2009's Best (In My Opinion)

2009 was a bitter sweet year overall. Mr. Obama was sworn in as the first African-American President of the United States, and Michael Jackson died (damn, that hurts every time). Hip-hop was ok. A lot of the laffy taffy shit finally left the airwaves, but that then opened the door for auto-tune rappers.

Then, Jay-Z kind of killed that vibe with D.O.A. It seems as if a sense of respect for lyrics and artistry have returned in 2009. I can only imagine what 2010 will be like. Here are the albums and mixtapes that I felt did justice to the Hip-Hop game (in some shape or form) this year:

1. Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah- “Only Built for Cuban Linx II”

2. Jadakiss & Green Lantern-“The Camp Is Here Pt. 2: Kiss My Ass”

3. Mos Def- “Ecstatic”

4. Jay-Z- ““The Blueprint 3″“

5. Ghostface Killah- “The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City”

6. Joell Ortiz- “Road Kill” mixtape

7. Clipse- “Till the Casket Drop”

8. Lil Wayne- “No Ceilings” mixtape

9. M.O.P.- “Foundation”

10. Slaughterhouse- “Slaughterhouse”

Honorable Mentions:

Eminnem “Relapse”

Doom “Born Like This”

Wu-Tang presents “Chamber Music”

Until 2010….

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HipHopForNerds.com Top 5 Rap/Hip-Hop Albums of 2009 List

Jay-Z – “The Blueprint 3″ Is Our Album Of The Year Pick!

These lists are never easy to make, yet so easy to debate. The world of hip-hop is becoming so large that it’s pretty impossible to make any sort of universally accepted list. If you have followed this blog though, you should already have an idea of what my list will look like. HipHopForNerds.com has been a supporter of mostly mainstream hip-hop, as well as some independent stuff that you have probably never heard before. With that said, certain artists did not make it onto this blog or into this list because they simply were not in the pool of candidates I listened to. I listen to everything I can, but I know there are probably albums I have missed. Feel free to comment if you feel I’ve omitted an artist who should truly be in the top 5. With that said, here is my list of best rap albums of 2009.

1. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3

I know the haters are gonna be mad about this one. I don’t really know why anyone expected a 40 year old man to release an album for the streets, but that has pretty much been the big criticism. Critics call this “white collar rap”, but it’s a lyrically eye opening album if you actually listen to the words. For once, Jay is taking a stand against some of the stupidity he once stood for. He tells us why all the things he once thought were cool are no longer cool, and he shares the story of how a poor drug dealer from Brooklyn became a global star. The production of the album puts this above Eminem’s Relapse on my list, and is definitely my favorite album of 2009. It is good music for anyone who cares to be successful in life. If you consider it bragging, well, Jay has a right to brag.

2. Eminem – Relapse

Relapse is not the best album of Eminem’s career, but it beats out his previous two (Encore & The Re-Up), and should be considered as an appetizer to what I anticipate will be the best album of his career in Relapse 2. Eminem sounded like a man only beginning to reach his prime on this album. Ever since he quit drinking and drugs, his flow has gotten quicker and more crisp. You could tell he had some rust to shake off, and a few of these tracks are filler material in his overall catalog, but if you’ve heard The Refill, you already know he’s only getting better. Expect Eminem to hold the top spot on next year’s list, but until then, go get that Refill!

3. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap

Ricky Ross didn’t receive the greatest review from me when the album initially dropped, but in hindsight, this really is a good album. Lyrically it’s nothing mind blowing, but the replay value, production, guest features, and energy of the album make it one of this year’s best. Add that to the fact that Ross nearly outsold 50 Cent’s album in the first week, and you’ve got an emerging star here. Can Ross keep it up next year? I have a feeling we’ve heard his best work already, but maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised by another one.

4. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

Is it possible that being born and raised in Cleveland led to my inclusion of this album on my list? Possibly. The more likely reason though is that Cudi dominated the rookie class of 09 with his music and sales this year. Man On The Moon was the highest selling album of anyone in XXL magazine’s top 10 freshman list, and was one of the best selling rap albums of 2009 in general. It is very artsy and slow paced, but when your mood is down and you need some musical therapy, this album should do the trick. It was an impressive rookie release, and Cudi will likely shine again as it appears his label is already granting him a second album packed with even more star power.

5. MIMS – Guilt

If I went around the streets polling people on their top rap albums of the year, MIMS’ album probably wouldn’t even be on most top 20 lists. With that said, most people also haven’t given this album a chance. MIMS is the type of rapper who always releases fun, shallow, danceable singles which degrade his credibility, but his albums usually tell a different story. Guilt is one of my favorite albums this year because of it’s diversity and creativity. MIMS explores the rock genre just enough to add an alternative feel to the album, and you can tell he really made this one from the heart. This album should not be slept on. It hasn’t left my rotation since it dropped, and if you think I’m crazy, at least give it a listen.

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Eminem.

Is freaking amazing. You know it I know it. He has been through many hard times and still gets through it all. He had a shitty childhood. But he never let that stop him. His music is good. And is REAL RAP! Yeah, He probably has some screws up in his head loose, But it’s better then what’s happening your your parents bedroom. Lol. I love him alot! I never met him, But I hope to one day get the chance to just tell him How great I think he is. Anyways. If you wanna hate on Slim Shady keep your freaking comments to yourself cause honestly NO ONE CARES. He is amazing. Rich. Successful. Awesome. Sick. Twisted. Amazing. And you will never be half of what he is

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Another GenXer bites the dust

This time a younger one.

Brittany Murphy at the age of 32. That’s my wife’s age. Yikes!

Of course, Brits got her start in the movie Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling the creator of one of the all time great GenX flicks, Fast Time at   Ridgemont High, which launched the career of Sean Penn and laid bare a side of Phoebe Cates for which I an countless other GenX guys will be forever grateful.

She was also in 8 Mile with Eminem, which is about my old stomping grounds.  In fact, I grew up less than a mile from the trailer park where they shot some of the scenes for 8 Mile. I used to ride my BMX bike through that trailer park to get to the one next to it becase my buddy Rick lived there.

Repots are saying that Murphy died of cardiac arrest, which of course sounds like perhaps an eating disorder (she’d gotten really thin) and/or drugs. Wow! Shocker.

I swear I’m trying to think of something else to say but I’m drawing a blank. I didn’t dislike Brits but wasn’t a huge fan either. I was, however, a fan of some of the movies she was in — Clueless, 8 Mile, Sin City.

RIP Brits.

NEXT!

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The Best Albums of 2009

It’s that time of year when self-absorbed bloggers and music geeks prepare their Top 10 Albums of the Year lists. Of course, the mainstream media trots out Beyonce and U2 while the hipsters try to out-obscure each other by only choosing albums by artists that no one has ever heard of. I guess I’m somewhere in between, so some of you will find my list a bit too mainstream (Pearl Jam, Jay-Z) while others of you will raise an eyebrow at the lesser-known stuff (Polvo? Magnolia who?).

Since I couldn’t narrow it down to just 10 albums, I cheated creatively by breaking it into categories plus two Top 10’s. It doesn’t matter. I think there are more albums on this list than there are readers of this blog.

Best Rock Album

Polvo – In Prism

Best Americana/Alt.Country Album

The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You

Best Hip-Hop Album

Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx 2

Best Jazz Album

Allen Toussaint – The Bright Mississippi

Best Traditional R&B / Rockin Soul Party Album

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!

The Top 10 Albums

Them Crooked Vultures

The Dead Weather – Horehound

Mos Def – The Ecstatic

Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses – Roadhouse Sun

Sonic Youth – The Eternal

The Black Crowes – Before the Frost/Until the Freeze

Pearl Jam – Backspacer

Regina Spektor – Far

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur

The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love

The Next 10 (this list goes up to 11!)

Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar

KRS-One and Buckshot – Survival Skills

Magnolia Electric Co. – Joesphine

John Wesley Harding – Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

Mars Volta – Octahedron

Wilco (the Album)

Eminem – Relapse

Ben Kweller – Changing Horses

Jay Z – Blueprint 3

Levon Helm – Electric Dirt

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South

Best Remaster/Reissue

The Beatles catalog 09.09.09

Best Re-imagined/Re-recorded Album

Stephen Marley – Mind Control (Acoustic)

Best Live Album

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology

Best Collection of Outtakes/Unreleased Odds’n’ends

Drive-By Truckers – Fine Print

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Amazon Leaks Lil Wayne Album

Just one week ago when Birdman announced Wayne’s upcoming rock album Rebirth was pushed back to be released in February 2010, Santa brings us fans an early Xmas present.

A distributor under Amazon.com has accidentally released the album which is not supposed to be out for another 2 months. Perhaps it was because of the six date changes or the confusing statements of Birdman, many lucky customers who had the album pre-ordered were happy to open their mailbox to a rare actual Lil Wayne album. Many customers, who pre-ordered the album, have commented on the Amazon site whether or not they received the album or not. Amazon has not yet released a statement about the incident but have predicted that 500 copies of the album were delivered.

While some lucky ones received the album today, all the albums that were on their way are being shipped back to Amazon. If you are not one of the few customers who received the premature shipped album, you can enjoy his newest track with Eminem here.

