The MP3 Catalog Blog
The MP3 Catalog Blog
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01/23/2008 09:57 AM
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Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys was born in 1981, and despite her young age she has already risen to the top of the music industry. By the end of 2007, Keys had sold more than 35 million records. When compared to other musical performers, it is easy to see that Keys has achieved a very high level of [...]
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01/20/2008 09:52 PM
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Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Relinquishing the Charts
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The talented Miss Swift isn’t budging from her solid perches at the top of Billboard’s country albums and songs charts, where she sits with Taylor Swift and
“Our Song,” respectively.To make life even sweeter, Swift also has this week’s highest vaulting new single, “Picture to Burn,” which bows at No. 52. The only other first-time songs [...]
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01/16/2008 08:53 PM
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Dean Owens - Whisky Hearts
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In many ways, Dean Owens’s third solo album is very old fashioned. That isn’t meant as a criticism - musically it references huge slabs of Springsteen (especially the opener, Years Ago, one of those slyly political songs with its ripe rip of sax, and the gloriously uplifting Hallelujah) and in its more relaxed moments the [...]
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01/15/2008 08:45 PM
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Tom Baxter - Skybound
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It’s been three years since we heard anything from Tom Baxter. His 2004 release Feather and Stone, especially its opening track My Declaration, was a Radio Two favourite, but since then, not a sausage. Now comes Skybound, an autobiographical album, which shows off his angelic, dreamy voice with an eclectic mix of sounds and styles.A [...]
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01/14/2008 04:54 PM
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
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It’s four years since the last The Magnetic Fields album, i, but Stephin Merritt has hardly been idle. Yet where 69 Love Songs showed a remarkable profligacy of songwriting, and Showtunes elicited his love of Chinese music, Distortion is a conscious step back - not just looking over its shoulder, but swiveling round for a [...]
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01/13/2008 03:16 PM
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Chrisette Michele
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Surrounded by music since she was a small child, twenty-four year old singer, songwriter and composer Chrisette Michele has been blessed with an old soul and this Long Island bred songwriter and vocalist has a deep appreciation for the harmonic
foundations that includes gospel and jazz. “I did my first solo when I was four [...]
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01/12/2008 02:31 PM
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Sara Bareilles
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As a gifted singer and a versatile pianist with no formal training, Sara Bareilles burst onto the pop scene with a naturally skilled voice ranging from powerful and
soulful to sweet and gentle, earning her instant comparisons to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. At age 18, she left the Redwood forests of her hometown, Eureka, CA, [...]
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01/11/2008 02:27 PM
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Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set; Promises Eminem, Dr. Dre Will Be On G-Unit LP
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“I just came from court, I got my Donald Trump button-up on,” Tony Yayo said with a smile on Thursday afternoon (January 10) while sitting in the G-Unit’s Manhattan office.
Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, had been in court earlier in the day to make an appearance before his upcoming trial on charges of endangering the [...]
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01/07/2008 04:26 PM
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Kanye vs Beyonce
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Kanye West has revealed that Beyonce kicks his ass at Connect 4.
As strange as it sounds the friends battled it out at the board game when they were hanging out at Jay-Z’s new club recently.
In his first blog since the death of his mother Kanye thanked fans for the support and talked of playing Connect [...]
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01/07/2008 01:42 PM
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Fogerty’s Creative Revival
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John Fogerty’s newest, Revival, is easily his best record since Centerfield, and has some of his best material since the CCR days. Songs like Gunslinger, Creedence Song, and Long Dark Night hold their own against Creedence’s best stuff.
The album starts off with Don’t You Wish It Was True, with a beat that is similar to [...]
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UGK
With Bun B of beloved Southern hip-hop group UGK in town Monday, Buzz had to ask how he was faring since the loss earlier this month of his partner in rhyme, Chad “Pimp C” Butler . “I’m doing as well as could be expected,” said the artist ... The Los Angeles coroner's office yesterday (December 27) revealed that it will take another two weeks before the cause death of UGK rapper Pimp C is known. Pimp C (born Chad Butler ) was found dead on his in a room at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood ... Guest rapper of the year: OutKast's Andre 3000, who emerged from his post "Idlewild" funk to class up UGK's "Int'l Player's Anthem" and the remix of Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's." Runner-up: Lil' Wayne, for making even Nicole Scherzinger sound good ... For the mainstream masses, 2007 was the year of Kanye, Amy, Daughtry and (sigh) Britney. But in Houston music circles, it was all about Karina Nistal, Hayes Carll, UGK and — David Arquette? Deputy Dewey notwithstanding, and aside from their own mom ... UGK featuring OutKast, International Player's Anthem (I Choose You): Instrumentally, Anthem is a mix between the signature styles of the East and the South, boasting a flourishing beat that pairs thin drums with a gushy Willie Hutch sample. With ... The late Chad “Pimp C” Butler was on Bun B’s mind — as well as his t-shirt — when the other half of beloved southern hip-hop group UGK was in town earlier this week. Bun B and Young Dro are featured on Atlanta rapper Yung Joc’s new single ... From the unveiling of the Apple iPhone to the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista to the emergence of AMD's Barcelona chips, new product launches came fast and furious throughout the year. With apps like Apple's Leopard, Facebook, and Microsoft Windows ... He also promotes rap and reggae concerts, scoring a coup with the first visit to Arkansas by UGK of “Ridin’ Dirty” fame. But doing nails isn’t bringing him the status of his basketball days. So he cashes in his glory chips and sets himself ... Royal Decree No. 127/2007 is on ratification of the Montreal Protocol 1947 on addition of a new article: /93 bis/ to the International Civil Aviation Pact signed in Chicago in 1944. Article (1) of the decree ratifies the aforementioned protocol ... Bun B and Pimp C held court below the Mason-Dixon Line for years with their gritty playa anthems and thuggish tales about their Texas stomping grounds. Having influenced — and collaborated with — every major Southern MC from T.I. and Young Jeezy ...
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