The internets is a-buzzing over the unexpected release of the self-titled BEYONCÉ album on 12/12/2013. This is her fifth studio album to date. A self-titled album is usually a statement, a declaration that an artist has arrived on the scene. Some artist release a self titled album right away at the beginning of their career, while others wait (like Aaliyah’s in 2001) when they feel they have reached a point they are most comfortable with their artistry to make the …
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Gnarls BarkleySt. ElsewhereDowntown Music/Atlantic Records You should say, “thank you” to Cee Lo and Danger Mouse for recording this album. The song, “Crazy” has been blasted through the skin of every media pore there is, including rock radio stations and even schizo, retarded, culture killing 106 & Park (the same clowns [BET] that wouldn’t play Little Brother’s “Lovin’ It” video, claiming it was “too intelligent” for their viewers). I can’t remember being this “hyphy” over an album since Kid A. …
Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch The Throne 2011 Watch The Throne? Really? It’s been called “a new form of opulence” in music. Kanye West and Jay-Z are on a higher plane with no one to compete with except U2’s Bono according to Pusha T (one half of The Clips and new member of G.O.O.D Music Records). The album is laced with ridiculously expensive samples, over produced dizzying production, a shout out to O (as in President Obama), references to hip-hop’s …
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