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Royce Da 5’9” Sends Shots at Benzino and Canibus

“Benzino, the hardest n*gga, you don’t know him for hammers/ You know him for talkin sh*t with Nore behind the cameras/ I blam at cha and damage ya.”

Royce Da 5’9” is clearly a rapper that delivers on his promises.  When he announced the release of Bar Exam 3, he issued a warning to those that had foul words for him or his crew.  Starting with his own rendition of “Back By Popular Demand”, the time for revenge is now at he sets his sights first on Benzino and Canibus.

Benzino recently had some words about Slaughterhouse making the statement that the group was overrated and that Made Men would basically lay waste to them in a rap battle.  He even took is as far as releasing the diss record “Good Fellaz” going at the group along with his former nemesis Eminem dropping line such as:

“I can’t be vibin’ with them n*ggas, that’s a dead issue/ He wasn’t so official ‘til I started f*cking with you/ Too overated, what I’m saying might be fraud to them/ They bring that bacon to my house I have to Slaughter ‘em.” 

Nickel also stepped in for his friend Eminem with some jabs to Canibus who recently threw some shots at Shady with “Air Strike”. 

With two down, who else will have crosshairs aimed at their bodies for Nickel to pull the trigger on?

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Billboard's TOP 20 artists of the DECADE

posted by keasyy

Billboard released their top artists of the DECADE

1. Eminem

2. Usher

3. Nelly

4. Beyonce

5. Alicia Keys

6. 50 Cent

7. Nickleback

8. Britney Spears

9. Destiny’s Child

10. Jay-Z

Beyonce is the #1 female artists!! (woo-hoo) i agree with that… but #3 being Nelly??? Jay-z being #10??? see 11-20 after the jump!

11. Mariah Carey 12. The Black Eyed Peas 13. Pink 14. Kelly Clarkson 15. Kanye West 16. Ludacris 17. Rihanna 18. Creed 19. Linkin Park 20. Christina Aguilera some of these are soooo….

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eminem - refill

Hits stores December 22nd

After  Eminem’s long awaited album Relapse, a followed release entitled Refill will hit stores December 22nd with 7 official tracks.  The following are the official track listing for the cd:

01. People Make Me

02. Taking My Ball

03. Insult To Injury

04. Outlet

05. Carrington Pool

06. Forever (feat. Drake,Lil Wayne and Kanye West)

07. Stainless Ego

**08. buffalo bill

**09. evelevator

** Track 08 and 09 might be or not on the refill album, either way, its Eminem and you know he spits fire. You can download/listen to the new tracks  over here: http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/18503907/acfece19/sharing.html?rnd=57 . I’ve searched many other websites to share the official track list, so far track 01 – 07 are official the extras may be just singles or bonus tracks.

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Eminem - Music Box

I’m sorry Interscope this is the LAST one .. I promise lol .. This record is so crazy I had to post it .. I don’t get how this was a leftover from Relapse? I guess it does sound a bit like “Stay Wide Awake” .. But I still would have put on this record .. “Relapse: Refill” in stores Dec. 21 .. Pick it up!

Eminem – Music Box

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Time for a Refill

Off of Eminem’s re-release of his latest album Relapse, simply titled ‘Relapse: Refill’ comes two of the seven new tracks.  The First is a typical Slim Shady song where he raps with his ‘accent’ and is more or less a song about murder and his darker side, titled ‘Buffalo Bill’.  The second track, Elevator, is a more Eminem song with a nice beat, even some singing on the hook (not quite Hailie’s Song) but nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to Eminem.  Relapse: Refill due out December 21st!  Shouts to TCO

Buffalo Bill | Link 2

Elevator | Link 2

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Eminem Gets Complex!

Eminem graces the cover of December/ January issue of Complex Magazine.

Story by Noah Callahan-Bever; Photography by Matt Doyle; Styling by Anoma Ya Whittake

“I just met Eminem again, for the first time in 10 years. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve spoken at least a half-dozen times since our initial introduction back in May of ‘98, when I interviewed him for BLAZE Magazine. But the guy I dealt with in those intervening years? Well, he was a different person. The dude I met in that strip mall parking lot more than a decade ago, listening to mixes on the stock system of his Buick rental, was outgoing, hilarious, genuine, razor-sharp, and endlessly talented. He was a walking adventure and an inspiration. But, with him being overwhelmed by the fame—and then the work, and then the drugs—every encounter we shared after the release of The Slim Shady LP got incrementally more awkward, involved less eye contact, and left me feeling more concerned about the collateral damage of his unmitigated success. “

Continue reading the insightful interview here ‘Relapse Refill’ is out December 22nd.

Go under the cut for footage from the cover shoot.

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Eminem Covers Complex

Eminem Covers The Dec/Jan Issue Of Complex Magazine …

You’ve had about five months to sit with your “comeback,” Relapse. What are your feelings about it now?

Eminem: I was happy with it when I put it out—but honestly, I haven’t given it too much thought since then because I’ve been so busy working on Relapse 2.

Check Out The Full Article Over At Complex

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Mobile tunes, games & video

If you’re looking for mobile content we’ve got a fantastic array of games, video and tunes.

With every genre of music from hip hop to bollywood, dance to celebrity we can cover your every whim and fancy. Featurting artists like Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, Cheryl Cole, Dizzee Rascal, Leona Lewis & Tinchy Stryder we can make that mobile sound like a night at the O2.

Our games section throbs with the latest titles including Sims Castaway, Medal of Honour and Metal Gear Acid.

If it’s mobile software you need, we’ve got shelves so stocked they sag at the edges, including wayfinder GPS, call recorder pro and online currency converters.

Why not give us a try, click here

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Jay-Z snob Em et 50Cent aux AMA'09.

Jay vs Fifty

Jay-Z snob Em et 50Cent aux AMA’09 : c’est ce que raconte en tout cas un espion de “Hollyscoop” qui était assis à côté de Jigga. En effet, le New-Yorkais n’a pas daigner les encourager lorsque Slim et Fifty étaient sur scène alors que toute la foule était en plein délire.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  De plus, lorsqu’un gars à côté de Jay s’est levé pour les applaudir, il l’a pris par le bras et lui a dit de se rassoir, ce qu’il fit.

Il es fort probable que cet acte soit dû au quelques récentes provocations entre les deux hommes, et non envers Marshall avec qui il est l’ambassadeur du nouveau jeux-vidéo “DJHero” !! Néanmoins, si 50 et Jay venaient à entrer en guerre, il est probable que Em soit de la partie, de part sa forte amitié avec Curtis Jackson aka 50Cent !

Mais si Shady sait se contrôler, il est quasiment sûre qu’il n’y aura pas de conflits entre nos deux ambassadeurs tant le respect qu’ils ont l’un envers l’autre est grand.

Affaire à suivre !!!

Voila c’est tout pour le moment.

Bye, Stan.

Me.

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Not too soon

I was very, very disappointed with Dot Rottens latest release “R.I.P Young Dot”. After his first mixtape, and his excellent work on the O.G’s mixtape “O.G season” this was a  terrible let down. Although i never really rated Dot as one of the top mc’s (he’s at times been a bit to monotonous for my taste) i did rate him as one of the top producers. “R.I.P Young Dot” was the sound of Dot totally loosing it. No it wasn’t one of the worst grime mixtapes made, far from, but it was a  frustrating and boring failure. And after that most of what i heard from Dot, on various youtube vids, was him continuing the very odd theme he started on with “I’m a leader”, some sort of melancholy autotune gone berserk.

For these reasons i didn’t have too high expectations on the release of S.O.O.N. I was really just hoping Dot wouldn’t have gone further down a strange route of undistinguished run-of-the-mill tracks with some autotune singing in the chorus. Fortunately it seems Dot has gotten his head if not completely at least partly back in the game.  It’s obvious already on the first track “Mr baker/Crazy Comments” (after having to listen to a rather annoying attempt at humor from “Mr baker”) that Dot has highly improved his mc skills, both lyrically and flow wise. Here he comes like a grime Eminem, high pitched, fast spitting, fast rhyming, wisecracking. But als0 in more conventional grime mode he’s flow is vastly improved and convey far more emotion than on earlier works, even without crying out in a burst of auto-tune.

But most importantly Dot seem to have recovered his skills as a producer. At times this mixtape burns with creative skill, on more melancholy tracks like “The days”, “Best of me” and “No one knows”, ferocious tracks like “Show me respect” and “Talking the hardest” or simply, in grime terms, refreshingly original tracks like “Two step non step”, and “I’m not stopping”.  At best Dot has a imaginative gifted touch, a innovative and unique style so desperately needed in todays grime.

Some thing are not as good. While in general being ok, moody tracks “I’m  a professional” and “The days” makes me cringe, or occasionally makes me giggle to myself when Dot goes in hard with the autotune singing. It really does sound ridiculous. On “Best of me” i totally loose it, it’s just too fucking weird. Also the guest are not up to the quality of the members of O’G’s he used to spar with, but are  mostly pretty colorless. Only exceptions are Ice Kid, who has two great chilling verses and Voltage, who does well on his own on great bonustrack “No one knows”.

