+ It's Pete Wentz's birthday today! He just turned dirty 30! May he drink Bacardi... and Caprisun... like it's his birthday. (Twitter)

+ Electrik Red assure you that they're not corny, like the Spice Girls. That'd better be a promise. (Bossip)

+ Soulja Boy Tell' Em is JUST NOW getting around to "getting" Jay-Z. Better late than never, I guess. (MTV News)

+ Method Man and Redman have some choice words for Kanye West. (Buzzworthy)

+ Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh will be releasing a CD compilation of his favorite songs and music by new artists. Ballin'! (Baller Status)

+ British Band the Horrors blame blogs and Facebook and everything else FUN for ruining EVERYTHING. You know what? SCREW 'EM. It's not like they're reading this anyway! (Independent)

+ Pour some out for polka -- the Recording Academy pulled polka from its list of Grammy categories. We hardly knew ye! (New York Times)

+ Poison, Dolly Parton, AND Elton John will all be performing at the Tony Awards this Sunday. And LAAAAAAYYYYDIES, keep your eyes a-peeled for Constantine Maroulis, who's up for Best Actor in a Musical. Best. Tonys. Ever? (Billboard)

Duffy and Lady Gaga (and, most recently, um, Britney) aren't the only ones doing the no-pants dance, and T.I.'s not the only one with swagger. Def Jam R&B-pop act Electrik Red's got swagger and legs... and style too.

Watch all four of them -- Naomi, Sarah, Lesley, and Binkie -- work all three in their newest video, "So Good," which looks a little like Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" video in all the right ways.

Then, check out some more of Electrik Red's tracks -- produced by The-Dream -- to hear what Destiny's Child and Pussycat Dolls might sound like if they had a chance to get as nasty as they wanna be. (Damn, girls! "We F--- You" is NO joke.) And big up to Naomi's throaty Mary J. alto pipes.

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