From MJ's Blog this morning...Blake is out at Arista

http://www.mjsbigblog.com/

Dang - that was fast!

:rotfl: :rotfl: oohhhh SNAP son! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Not surprised. I never saw Blake as this "original" Idol contestant like some did. Oh well, maybe he'll get signed by P. Diddy

OUCH! That stings!

rumored for over 2 months, sadly.

The labels aren't wasting any time if the Idols don't perform and make $$$, as we see with Taylor,Kat and Blake. Archuleta better make bread for them, or it will be curtians for him as well (I assume Cook will sell a million albums, easily).

Maybe his attitude had something to do with it?

here's what he posted about it on his MySpace:

Now to the phone call. I planned for Wednesday to be my day to rehearse for tonight's Canal Room show, cause we were leaving on Thurs. to play Vegas. Ring, ring, ring went the phone. Iain my manager baring the news. Arista isn't picking up the second option. Meaning, I'm not doin another record with them. I'm totally fine with this... I was just wishing they would have put the word out to me over the last couple months, because lets face it..... Waiting SUCKS!!!! I could have known this 2 months ago, when all of RCA was going through there changes. Oh well. I guess the right time was now. No biggy. I'm still with 19 Recordings and I got a tour and new record on the way.

Not a surprise at all. I never got him in the least. That god awful CD cover, terrible singles and an offensive attitude will get you dropped pretty quickly.

If I was a Clay Aiken fan I'd be very worried as his poor CD sales and a single that is struggling on a chart that doesn't really generate sales lead me to believe he is next to go.

Lol or maybe the general public just wasn't...how can I do this Randy Jackson style.....wasn't feelin' Blake's style. This is an imperative thing when dealing with contestants post-Idol; if you don't bring in fans outside of the Idol bubble with your style, you're not going to sell.

agree with this...Aiken gets the axe next. He generates publicity, but his sales are way south (like everyone else's). He'll go Indie. He and his management have made some bad decisions...he could have easily been the next (gulp) Manilow.

anyone else simply happy that Elliott is with Three Rings and Sony ATV Publishing? No chance of being dropped by that "label"...by all estimation, he's their biggest seller right now. :-)

YES!

I think Blake's main problem was just that his stuff wasn't popular with enough people. And I think Clay will go next as well.

ITA about Blake. When you're signed with a major label, you have to be able to sell millions to stay afloat. I think Blake (like many, many other Idol contestants) will be much happier going to Elliott -- oops, I mean Indie -- route :)

Blake really did have one of the most hideous album covers, ever. Yikes.

yea, ONE of them :rotfl:

Ugh tell me about it! Not much worse than Jordin's though...



Most. Unflattering. Picture. Ever. Her cover makes McPhee's look GOOD! :rotfl: :rotfl: What is it with Idol making females stare at the camera with this vacant, open-mouthed expression? Even Kelly looked kinda like that on the Breakaway cover...

Geez, it seems like they drop a former contestant per month now. It's really unfortunate, but the market isn't really in good shape right now....come to think of it, the entire economy of the U.S. is not in good shape.

Um..........I'm a Blake fan. I love his CD! Have any of you actually HEARD it? Or are you just hating the cover of it? Or is it that he's not exactly like Elliott? I agree the singles were not the best, but that was the record label's decision and there are many better songs on his cd than those! Like "Know My Name" that he wrote with Josh Hoge. Blake was not exactly dropped by the label His contract was up and neither wanted to continue together.

What's with his attitude? I haven't heard any of those stories.

I will be seeing Blake a couple times next month. He better not have an attitude!

B)
Kary

I loved Blake's cd. "Know My Name" is a good song.

Blake is going to be touring. From Rickey.org. It was also posted on the AI site.

Blake Lewis is going on a U.S. Tour this September/October. Here are the dates:

Sep 11 2008 Neumos - ALL Ages - Common Market CD Release - Seattle, Washington
Sep 29 2008 Club Hell - Providence, Rhode Island
Sep 30 2008 Webster Theatre Underground - Hartford, Connecticut
Oct 2 2008 Valentines - Albany, New York
Oct 5 2008 Knitting Factory Tap Bar - New York, New York
Oct 6 2008 Great Scott - Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 7 2008 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, New Jersey
Oct 8 2008 Mexicali Live - Teaneck, New Jersey
Oct 9 2008 Sonar - Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 10 2008 Croc Rock / Café Under - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Oct 12 2008 The Northstar - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 13 2008 Gravity Lounge - Charlottesville, Virginia
Oct 14 2008 Canal Club - Richmond, Virginia (I think I've been here LOL)
Oct 15 2008 Jewish Mother - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Oct 16 2008 New Brookland Tavern - Columbia, South Carolina
Oct 18 2008 Pour House Music Hall - Raleigh, North Carolina
Oct 19 2008 Tremont–Casbah - Charlottesville, North Carolina
Oct 20 2008 Vinyl - Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 22 2008 The Social - Orlando, Florida
Oct 23 2008 City Limits - Delray Beach, Florida
Oct 24 2008 Bourbon Street Station - Jacksonville, Florida

Blake just cut his tour short!
He is only doing Oct 5-16 now. Bummer!!
I still get to see him, but I wonder why he did that??? He said he's looking for new management and a new label. I thought Blake and 19 were doing fine. Why is he looking for new management?

B)
Kary