However, this is not a album, but apparently the mixtape before next mixtape, or the album, that will or will not arrive any day now, which may explain a few odd choices. First of all, 22 tracks is too many. 22 tracks is proof you don’t have proper quality control. Theres no reason to have that many tracks. I’d say 15 tracks maximum, give the others away on compilations or as free downloads or whatever. Also most of the tracks not produced by Dot feels out of place and hurt the consistency of the mixtape, none of the Faith SFX tracks are particularly good, Terror Danjahs “Ride for me”  is a quite boring commercial lovesong, only “Theres more to life” over Dizzee Rascals “Brand new Day” really feel at place. There are also some tracks i don’t see any point at all having on here. Brutal’s “Cheating” is hideous, so is “Sex time” with Griminal and Brutal. Please someone explain to me why i would want to hear about other men fucking.

With half the number of tunes i might have considered this a grime classic. It contains at least six or seven tracks i will hold as among the best of 2009. This is the sound of a artist, a artist who’s  found his way home, still perhaps on shaky legs, but with perhaps more promise than anyone i can see in the scene at the moment. I just keep my fingers crossed and hope that he will stay clear of the autotune and the dreadful lovesongs.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS-RED CARPET/PERFORMANCES/WINNERS/

PICTURES FROM THE RED CARPET

ALICIA KEYS

RIHANNA

MARY J BLIGE

LEONA LEWIS

KERI HILSON

50 CENT

SNOOP & WIFE

DRAKE

NE-YO & GUEST

BLACK EYED PEAS

JERMAINE JACKSON

WINNERS OF THE 2009 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift

POP/ROCK

Favorite Male Artist: Michael Jackson

Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas

Favorite Album: Number Ones, Michael Jackson

COUNTRY

Favorite Male Artist: Keith Urban

Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Rascal Flatts

Favorite Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift

SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES

Favorite Male Artist: Michael Jackson

Favorite Female Artist: Beyoncé

Favorite Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas

Favorite Album: Number Ones, Michael Jackson

RAP/HIP-HOP

Favorite Male Artist: Jay-Z

Favorite Album: Blueprint 3, Jay-Z

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Favorite Artist: Taylor Swift

LATIN MUSIC

Favorite Artist: Aventura

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

Favorite Artist: Green Day

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Favorite Artist: Mary Mary

SOUNDTRACKS

Favorite Album: Twilight Soundtrack

T-Mobile BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (ALL GENRES)

Gloriana

PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT RIHANNA PERFORMS WAIT IS OVER & HARD

JAY Z AND ALICIA KEYS PERFORM EMPIRE STATE OF MIND

LADY GAGA PERFORMS BAD ROMANCE & SPEECHLESS

WHITNEY HOUSTON PERFORMS I DIDNT KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH

KELLY CLARKSON PERFORMS ALREADY GONE.

ALICIA KEYS PERFORMS SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART

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50 - Before I Self Destruct

Before I Self Destruct Track Listing

* “The Invasion”

* “Then Days Went By”

* “Death to My Enemies”

* “So Disrespectful”

* “Psycho” (feat. Eminem)

* “Hold Me Down”

* “Crime Wave”

* “Stretch”

* “Strong Enough”

* “Get It Hot”

* “Gangsta’s Delight”

* “I Got Swag”

* “Baby by Me” (feat. Ne-Yo)

* “Do You Think About Me”

* “Ok, You’re Right”

* “Could’ve Been You” (feat. R. Kelly)

Torrent Download

Alternate Link

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One from the Vault: Eminem Cover

May 2000: Eminem releases his second full-length album, The Marshall Mathers LP, to critical acclaim. The closing track is “Criminal”.

May 2007: While recording in Norfolk, England, Glass and Cornelius decide to embellish their mutual love of The Marshall Mathers LP by covering “Criminal”, using only a 100-year-old upright piano, Glass’s golden vocal chords, and an over-enthusiastic melodica.

November 2009: Glass and Cornelius decide to dust off said cover from the archives, and release it to the general public.

Below is the original song – if you’re not familiar with it, might I suggest giving it a listen first, to truly appreciate the bold, fresh artistic direction that we took the song in for the cover.

 

And now, our take on the hip-hop masterpiece:

DISCLAIMER: hopefully this is unnecessary, but we would like to point out that all lyrical content in both versions is Eminem’s, not ours – especially the homophobic stuff, which is most of the song. We’re an open-minded bunch here at the casa Royal Native, and this is meant to be a joke, so please don’t go taking it seriously!

 

And need I remind you, that our EP is being released to the wide world this coming Monday? These are exciting times. Keep an eye out for fresh songs, and a couple you may have heard before…

Refill out Dec. 21st, Relapse 2 out 2010

The Refill is OFFICIAL and has been confirmed it will release on December 21st of this year .. It will also include 7 new tracks .. There were rumors floating around that Relapse 2 would be scrapped, but in todays press release, Interscope announced those rumors were false .. They say Relapse 2 will release sometime in 2010 .. Hopefully the track I posted about earlier makes it on the album .. Read the press release after the jump!

via Your Audio Fix

SUPERSTAR HIP-HOP ARTIST RELEASES HIS CHART-TOPPING ALBUM RELAPSE WITH FIVE UNRELEASED TRACKS TO TIDE FANS OVER TILL RELAPSE 2

Multi-platinum hip-hop artist Eminem will release Relapse: Refill on December 21ST, 2009, on Aftermath/Interscope Records. This re-release of Eminem’s chart-topping fifth studio album includes seven bonus tracks, including the single “Forever”, also featuring Drake, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne (previously found on the More Than A Game soundtrack), “Taking My Ball” (also released only with the DJ Hero video game), and five never-before-heard tracks.??

“I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned” Eminem says. “Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year”. Eminem has been busy in the studio creating even more new material since Relapse was released. “I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.” ??

One of the most anticipated albums of the year, the platinum-selling Relapse entered the Billboard Top 200 album chart at No. 1 in May 2009 and sold more than 618,000 domestic copies in the U.S. in its first week. Relapse is also the top selling hip-hop album of 2009. The first song to debut from the album, “Crack a Bottle”, was released in February and set a first-week record for digital sales at the time, while the first official single and video, “We Made You”, debuted in April. The best-selling hip-hop artist of the SoundScan era, Eminem has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide. His previous studio album, Encore, reached No. 1 and dominated the charts in late 2004. The Grammy-nominated disc was certified quadruple-platinum, generated four Top 40 Hot 100 hits, and has sold more than 11 million copies. In October 2008, Eminem published Eminem: The Way I Am, a compilation of thoughts, stories and memorabilia that entered the New York Times bestseller list at No. 11.

Current November Status

(This idea blatantly stolen from France, FTW!)

Current Books: Can I tell you a secret? It takes me forever to read a book. I always have several going at one time and it can take me years (hello, The Fountainhead) to finish one. Right now I’m in the middle of Dead Until Dark, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon and A Homemade Life.

Current Playlist: I’m always adding to my beats playlist and recently started compiling a Christmas playlist. Recent iTunes purchase include ’Till I Collapse (Eminem), Forever (Drake), Replay (Iyaz), Go Tell It On the Mountain (Jim Nabors) and Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee). Yes, I’m kind of a Top 40 whore.

Current Guilty Pleasure: Hershey’s Kisses at work. I don’t usually eat sweets at the office, but my boss bought me a bag and I can’t say no to Hershey’s chocolate.

Current Color: Black. When in doubt, I always go for black. Or green (but not dark green).

Current Drink: Water, Mountain Dew (I allow myself one can a day during the week) and this fantastic raspberry pomegranate juice I found last week at the grocery store. SO good.

Current Food: I’ve been eating a lot of pasta e ceci over the past 10 days. I’m also obsessed with Snyder’s of Hanover Sourdough Nibblers.

Current Favorite Show: I can never pick a favorite. Also, please don’t judge me based on my fascination with “reality” stars. That said, these days I always tune in to Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Hills, Fringe, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.

Current Wishlist: A car made in this decade. King-size flannel sheets. A bed frame. T-shirts from mental_floss.

Current Needs: Nada

Current Triumphs: Taking care of the car situation by myself without hyperventilating. Actually, taking care of just about everything by myself  since September 14.

Current Bane Of My Existence: Brian being away. I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about it, but it’s true.

Current Celebrity Crush: Ed Westwick, Mark Ruffalo, Joshua Jackson … and mayyyyyyybe Justin Bobby. That guy is a total dbag, but way easy on the eyes.

Current Indulgence:  Is this different than my current guilty pleasure? OK, pizza rolls and ice cream. I’m trying to clear out all the bad (read: unhealthy) crap from my freezer … by eating it.

Current Blessing: My whole life is a blessing. Love, work, food on the table and a roof over my head.

Current Slang: A compendium of words and phrases I’ve picked up over the years. Examples include “super pissed with cheese” and “your mom.”

Current Outfit: Black North Face fleece jacket, magenta V-neck sweater, jeans, Montrail hiking boots

I was never a fan of Eminem

growing up. I didn’t listen to hip-hop much at all except stuff like Nelly and Puffy that was played on Z-100. I was a bit of a lame, if you would care to say. But I started actually listening to Eminem this past Spring I suppose, when I was living back in NB. And the thing that makes him so good, so much better than so many other rappers, is not his albums or his edginess or his public persona or the clothes he wears or the banners he puts up around NYC. It’s the fact that he has actual lyrical skill, that he approaches rap as a craft and works to perfect and improve it. Lil Wayne did this for a little while when he was still on the mixtape circuit, but even then he was highly prone to reusing verses and his rhymes were fairly simplistic and he didn’t really work at flow acceleration or internal rhyme schemes or anything like that. But Eminem does. What makes him so much better than so many people is not what he puts out, it’s the work he does that never reaches the public’s ears…

Eminem to star in 3D film 'Shady Talez'

Eminem is set to produce and star in a forthcoming 3D horror film ‘Shady Talez’, it has been revealed.

