Robin Thicke

Here is a fun interview of Robin Thicke with 106 KMEL radio DJ Sana G. A little innocent flirting is exchange between the two and Thicke does his best impersonation of his daddy, Alan.

Robin Thicke, 106 KMEL, Sana G

MTV catched up with Robin Thicke on ‘Discover and Download‘ during his very brief time off from his tour.

Video of Robin on MTV’s Discover and Download

MTV, Robin Thicke, Discover and Download

Robin Thicke singing Angel on AOL video. What a very beautiful song with a wonderful melody–just hearing this song makes me wanna cry! But personally, I think he should release this song on radio.

Robin Thicke, Angel, AOL

Here are some pictures of Robin Thicke, Beyonce, a couple of other celebrity guests at Beyonce’s after party at Mansion Nightblub on Sunday. Hmm… I wondered what Robin is saying to Beyonce in that pic.

Robin Thicke, Beyonce, Mansion Nightblub

That MTV film crew that hit Uptown last weekend was there to interview R&B singer and musician Robin Thicke (son of Growing Pains star Alan Thicke and vocalist Gloria Loring). Robin was in town to open for Beyoncé at American Airlines Center.

MTV caught up with the crooner in the West Indies Suite at Hotel ZaZa and taped him for the show Discover & Download.

Meanwhile, the ZaZa concierge staff busied itself helping Robin find a brand-new pair of New Balance sneakers.

Source: Dallas News

Robin Thicke, Beyoncé, American Airlines Center, MTV, Discover & Download

Alan Thicke talks to LG Mobile TV Party about his son’s career and exposing a then very young Robin Thicke to variety of artists in the music industry. Daddy Thicke as well talks about his own upcoming project.

Alan Thicke, LG Mobile TV Party, Robin Thicke

Since everything slowed down on the news about Robin Thicke lately, I’d happen to come across a video titled, Ask Thicke– basically a parody of search engine Ask, (formerly known as Ask Jeeves) with two silly guys ‘interviewing’ Robin. So check out this funny little video!

Robin Thicke, Ask Thicke, Ask

50 Cent performed his unreleased single, ‘Follow My Lead‘ featuring Robin Thicke at the LA House of Blues in the video below. Of course Robin showcased his piano skills and beautiful voice as 50 didn’t do bad himself with rapping FML.

50 Cent, Follow My Lead, Robin Thicke, House of Blues

Robin Thicke talks to a correspodent of Times Online, a UK online based newspaper. Here is the article.

I would love to be able to relate some of the jokes that the black comic Mo’nique delivered on the stage of Radio City in New York last month – but I can’t. Not simply because of the “cussin”, but also because she proudly employs the “n” word. Mo’nique, though, is among friends: an almost solidly black audience, fans of Chaka Khan and the neo-soul diva Jill Scott. So when she introduces the first act as “one baaad white boy”, that’s a special welcome.

And Robin Thicke may be the only white R&B star who could get that kind of welcome. Last year he became the first white male artist since George Michael to get to the top of the Billboard R&B/hip-hop chart, with his single Lost Without You. And his last album, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, is a slick, sophisticated and infectious disc that has remained buoyant among the Top 10 albums of that same genre. He has worked with Pharell, he is working with 50 Cent on his new album, and he scored a popular hit with Shooter, a track featuring the hard-boiled New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne. In America, Thicke (the “e” is silent) has already furnished a reputation, but with the UK release of Evolution and the single Lost Without Uhe is surely going to do the same here.

Our meeting takes place just off Times Square, the day after that Radio City performance. Apparently the night before had ended late, so when Thicke arrives – imposingly tall with poster boy looks – it is accompanied by coffee and cigarettes. But he is very much alive. Clasping my hand in greeting, he flashes a smile rivalled in brightness only by his shirt.

As the child of the actors Alan Thicke and Gloria Loring, Robin was raised in showbiz. He has also married into it, wedding the African-American film star Paula Patton in 2005. Perhaps inevitably, Thicke tried acting, doing bit parts in the long-running TV show The Wonder Years, but it never took off. “I was just ‘boy on street’, ‘boy in car’,” he says. “I was never any good at it.” But he was very good at music and was quickly signed to Interscope. “I was writing and producing for artists such as Brandy and Brian McKnight when I was 16. I was baby-faced but I could just pour out these love ballads! But I was taking the back road as an artist, and then I woke up when I was 23 and thought, ‘Oh God, I’m missing the chance to do what I really want to do’, which is be an artist myself.”

Cherry Blue Skies, which was released in 2002 and rereleased in 2003 as Beautiful World, did quite well in the UK but was too eclectic a mix of rock, disco and soul. Evolution, however, is a brilliant renaissance – a seamlessly produced piece of urban soul. The single Lost Without U shows off Thicke’s clear falsetto. But the album also holds in reserve tracks such as Wanna Love U Girl, a song that features Pharell on vocals and sums up the album’s restrained power, a blend of insistent broken beats and murmuring balladry.

