ALBUM REVIEW

You have to reach as far back as Lil' Kim to find an analog to Nicki Minaj, who was hardcore rap's reigning princess long before "Pink Friday," her official debut. But Kim was too foulmouthed (for a girl, anyway) for superstardom, too uninterested in the monster hits to be found at the intersection of hip-hop and R&B

"Pink Friday" is full of tracks just like that, and to anyone who heard its early, hardcore-heavy leaks, these softer, usually romantic tracks may feel like compromises, meant to reassure mainstream listeners that Minaj is a semi-proper girl with, you know, feelings, not just a piranha with a gymnastic flow.

"Friday" nibbles at the edges of what female rappers are allowed to do, even as it provides a steady helping of pop hits. On "Dear Old Nicki" (a semi-ballad, naturally), Minaj explains to her former self that such changes were necessary ("You was underground/And I was mainstream," she consoles. "I live the life now/That we would daydream"). "Your Love," which samples Annie Lennox, is a love song so shamelessly sweet it's as if replaced Minaj with Rachel McAdams, but it's a great song, and another example of Minaj trying on and ultimately discarding various personas the way Lady Gaga does platform shoes. She tries on voices, too, taking a scenic tour of Queens, London and Trinidad before settling on a Jamaican patois.

"Pink Friday" is a parade of superstar cameos. Among those with whom Minaj tussles: Eminem (on "Roman's Revenge," Slim Shady scraps with Minaj alter ego Roman Zolanski, and everyone tries much too hard), Drake and Rihanna. Only Kanye West, who on "Blazin' " manages to withstand the rapid-fire assault that is Minaj at her finest, is known to have survived.

Recommended tracks: "Right Thru Me," "Blazin'," "Your Love
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/11/album_review_nicki_minaj_pink.html

sarah palin booed???

Sarah Palin was in the Dancing With The Stars ballroom last night to cheer her daughter Bristol Palin in person. However, the audience wasn't too happy to see her. The one person who was definitely happy to see mother Palin on the set of Dancing With The Stars was Bristol.

Bristol said it was "awesome" to have mom in the ballroom. "I'm so glad she made it tonight."

"It's great to see all this courage, joy and exuberance," said Said Palin of the Dancing With The Stars dancers, expressing her admiration for "Bristol the Pistol."

Baldness in women, is it reversable?

Baldness doesn’t only affect men, but women also. In women the baldness is more often in the form of thinning hair across the head. The primary cause of this condition is genetics. It is an inherited condition called “androgenetic alopecia” which is the female version of male pattern baldness.
It may be related to the hormone levels in the body. There's also believed to be a large genetic predisposition, which may be inherited from the father or mother. Androgenetic alopecia affects about 50 per cent of men and perhaps as many women over the age of 40.

Research shows that up to 13 per cent of women have some degree of this sort of hair loss before the menopause, and afterwards it becomes far more common - one piece of research suggests that over the age of 65 as many as 75 per cent of women are affected.
The cause of hair loss in androgentic alopecia is a chemical called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, which is comprised of androgens (male hormones that all men and women produce) by the action of an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. People with a lot of this enzyme make more DHT, which in excess can cause the hair follicles to make thinner and thinner hair, until eventually they stop growing completely.
In some cases, the cause is down to genetics, but in others it can have other underlying causes. Baldness in women can be caused by the menopause, stress, shock, or other illnesses. It’s important to see your physician if this happens  to ensure there isn’t something causing it. There is a drug called Rogaine that has had some success with hair thinning, but isn’t guaranteed. The main problem is that medicine knows what causes the baldness or thinning, but not how to cure it.


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