Producer John Davis and writer-producer Dallas Jackson, who worked on ‘I, Robot’, will helm the movie along with the rapper, reports Screendaily.com.

Kevin Grevioux, who wrote the ‘Underworld’ film, will write the script alongside Jackson. The project will also be released as a series of four comic books next year on the Marvel Icons imprint.

A release schedule for the film is yet to be announced. Eminem’s last big screen appearance was in his semi-autobiographical movie ‘8 Mile’.

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Eminem to star in 3-D horror film

Eminem

From PTINews.com

Rapper Eminem is about to give his rap career a new turn as he is set to act in a 3-D hip-hop horror movie named ‘Shady Talez’.

The 37-year-old performer will star in the film which is a horror anthology described as a cross between ‘Creep Show’ and vintage TV programme ‘The Twilight Zone’, reported BBC.

Announced last year, ‘Shady Talez’ will feature three stories offering a hip-hop spin to classic horror films.

The film is being produced by DJ Classicz, a division of Davis Entertainment, the US company behind the ‘Garfield’ and ‘Aliens vs Predator’ movies.

Since Eminem, also known as alter-ego Slim Shady, loves comic books and horror flicks, the project will also incorporate a four-issue ‘Shady Talez’ comic book series, due out in 2010.

The rapper, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic earlier this year with his latest album ‘Relapse’.

Amazon Specials!

Eminem - intr-un film 3D

Eminem isi va marca intoarcerea pe marile ecrane cu un film 3D intitulat “Shady Talez”, anunta hollywood.com.

Acesta va fi primul sau film dupa o pauza de aproape 8 ani de la legendarul sau film “8 Mile” (2002). Eminem va fi de asemenea si producatorul filmului. “Shady Talez” va aparea si sub forma de benzi desenate, in 4 numere, in anult 2010.

Alaturi de Marshall Bruce Mathers III (numele adevarat al lui Eminem) vor lucra la acest proiect John Davis (producatorul “I, Robot”) si Dallas Jackson.

That Thing You Do! and Pop Radio's Effect on Me in the Mid to Late 90s

What a great movie. I can’t think of a better film that captures everything I love about life. That’s an overstatement, but if you’ve seen this flick, you know what I’m talking about. It just makes you feel good, and not in a cop-out, blockbuster sort of way. It was made well with one of Hollywood’s few “white knights” (ahem, Tom Hanks).

My favorite scene? In the studio towards the end, when Guy jams with Del Paxton (I hope I’m not ruining it, but if you, Constant Reader, haven’t seen this movie…well, you probably wouldn’t be reading this little blog because the universe where you live that doesn’t include That Thing You Do! is a universe where I do not and will not exist). That scene helped shape my desire to create music, to contribute something creative and artistic to this world even if only a few people heard it.

Guy loved music. That’s why he was the main character. The good guy. The one that could do no wrong. Jimmy, as Mr. White (Tom Hanks) said, was the talent. He didn’t appreciate music as much as Guy, because he had that natural ability to write a great song and yeah, it went to his head. Who wouldn’t want to be engaged to a gal like Liv Tyler, or at least a gal that was played by Liv Tyler? Seriously. Todd Rundgren was her legal guardian for Something/Anything?’s sake!

I can’t say that any aspect of this film is bad. The theme song, written by the great Mike Viola (who produced Mandy Moore’s Amanda Leigh) and Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne fame), is a course in classic pop songwriting. Never mind Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” “That Thing You Do!” has stood the test of time.

Side Note: By the way, do you know how many times we listened to “My Heart Will Go On” in Spanish in 5th grade? I don’t know! I don’t remember! Which means that it was more than once. That was back when I was living and breathing pop music on the radio. Kiss FM (106.1 ya’ll), Hot 100 (100.3, the more “urban” Kiss FM), you know what I’m talking about, Southlake, TX. I distinctly remember that Kiss FM was playing an alternate version of “My Heart Will Go On” with actual quotes from Titanic. The same thing happened with Bruce Springsteen’s “Secret Garden” when Jerry McGuire came out. And people ate it up! I’m making an assumption here, because I ate it up and I heard it all the time.

I think my first experiences with certain emotions came from Pop radio. Heartache (is that even an emotion?) was one of them. My Mom was driving me to hockey practice. What did my heart ache about? I don’t know. But “Genie in a Bottle” was making me long for someone. It wasn’t even someone. It was just some entity, some idea. This feeling of being caught up in an interaction with a girl that went beyond the scope of cootie resistance.

Pop music in the late 1990s had created this void inside me. The music was telling me “you have to find a girl and love on her and get her to love on you…and by love on, we mean awkwardly slow dance with her at the next middle school extracurricular socializing event.” All the while, I’m thinking “Okay, just as soon as I get frosted tips, start shopping at Structure, and try out for one of the four football teams.” So Pop music is the leading cause to coupling. Interesting.

Another emotion I first felt through Pop radio was Aggression. I think it came when “Forgot About Dre” hit the airwaves. It was 7th grade. And for some reason, the song resonated with me. It wasn’t about feeling a connection with the subject matter then. Did I have any idea what it felt like to be bombarded by younger rappers trying to upstage and replace me? No. It was more about feeling cool. My parents let me get the edited version of Chronic 2001 at Wal-Mart. I don’t know why. Maybe I made a fuss? Maybe they weren’t aware of the album’s content? What I do know is that I wanted to have sex/have slightly-more-than-platonic relations with as many attractive girls as possible at that age. And by knowing a song that Eminem rapped on, I’d be in the right direction.

Side, Side Note:I had to scratch my head for a minute about the continuity here. If Chronic 2001 would have actually come out in 2001, I would have been in 9th grade, well into my post-punk/ska phase. But alas, Dr. Dre’s masterpiece came out in 1999, putting me in 7th Grade with a lot to lose and a lot to gain, workin my way up the middle school food chain. See that? I came up with that rhyme just now.

Wow. That Thing You Do! to Chronic 2001. This single post covered just about everything you wanted to learn today/night.

Well, I’ve run out of steam here at Minutiae Music Land. As you can tell, this was a very stream-of-conscious post, but I plan on revisiting the topic of Pop radio in the 1990s because I think it was pretty integral to my growth as a humanitarian/man of the people/songwriter/regular dude just trying to bide his time.

And by the way, in all seriousness: Dawes’ North Hills is on constant playback here at the Great Pagoda of Fun(n). And also Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons’ Death Won’t Send a Letter. Both are very nice albums that make me hopeful for the future. And I say this, because you, Constant Reader, are hear to seek out my guiding light (read: my opinion on contemporary music).

EMA 2009 - Winners (vencedores)

Beyoncé e Taylor Swift

Os European Music Awards foram entregues, e é talvez a primeira vez em que os vencedores foram quase na sua totalidade os mesmos em que eu votaria.

Tokio Hotel como melhor banda, não está certamente nessa lista. Já Beyoncé ganhou o prémio como melhor artista feminina, não só pelo seu talento, mas pela excelente prestação da produtora, na publicidade que fez á artista. Beyoncé foi a grande vencedora da noite, e o prémio que mais mereceu foi sem dúvida o prémio de melhor música, que apesar de eu não ser fã da artista, considero que “Halo”, é das músicas mais agradáveis de ouvir do momento.
Como melhor banda alternativa, Paramore seria também um vencedor á altura, mas os Placebo são mais influentes, e arrecadaram o prémio.
Pixie Lott foi levada ao colo até os tops mundiais, e é agora uma referência do Soul, arrecadou um prémio que também poderia pertencer a The Veronicas, La Roux, e os agora bastante ouvidos Metro Station. E por fim, mas não menos importantes, as 3 melhores bandas actuais, Linkin Park, Green Day, e U2, têm tido performances exemplares, e como tal merecem os prémios respectivos.

Em todas as categorias, existiam grandes nomes que mereciam tanto o prémio como os vencedores, mas infelizmente só pode existir um vencedor por categoria, o que não retira nem qualidade, nem nome aos que ficaram para trás. Falo de Cold Play, The Veronicas, Muse, Kings of Leon, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, The Killers, Paramore, Foo Fighters, entre outros…

 

EMA Berlim 2009 Winners, (vencedores);
Best Video – Beyoncé ‘Single Ladies’
Best Female -Beyoncé
Best Group -Tokio Hotel
Best European Act – maNga
Best Push Artist – Pixie Lott
Best Male – Eminem
Best New Act - Lady Gaga
Best Alternative – Placebo
Best World Stage Performance – Linkin Park
Best Song – Beyoncé ‘Halo’
Best Rock - Green Day
Best Urban - Jay-Z
Best Live Act -U2

Cypher - Mos Def, Emimen, Black Thought

SAY WORD!