He has some weak points: Teach U a Lesson is a poor attempt at getting down and dirty. On stage Thicke is no more convincing: “I wrote this song with a woman in one hand and a piña colada in the other,” he says, and then, as his crooning begins, his hand starts to sink down the microphone stand to waver uncertainly near his belt buckle. But his heart is just not in it – he may be baaad, but he’s not really bad.

I put it to him that he had his changes as an artist in mind when he titled the album, but he disagrees. “The job of an artist is just to write about what they are feeling. There just seemed to be a common theme on the album, whether the songs were about relationships or the individual. The first album was about possibilities, about breaking down musical and cultural boundaries. This album is more about the personal, spiritual journey.”

You can choose to believe that or not, but on the interesting issue of race Thicke is astute. His massive black following is due, in part, to the restructuring of the music industry in the past decade. The broad markets that once catered to black and white audiences alike, and which facilitated the rise of stars such as Michael Jackson and Madonna in the 1980s, seem to have narrowed.

Does it disappoint him that that mass audience of black and white listeners no longer exists? “I don’t think that it has closed down,” he says. “I think that many artists have ended up working with all the same producers, so you are simply churning out a repetitive sound.”

That may be true. We may have seen the rise of white stars such as Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse who have found fame in black genres, but the clever collaboration, the astute duet, is the key to finding new audiences. And after working with 50 Cent, Thicke understands this well. “He’s a smart marketer,” says Thicke. “He has a few different collaborations on his album to stretch himself to different audiences.”

But Thicke is without doubt a canny operator, too. Speaking about his album, he talks soulfully of how he was struggling with career and relationships while he was working on it. And just as we are winding up, I ask him about the rumours that religious faith is important to him. “No, spiritual,” he says. With that, our meeting is over. He smiles, cars are ordered, stylists summoned, and Thicke heads out to conquer the world.

Source: Times Online UK

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Robin Thicke has written songs for many of the biggest artists out today and also manage to be one of the hottest singers out right now himself. He can write, sing, produce and now rap?

Here is a cute little clip of Robin having fun rapping to Lil Waynes’ part of his song, ‘All Night Long‘.

Robin Thicke, rapping, Lil Wayne, All Night Long

While Robin is spending a huge part of his time touring, I’d decide to gathered some bit of trivia on him.

Robin is a big Boston Red Sox fan

Favorite TV dad is Dr. Jason Seavers of Growing Pains (father Alan Thicke) and Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) The Cosby Show

A interview of Robin Thicke at the Essence Music Fest was on BET’s 106th & Park yesterday. If you forgot the interview, a rerun are shown today at 11:00am.

Don’t forget to watch!

Robin Thicke, Essence Music Fest, 106th & Park

Despite hearing folks saying Beyonce’s performance was the showstopper at the event, Robin Thicke still held it down with his performance as well. Thicke was the opening act at the Essence Music Festival on Friday singing Would That Make U Love Me. Other songs included, Can U Believe, Shooter, Lost Without U and I Need Love.

Here’s a clip of Thicke singing, ‘Would That Make U Love Me‘.

Robin Thicke, Essence Music Festival, Shooter, Lost Without U, Would That Make U Love Me

Well I dont think so. But according to one interviewer for SOHO, (a hip-hop website) apparently think otherwise. Here is his story on the SOHO blog how Robin ’snubbed’ him.

In retrospect, a SOHH/Robin Thicke interview was never in the cards. We were slated to interview him in Las Vegas during the NBA All-Star weekend, but his plane got delayed in Cleveland.

We finally caught up to him at Debra Lee’s My Black Is Beautiful Dinner in Los Angeles last week.

So I’m interviewing Thicke and get to my third question. “What’s the album’s next single,” I ask. “Complicated,” he replies. At that point, BET’s Aleesha Renee, who was standing right next to us, lets out a “that’s my song” kinda noise. He turns around, greets her and says the following.

Thicke: You don’t mind if she takes my attention away from you do you?

Jackpot: Yes I do, but go ahead.

Just like that! Interview over! He played the doo doo out of me. You’ll get to see the episode for yourself in an upcoming “Run That Back” segment, but in the meantime I have a visual for you guys.

I could have kept this under wraps, but that’s just the kind of dude I am. I don’t mind making ugly faces to make you guys laugh. I playfully confronted Aleesha Renee about cutting my interview short the next day.

I guess I shouldn’t be mad. I mean I would have left my ass too if Aleesha Renee was standing next to me. Anyway, sorry for the lack of posts in the last week. I headed to DR straight from the BET Awards. Back to work!

Source: SOHO

Maybe Robin should have stick with his interview with ‘Jackpot’ and spoke with Aleesha Renee afterwards. That way no one will be called an a**shole, and everyone will be happy.

SOHO, Robin Thicke, Aleesha Renee

Robin Thicke is nominated for two Teen Choice Awards! The award show will be aired live on FOX, Sunday August 26th.

Choice Music: Breakout Artist - Male
Robin Thicke

Choice Music: Love Song
Lost Without You - Robin Thicke

Please vote for him at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards website.

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