Usually, I won’t watch BET, I really don’t see that much progression in it’s programming, the only recent good news I heard was the are bringing the sitcom series The Game back to primetime so that’s cool, with that being said, BET holds there annual Hip-Hop Awards in which the bright light is the cypher that the hold showcasing major lyricist in the game with an ol’ skool beat being blazed by each rapper’s verbal blessings.

One section had a crazzy line-up with Mos Def (Brooklyn), Black Thought (Philly) and Eminem (Detroit). Let’s just say that, I’ve watched this YouTube video over 10x already

HQ English Video Songs

English HQ video Songs

Source : DVD , HDTV
Type : Avi , Mkv

List:

50 Cent feat. Olivia – Candy Shop
Aerosmith – I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing
Akon – Bananza(Belly+Dancer)
Akon – Dont matter
Akon – Mr Lonely
Akon – Sorry , blame it on me
Akon feat. Eminem – Smack That [HQ]
Akon ft Snoop Doggs – I wanna luv U
Akon ft T-Pain – I can’t wait
Alanis_Morissette_-_Everything
Aly & AJ – Potential Breakup Song
Aqua_-_Barbie_Girl
AQua – Doctor Jones
Ashlee_Simpson_-_Autobiography
Ashlee simpson_shadow
Ashlee_Simpson_-_Boyfriend
Ashlee_Simpson_-_L.O.V.E.
Ashlee_Simpson_-_Outta_My_Head
Ashley Tisdale – He+Said+She+Said
Atomic_Kitten_-_Someone_like_me
Attomic_Kitten_-_Eternal_Flame
Atomic_Kitten_-_Tide.Is.High
Avril Lavigne – Complicated
Avril Lavigne – Dont tell me
Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending
Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi
Baby Bash ft Sean Kingston – What Is It
Backstreet Boys – As long as you love me
Backstreet.Boys_-_Incomplete
Backstreet Boys – Larger_than_life
Basshunter_-_All_I_Ever_Wanted
Beyonce-halo
Black eyed peas – My humps
Black.Eyed.Peas.-.Let’s.Get.It.Started
Black.Eyed.Peas.Feat.Justin.Timberlake-.Where.Is.The.Love
Black_Eyed_Peas – Shut up
Black_Eyed_Peas_-_Don_t_Lie
Black_Eyed_Peas_-_Don_t_Phunk_With_My_Heart
Blondie – Maria
Blue – All _rise
Blue – Fly By II
Blue – One Love
Blue__Curtain Falls
Bond – Explosive
Brian Mcfadden – Real to me
Britney Spears – Do Somethin’
Britney Spears – Hit Me Baby One More Time
Britney Spears – If you seek amy
Britney Spears – Piece of me
Britney Spears – Toxic
Britney_Spears_-_Circus
Carpenters_-_Top_Of_The_World
Coldplay – Speed Of Sound
Chris_Brown_Feat_Lil_Wayne_-_Gimme_That
Daniel Powter – Free Loop
Daniel Powter_-_Bad_Day
Demi Lovato – Don´t Forget
Dido – White Flag
Eagles – Hotel California
Eminem-White_America
Emilia – Big Big World
Eminem-_Just_lose_it
Eminem_-_Mockingbird
Eminem-the_way_i_am
Eminem-real_slim_shady
Eminem – - Without Me
Eminem – Forgot About Dre
Eminem – Like Toy Soldiers
Eminem – Lose Yourself
Eminem – Superman
Eminem – We Made You
Eminem – When I’m Gone
Eminem Ass Like That
Eminem ft Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – Crack A Bottle
Eminem_feat_Dido_-_Stan
Enrique Iglesias – Do you know
Enrique Iglesias feat. Lil Wayne – Push
Enrique_Iglesias_ft._Ciara_-_Takin_back_my_love
Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
Fabolous_ft_jermaine_dupri-baby _ dont_go
Five ft Queen – We will rock you
Flo_Rida_ft._Kesha_-_Right_Round
Fools_Garden_-_Lemon_Tree
Fort Minor – believe_me
Fort Minor – -Petrified
Fort Minor – Remember_The_Name
Fort.Minor-Where_d.You.Go.
Geri Halliwell-Calling
Good Charlotte – I Just Wanna Live
Gorillaz_-_Clint_Eastwood
Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Gwen Stefani – 4 In The Morning
Gwen Stefani – Cool
Gwen Stefani – What Are You Waiting For
Gwen Stefani ft. Eve – Rich Girl
Gwen Stefani-hollaback_girl
Halloween – Forever And One
Hilary & Haylie Duff – Our lips are sealed
Hilary Duff – Beat of my heart
Hilary Duff – Come clean
Hilary Duff – Fly
Hilary Duff – Play with fire
Hilary Duff – So yesterday
Hilary Duff – Wake up
Hilary Duff – Why not
Hilary Duff – With love
James Blunt – 1973
James.Blunt-You_27re.beautiful
James_Blunt_-_Goodbye_my_love
Janet Jackson – Everytime
Jason Mraz ft Colbie Caillat – Lucky
Jesse McCartney – Beautiful soul
Jewel – intuition
Jewel – Stand [G85101]
Jennifer paige – crush
JoJo – Leave (Get Out)
JoJo – Too Little Too Late
Jordin sparks-one_step_at_a_time
Justin Timberlake – What goes around
Katharine Mcphee – Over_it
Katy Perry-hot_n_cold
Kelly Clarkson – Behind these hazel eyes
Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
Kevin Rudolf &amp_ Lil Wayne – Let It Rock
Kylie Minogue – Chocolate
Kylie Minogue – I_ believe_ in_you
Kylie Minogue – Red_blooded_woman
Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Leo Sayer – More than I can say
Lil Wayne ft Static – Lollipop
Lily Allen – Alfie
Lily Allen – The Fear
Lily_Allen-Oh my god
Lily Allen – Littlest Things
Lim Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes
Lindsay_Lohan_-_Rumors
Linkin Park – In The End
Linkin Park – Breaking the habit
Linkin Park – Somewhere I Belong
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Linkin Park ft JayZ – Encore Numb
Linkin.Park-Faint.m-HD.x264.TDT
Linkin_Park_-_Leave_Out_All_The_Rest
Lenka – The show
Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos _ Superstar
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World
M2M – The Day You Went Away
M2M – Pretty bo
Madonna – American Life
Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – 4_minutes
Madonna-Die.Another.Day
Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5 – This Love
MCR – Helena
MCR – The Ghost Of You
Mariah.Carey-It’s.like.that
Michael Jackson – Earth Song
Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone
Michael Jakcson – Black Or White
Michael_Jackson_-_Heal_the_World
MIKA – Lollipop
Miley Cyrus – fly_on_the_wall
Moby-Lift
Mr. President – Coco Jambo
Natalie_Imbruglia_-_Shiver
Natalie_Imbruglia_-_Torn
Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful_of_sunshine
Natasha.Bedingfield-Unwriten
Natasha_Bedingfield_-_These_Words
Ne_Yo_-_So_Sick
Nelly Furtado – Say it right
Nickelback – Photograph
Oasis – Stop_crying_your_heart_out
Pink – Stupid Girls
Plain White T’s – 1,2,3,4
R.kelly – I believe I can fly
Red.Hot.Chili.Peppers.-.Road.Trippin
Ricky_Martin_-_She_Bangs
Rihanna – Shut up And drive
Rob Thomas – Lonely No More
S Club 7 – Bring It All Back
S Club 7 – Never Had A Dream Come True
S Club 7 – Say Goodbye
Sarah Connor – Skin On Skin
Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
SEAN PAUL – GET BUSY
SEAN PAUL – WE BE BURNIN
Selena Gomez – Tell me something I don_t know
Shania Twain-Ka Ching
Shayne Ward – Breathless
Shayne Ward – If Thats Ok With You
Shayne Ward – No Promises
Simple Plan – Perfect
Simple Plan – Shut Up
Simple Plan – Unitled
Simple Plan – Welcome to my life
Simple Plan – When I’m Gone
Shakira – Hips don’ts lie
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em ft. Sammie – Kiss Me Thru The Phone
Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
Spice Girls – Viva forever
Spice Girls-Wanna be
Stacie_orrico – stuck
Sugababes – Round round
Sugababes_-_Push.The.Button
T.a.t.u – Gomenasai
T.A.T.U – Friend Or Foe
t.A.T.u._-_30_minutes
T.A.T.U-All_About_Us
Take That – Back for good
Tata Young – I Believe
Tata Young – Sexy Naughty Bitchy
Taylor Swift-Love story
The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
The_Bee_Gees_-_How_deep_is_your_love
The Corrs – What can I do
The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
The Rasmus – In_the_shadow
The_Veronicas_-_When_it_all_falls_apart
The_Veronicas_Untouched
Timbaland & One Republic – Apologize
Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian – The Way I Are
Usher – Yeah
Vitamin-C_-_graduation-(friends-forever)
Vengaboys_-_Boom_Boom_Boom_Boom
Westlife – My_Love
Westlife – Seasons In The Sun
Westlife – Uptown Girl
etc.

Lastest ups :

Eminem_-_Mockingbird
Eminem-White_America
Eminem-the_way_i_am
Eminem-real_slim_shady
Eminem-_Just_lose_it
Ashlee_Simpson_-_Autobiography
Sugababes – Round round
Rob Thomas – Lonely No More
Aerosmith – I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing DVD P.O-x264-plk
Stacie_orrico – stuck
Ricky_Martin_-_She_Bangs
Natasha_Bedingfield_-_These_Words
The Corrs – What can I do
Gorillaz_-_Clint_Eastwood
Chris_Brown_Feat_Lil_Wayne_-_Gimme_That
Atomic_Kitten_-_Tide.Is.High
50 Cent feat. Olivia – Candy Shop
Bond – Explosive
Eagles – Hotel California
Jordin sparks-one_step_at_a_time
S Club 7 – Bring It All Back
S Club 7 – Never Had A Dream Come True m-HD x264 Wolverine
S Club 7 – Say Goodbye
Shakira – Hips don’ts lie
Jesse McCartney – Beautiful soul
The Corrs – Summer Sunshine
ATC_-_Thinking_Of_You

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f97c7906cbedec798c9e7c56ba37815fe45673a9f3ba11a4

Música Torturante

Músicos unem-se contra uso das suas canções para torturar os presos.

 “À luz dos padrões generalizados do uso da música como tortura ao longo dos últimos sete anos, (…) o pedido dos músicos é crucial para se aprender sobre o passado, o presente e até o futuro do uso da música como técnica de tortura nos EUA”, afirma Jayne Huckerby, director de investigação no Centro para os Direitos Humanos e a Justiça Global na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Nova Iorque. (…) Segundo ela -que representa ex-presos que foram forçados a ouvir a música atrozmente alta continuamente durante dias e semanas- o recurso à música foi “uma ferramenta generalizada da administração e uma regra nas prisões da CIA”.

Eis um medley das músicas mais usadas como forma de tortura:

 

The Cool Blast Boombox: Take One

This is the first week of The Cool Blast Boombox! Every week I’m going to give you what I consider the dopest NEW tracks of the previous week. This week has a few names with multiple tracks. The headline for last week has to be the new Wale cut called “Contemplate” which features a powerful Rihanna sample. It’s going to be on his upcoming album Attention: Deficit. Theophilus London came with two awesome tracks as well. He never ceases to create greatness. And you see the other big names. Now hit the jump, turn up your speakers, and start bumping these new tracks!

Wale – Contemplate ft. Rihanna (MP3)

Wale – Inhibitions ft. Pharrell (MP3)

Wale – Fly Away (MP3)

Theophilus London – Pull My Heart Away (Remix) (MP3)

Theophilus London – Enjoy The Sun (MP3)

Lupe Fiasco – Solar Midnight (MP3)

Lupe Fiasco – Fire (MP3)

Eminem – Taking My Ball (MP3)

N.E.R.D. ft. Santigold – Soldier (MP3)

Chris Brown – So Cold (MP3)

KiD CuDi – Get It In (Unreleased) (MP3)

via 5SSTARHIPHOP

Eminem & Jay-Z - DJ Hero Renegade 2-CD Pack

From/De: Activision

JAY-Z, EMINEM and DJ Hero(TM) Reveal Exclusive DJ Hero Renegade 2-CD Pack Track List Unreleased Song from EMINEM – ‘Taking My Ball’ – To Debut Before The Game’s October 27th Release on Artist’s SHADE45 Sirius XM Radio Channel

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Firmly planting the arrival of DJ Hero(TM) as a new force in music and gaming, JAY-Z and EMINEM, two of the industry’s most influential and successful artists, unveiled the hand-selected track list on their 2-CD pack included only in the DJ Hero Renegade Edition, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today. JAY-Z’s CD — his first “best of” compilation ever — features one hit song from each of his 11 chart-topping studio albums, plus his contribution to the Notorious feature film soundtrack. The EMINEM CD contains deep album cuts, rarities and an all-new, unreleased track titled “Taking My Ball,” making its exclusive debut only on the DJ Hero Renegade album. Fans eager to hear “Taking My Ball” before its October 27, 2009 debut with DJ Hero Renegade Edition can tune-in to the All Out Show on EMINEM’s Sirius XM Radio Channel SHADE45 on October 16, 2009 at 6:00pm to hear the track drop before the game’s release.

“The tracks we put on this disc are mostly overlooked or rarer favorites of mine from all different parts of my career,” said EMINEM. “I also put a brand new, unheard song on there so even the biggest fan has something new.”

“JAY-Z and EMINEM are two of the biggest selling artists of the last decade and have influenced music, arts, entertainment, fashion and technology around the world,” said Dan Rosensweig, president and CEO of Guitar Hero. “Their involvement with the game, especially the Renegade Edition and DJ Hero Renegade album, shows their commitment to being on the bleeding edge of entertainment.”

In addition to the exclusive DJ Hero Renegade album, the DJ Hero Renegade Edition featuring JAY-Z and EMINEM includes a DJ Hero game, a premium Renegade turntable controller and a hard shell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand.

DJ Hero Renegade album - JAY-Z's disc track list: Ain't No N***a - JAY-Z Featuring Foxy Brown Where I'm From - JAY-Z Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - JAY-Z Jigga My N***a - Ruff Ryders Featuring JAY-Z I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me) - JAY-Z Izzo (H.O.V.A.) - JAY-Z 03' Bonnie & Clyde - JAY-Z Featuring Beyonce Knowles Dirt Off Your Shoulder - JAY-Z Show Me What You Got - JAY-Z Roc Boys (And the Winner Is). . . - JAY-Z Brooklyn Go Hard - JAY-Z Featuring Santigold D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune) - JAY-Z DJ Hero Renegade album - EMINEM's disc track list: Taking My Ball - EMINEM Say Goodbye to Hollywood - EMINEM Soldier - EMINEM The Re-Up - EMINEM & 50 Cent Rabbit Run - EMINEM Get U Mad - EMINEM Bad Guys Always Die - Dr. Dre & EMINEM Public Enemy No. 1 - EMINEM Say What You Say - EMINEM Featuring Dr. Dre Lose Yourself - EMINEM Hey Lady - Obie Trice Featuring EMINEM One Shot 2 Shot - EMINEM Featuring D-12

Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero(R), DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to start the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way. With over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into the DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master various DJ techniques including scratching, crossfading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.

DJ Hero is being developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION(R)3 and PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo. The game is rated “T” (Teen – Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero, please visit djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero. To pre-order DJ Hero, check out djhero.com/preorder.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Australia. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com.

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A(C) 2009 Activision Publishing, Inc. Guitar Hero and Activision are registered trademarks and DJ Hero is a trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc.

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News: Jay-Z Questions Eminem's Absence From MTV's "Hottest In The Game" List

Jay-Z & Eminem

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Jay-Z has shared his reaction to MTV’s “Hottest MC’s In The Game” listing him at number one and questioned why Grammy-winning rapper Eminem lost out to artists including Rick Ross, Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy.

According to Hov, Em should have been considered within the Top 10 especially due to his platinum-selling Relapse album.

“MTV, Thanx for this nod of appreciation,” he wrote in a statement. “Although I don’t strive to be ‘hot’ for any particular year, I thank you for the acknowledgment. My whole goal is to be recognized as the best ever. I created the term ‘best rapper alive’ as a sign of respect to my fallen comrades (Biggie and Tupac). I believe I’ve allowed a significant grace period, and I believe I would not be respecting myself if being the absolute best was not my goal, and that’s why I continue to push myself until exhaustion … salute. Sidebar: Kanye moment if I may … Eminem?!?! I think you do the credibility of this list a disservice if you don’t thoroughly explain his omission. As of this second he has the highest selling rap album of the year and a scene stealing verse on the best ‘posse’ cut of the year . (*Hands mic back to Taylor Swift … and nobody was harmed, I apologize in advance.)” (Rap Radar)

MTV has issued a response to the public’s reaction toward Em’s absence from the list.

Eminem’s ranking was one of the most discussed topics at the Roundtable. His hotly anticipated return to hip-hop after a long absence drove first week sales of over 600,000 – the highest first-week of the year so far. He granted a handful of select interviews here and abroad, and was part of a massive moment with Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards. But then Em retreated to the lab, where he spent the summer crafting Relapse 2. From June to September, Em all-but took himself out of the public eye, while other MCs generated week-to-week heat with mixtapes, guest appearances, performances and Web activity. (M Live)

Rappers like Maino initially questioned how certain rappers could make the cut who have not released music as of late.

“Some of these people ain’t had a record in years,” Maino said while reviewing the list. “Is it based off record sales? Is it based off presence in the game? You got n*ggas on here that can’t even rap. I don’t claim to be this or that, I don’t claim to be this nice or that nice, I’m just one of the realest n*ggas in the world — Two straight summers I held down and there’s a couple of these n*ggas that ain’t had a summer song since 90-something. How you on the list of hottest in the game today, some of them should be hottest in the game overall or past years, no disrespect to some of them on the list but you got legends that did what they did and paved the way for me but at the same time, if you not relevant today — then how are you on ‘The Hottest MC’s In The Game’ list? They almost try to paint the perception of if you’re not on the list, you’re not hot.” (This Is 50)

50 Cent expressed his discontent with the annual list in an interview around 2007.

“I didn’t see [the list] but they asked me about it,” Fif said in an interview with DJ Clue. “Well you know, these c*ck suckers — it’s terrible man, it’s almost impossible for you to maintain a position without just being a total idiot. God made all of us, so he knows to give me special attention — [MTV personality] Sway should just jump in front of a bus on his way up here man for doing that — he’s a meathead. They’re not using their brains anymore, man. There’s a difference between a guy that has eight records and a guy whose built consistency.” (Power 105)

MTV's Hottest MC's in game list

I have a little problem with MTV’s Top 10 Hottest in the game, how about you?

1) Jay-Z

2) Lil Wayne

3) Drake, Really

4) Kanye West

5) Rick Ross

6) Gucci Mane, Really

7) Young Jeezy

Fabolous

9) 50 Cent

10) Raekwon, Really

How the hell does Drake, Gucci Mane & Raekwon make the list? In my personal opinion these three shouldn’t be on this list at all it’s no knock on them but for the way that mtv did this list you sgould have put Jadakiss, Eminem & Ghostface on this list instead of those three. What has Raekwon done recently that made tem think he deserves to be on this list? Nothing I have heard his latest album & this is the best one he has put out since Only built for Cuban lynx. I like Raekwon but he should be replaced by one of the three that I named. Gucci Mane is semi hot right now but not hot enough to where he should be ahead of the one’s that I named. Ghostface has kept busy pumping out albums & for the most part they all have been good. Jadakiss is really one of the most slept on artist ever just because he doesn’t get the record sales that he deserves shouldn’t keep him off the list. Drake is hot right now, right now but remember that’s not what the list is. I think Drake is very talented but he sounds like Wayne to me & his songs sound a like to me. Those of you that actually read what I write no that I am not an Eminem fan at all but how the hell do you leave him off of this list? Especially when he has put out as many albums as Raekwon in the last year ? This list was crazy as hell Jay, Wayne, Jeezy, Kanye & Fabolous I am cool with even though I am not a Lil Wayne fan either but I really could have done without 50 & Rick Ross I wouldn’t pull them off of the list but if they didn’t make it I would lose any sleep.  

Royce Da 5'9": "Street Hop" NYC (Part 1) - Talks In Depth About Shady Records, Young Money...

Royce Talks about the potential of Slaughterhouse signing  to Shady records and what that could mean for hip hop. He says it would bring a balance back to hip hop because they would have the right machine backing them. Again however he says this is all hypothetical nothing is guaranteed.

“Who’s to say Slaughterhouse and Eminem ain’t did a record already?” And then he laughed. I caught up with Slaughterhouse member and Detroit emcee Royce Da 5′9 yesterday after his MTV interview made hip-hop headlines when he confirmed the Shady Records rumors. He answered three of the biggest questions fans have been asking and compared the situation to what Young Money has been able to do, which, in my opinion, was a great analogy. He finished by saying, “Slaughterhouse signing to Shady Records is not a guarantee to me or to Slaughterhouse.”

Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

E’ arrivato, finalmente, il momento per la recensione di MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL: nuovo capitolo della lunga carriera di Mariah Carey, scritto e prodotto interamente con Tricky Stewart e The-Dream. Per onorare la mia nota  passione per la diva, è giusto raccontarvi questo album nel dettaglio, traccia per traccia:

1. Betcha Gon’ Know (The Prologue): canzone che nasce come introduzione alle memorie di un angelo imperfetto, è in realtà uno dei brani migliori dell’album e dell’intero repertorio della Carey degli ultimi anni. Un r&b raffinatissimo con un’intensa interpretazione vocale che restituisce alla perfezione i sentimenti di tradimento e vendetta raccontati nel testo. La mia preferita in assoluto.
2. Obsessed: chiacchieratissimo primo singolo per i presunti riferimenti ad Eminem (ve ne avevo parlato QUI), caratterizzato da un andamento ipnotico e dall’utilizzo dell’auto-tune, con un risultato estremamente radio friendly e in linea con il sound urban del momento. Leggero e divertente.
3. H.A.T.E.U.: l’acronimo del titolo sta per Having A Typical Emotional Upset. Il brano è una delle slow jam per eccellenza di questo album e si candida a diventare una delle preferite dei fans. Forse un po’ troppo cantilenante, ma con un arrangiamento particolarmente riuscito.
4. Candy Bling: ritmo a schiocco di dita, sensualità profusa per un’interpretazione a lume di candela. Non è decisamente fra le mie preferite.
5. Ribbon: probabile prossimo estratto. Una ninna nanna ipnotizzante, con un fraseggio killer e Mariah che splende in quello che sa fare meglio: r&b di altissimo livello.
6. Inseparable: anche questa viaggia sui ritmi della slow jam urban e cita Time After Time di Cindy Lauper. Risente dell’essere la quarta ballad consecuitva e la noia fa capolino, nonostante l’uso profuso dei noti sovracuti della diva.
7. Standing O: fra le mie preferite dell’album. Accellera i ritmi con un r&b più sostenuto e nello stile a filastrocca che a reso noto il duo The Dream/Tricky Stewart (avete presente Umbrella di Rihanna?). La voce della Carey impreziosisce il tutto con una delle interpretazioni più convincenti dell’album.
8. It’s a Wrap: qui i toni si fanno quasi blues. Atmosfere vintage per una delle slow jam migliori dell’album e una performance vocale da applauso.
9. Up Out My Face: uptempo frizzante, uno degli episodi più easy dell’album. Bello l’intro al pianoforte che poi esplode in un’arrangiamento da marcia che si palesa nella traccia…
10. Up Out My Face (Reprise) con la melodia proposta in salsa banda con le majorettes.
11. More Tha Just Friends: questa campiona One More Chance del compianto The Notorious B.I.G. al servizio di un testo particolarmente divertente e ricco di citazioni multilingua. Peccato la melodia un po’ debole e troppo ripetitiva.
12. The Impossible: qui la noia inizia a farsi sentire pesantemente. E’ l’ennesimo episodio di r&b rallentatissimo: evitabile.
13. The Impossible (The Reprise): anche un reprise? quando è troppo è troppo!
14. Angel (Prelude): solo un intro, anche un pochino inutile se vogliamo, per sfoggiare qualche high notes di troppo.
15. Angels Cry: una ballad, ma dal sapore rigorosamente r&b, nella migliore tradizione di Mariah. Fra le tracce migliori dell’album, ha perfino le carte in regola per diventare una hit negli Stati Uniti. Davvero bella e con una performance vocale in crescendo fra le migliori degli ultimi anni.
16. Languishing (The Interlude): una piccola composizione, che riporta indietro negli anni, alle atmosfere dei vecchi album della diva. Un gioiellino, che fa da introduzione alla cover che chiude il disco.
17. I Want To Know What Love Is: secondo singolo estratto (ve ne avevo parlato QUI). Cover del successo firmato Foreigners negli anni ‘80, è una power ballad perfettamente in linea con la produzione più romantica di Mariah, che si abbandona ad un’interpretazione dolcissima e particolarmente ispirata, impreziosita da un’ottima performance vocale. Virtuosa ma non eccessiva. Perfetta chiusura di questo nuovo capitolo che è a tutti gli effetti un concept album dedicato all’amore.

Tirando le somme, se avete avuto la pazienza di leggere fino a qui, questo Memoirs abbandona i sound più modaioli e da classifica (presenti anche negli ultimi album stessi della Carey) a favore di un r&b elegantissimo, sofisticato e d’atmosfera. Ben scritto, prodotto e cantato divinamente: la cura è minimale in ogni dettaglio e sfumatura. E rende il tutto prezioso. Perfino i virtuosismi vocali sono, una volta tanto, non fini a se stessi ma a favore delle melodie e delle canzoni. I testi, poi, denotano uno stile di scrittura sempre più personale, strasbordante di riferimenti auotbiografici e cultura americana, che ci restituiscono una Mariah sempre patinata ma più vera e vicina del solito.

Stupirà i fan questo Memoirs e resterà nel tempo. Probabilmente annoierà (pesantemente) tutti gli altri per la mancanza di hit spiccatamente radiofoniche e per l’eccessiva lunghezza (17 tracce, di questi tempi da fruizione iPod, sono davvero troppe). Ma in fondo, poco importa, perchè questo è un album per fare l’amore: non ci sono davvero dubbi. E l’amore, quando è fatto bene, ha i suoi ritmi e le sue atmosfere. Mariah, evidentemente, lo sa bene: finalmente è tornata a raccontarcelo.

Website: www.mariahcarey.com

VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2009: Def Jam Records Red Carpet

In 1984, Def Jam Records was born. Def Jam was the brain child of New York University student Rick Rubin and he gave birth to what would be come one of the biggest record labels ever in his dorm room. It’s been 25 years and VH1 is honoring & celebrating the legacy that is Def Jam Records.

 The show was taped last nigth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The show which is set to include performances from Mary J. Blige, Method Man, DMX, Eminem, Ja Rule, Fabolous, Onyx, Redman, Kid Rock, Warren G, Trey  Songz, and more.

Here’s a taste of the red carpet:

 

VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2009 airs on Tuesday, October 13th, at 9 pm ET/PT only on Vh1.

 

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DRAKE FT. KANYE, WEEZY, & EMINEM "FOREVER" VIDEO!

Drake Forever Poster

The music video aimed to support Drake’s single “Forever”, which is the theme song for LeBron James’ forthcoming documentary “More Than a Game”, has just been debuted. The premiere of the video comes more than two weeks after two on-set pictures taken during the shooting of the clip were posted on the Twitter page of a fan who goes by the name iLuvlola.
More than 6 minutes long, the music video reportedly shot in a club in Miami in early September, was produced by Boi-1da and directed by Hype Williams. It mostly features scenes captured inside a huge night club which is packed with partygoers. Basketball star LeBron is featured at the very beginning of the video. He is shown sitting inside a car with laptop on his laps as Drake begins singing the song.

Hip-hop artist Kanye West makes a cameo in the music video. He is videotaped singing some verses being surrounded by fireworks. Lil Wayne is seen in the clip singing in between sexy girls. Eminem is featured rapping in the companion of some other male stars. On top of all, the music video also shows clips of LeBron during his high school years and as a kid playing basketball. (via aceshowbiz)
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Forever - LeBron James x Drake x kanYe West x Lil Wayne x Eminem | Video

The video for the biggest song of the year is here. Drizzy, Yeezy, Weezy, and Em all make their appearances in order while highlights of LeBron’s early life are shown throughout the video. The video is probably not up to par with the song, as the visuals get a little hectic, especially during Drake’s verse, but it will do. LeBron playing online poker at the beginning of the video doesn’t make sense either, but hey its a dope song. Close your eyes if it bothers you that much I guess.

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The Renaissance - R.A. The Rugged Man Feat. Timbo King, Hell Razah & Tragedy Khadafi

R.A. The Rugged Man teamed up with members of the Black Market Militia (Tragedy Khadafi, Hell Razah & Timbo King) for The Renaissance a few years back and will also be featured on his upcoming Legendary Classics Volume 1 due out 10-27-09.  http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/09/03/legendary-classics-volume-1-r-a-the-rugged-man/

The Renaissance – R.A. The Rugged Man Feat. Hell Razah, Timbo King & Tragedy Khadafi

Funny Vlog from Mr. Crustified Dibbs where he does his best Joe Budden impersonation, touches on how the music industry has Hip-Hop all fucked up, racist e-mails, Lil Wayne being over-rated and name dropping. 

VMAs

I usually don’t watch MTV’s Video Music Awards, mainly because I don’t watch videos, and I think most music they play sucks anyway, but this year I decided to at least watch some of it, man I’m glad I did.  I’m even more happy that I DVR-ed it so I can see all the crazy shenanigans I missed because of Sunday Night Football.  These are the things I did see though….

First of all, I’ve never been a Madonna fan, until now.  Her opening speech/monologue was perfectly immaculate.  It both humanized and exhausted and Michael Jackson to his rightful place, King.  Long live his legacy!  I’m glad to say that I share her birthday after that one.

The opening performance was a tribute to that legacy.  When the dancing paused and that white washed Scream video began to play the crowd went nuts.  Janet Jackson gave probably one of the most emotion filled performances of her life, even more so than when JT ripped her titty out at the Super Bowl, HA!

As an aside, that video effect at the end, where MJ and JJ were standing hugging each other, and the picture blacked out to only show MJ’s face…..DOPE.

Then the show really began.  I’d like to say that, as a host, I love Russell Brand.  He’s genius.  He hosted the show well, and kept me entertained both with his jokes and the mannerisms of a heroine junkie.

I was excited to see that Wale and UCB were doing the music for the night, DC stand up!  Did anyone else notice though that the crowd didn’t seem to be getting into it though?  MTV just doesn’t understand that DC flavor, anyone that keeps up with America’s Best Dance Crew knows what I’m talking about.  Anyways……

The next thing I saw was Taylor Swift winning her award, followed immediately by the most ignorant thing I’ve seen in my life.  Kanye West.  Don’t get me wrong I like his music, and love his beats, but with each display of such heightened ignorance it’s harder and harder to support the brotha.  I’m not a Taylor Swift fan, in fact I sort of despise country music, but that’s irrelevant.  Somewhere, thousands of people voted for her song/video to win.  While Beyonce’s video might have been better to some, it wasn’t better to the majority, Taylor Swift won fair and square.  I think Kanye’s outburst was more about Kanye not winning ANYTHING than it was about Beyonce not winning, here’s why, who remembers this clip from 2007’s VMAs…

…I thought you were done with MTV and “this pop shit” Kanye.   Moreover, if it wasn’t about himself, Kanye, why are you so concerned with Beyonce winning?  She’s already on top of the world.  Get off of Jay-Z’s d!c% already.

Speaking of Beyonce, she killed her performance.  Something about about 100 half-naked women gyrating is pretty cool, what could that be?  Nah seriously though, it was a good performance.  Also, Beyonce deserves all the praise in the world for being a classy and honorable woman.  She tried her best to right the wrongs that Kanye unleashed with his tirade.  It really showed her in a light that we don’t get to see her in.  I gained a lot of respect for her last night.  Big ups B!

Somewhere else in the night of Video Music accolades Pink wanted the world to know that she’s phasing music out and taking up the art of the trapeze full-time.  HAHA just kidding, but what was all that about?  I get it.  I’m safe, up high, nothing can touch me….I have two words for her though….OWEN HART.

Moving on.  Lady GaGa.  WTF.  That chick is crazy daring.  I feel her, not her outfits, and not really her music either.  Her voice was a lot better than I thought it was though.  Any ideas what was up with the blood though?  I also thought it was kinda funny that she dedicated her award to “the gays” with Eminem next to her, all he could do was nod.

Also, big up to Eminem on his award.  It’s been a long time is right my dude.  Don’t like the song you won it with, but hey, I’m glad you won, now give me some more new music.

All in all, that’s about all I remember seeing during my first run through of the VMA’s.  I’ll get to watching it in it’s entirety (minus commercials of course, I LOVE my DVR) probably Tuesday night.  Nothing comes on TV on Tuesdays, nothing good at least, and tonight’s a double header on Monday Night Football.  Football is definitely more important.

I’m ready for some football, are you?!

Eminem Wins At The 2009 MTV VMA's And Salutes Proof (R.I.P.)

Eminem won the MTV award for Best Hip Hip Video last night for “We Made You”, off of newly released “Relapse” LP, which spoofs US Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin, Amy Winehouse and Jessica Simpson.

Accepting his award he thanked his fans and Dr Dre, among others, and dedicated the award to the late rapper and lifetime friend Proof, who was fatally shot in 2006, saying: “Proof, this one’s for you.”

While paying tribute at Proofs’ Funeral in 06, Eminem stated… “Proof, he loved people, and people loved him. He was just a people magnet. When you first met him, you wanted to know more about him,” said Eminem, who wore a black suit and occasionally wiped his eye as he stood by the gold-colored casket. “Without Proof, there would be no Eminem, no Slim Shady and no D12. You’re the man.”

Eminem accepting the Best Hip Hop Video award for ‘We Made You’ at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Source: MTV- Copyright belongs to MTV

Der Elternschreck ist zurück - Eminem rappt wieder

Kaum ein anderer Musiker hat so viel Aufsehen erregt, stand so sehr in der Kritik und wurde trotzdem verehrt – Eminem ist wieder da und seine Single “We Made You” wurde letzten Dienstag released.

Vorher gab es schon das eRelease “Crack A Bottle”, in dem das “Platinum Trio” (so Eminems Bezeichnung in seiner Strophe) Eminem, Dr. Dre und 50 Cent zeigten, dass sie es noch können. Die Single brach etliche Download-Rekorde und schoss auf Platz 1 der Top100 Billboard Charts, Eminem zweite Single, die dort landete – nach “Lose Yourself”.

Es war erstaunlich, die Single “Crack A Bottle” kam raus und schon ging es wieder los “Wie, der macht noch Musik?” und auch die alten Vorurteile wurden wieder laut. Es ist deutlich zu sehen, dass Eminem Gruppen spalten kann – die Einen lieben seine Musik, die Anderen können nicht verstehen, wie man jemandem zuhört, der “nur flucht”, “niemandem respektiert” und “ein schlechtes Vorbild ist”.
Ich muss sagen, ich mag seine Musik und höre sie schon ewig. Selbst in den letzten Jahren, in denen es eher ruhig um ihn war, konnte ich nicht anders, als immer wieder seine Songs anzumachen. Ich habe auch schon etliche Diskussionen darüber geführt, wieso seine Musik nicht “nur fluchen” o.ä. ist. Zumeist erfolglos, da meine Gegenüber mich trotzdem nicht verstehen konnten.

Aber nun werfe ich mal die Frage auf, wieso wird Eminem so kritisiert und wieso ist er noch immer ein Idol für viele Jugendliche ist, obwohl er schon strikt auf die 40 zugeht. Wieso wirkt Eminem trotzdem authentisch?

Auch als Eminem-Fan gebe ich zu: Ja, Eminem flucht in seinen Songs – ja, Eminem beleidigt Leute…aber die Frage ist doch, wieso tut er das? Ist er einfach provokant und liebt es, Andere runter zu machen?
Gerade in “aktuelleren” (nicht aufs Release-Jahr bezogen, sondern darauf, zu welchem Zeitpunkt in seiner Karriere er es veröffentlicht hat) Songs sieht man, er kann auch anders: “Like Toy Soldiers” und “No Apologies” oder “When I’m Gone” zeigen eine seriöse Seite an dem Künstler.
Aber das Thema war, mag er es, Leute zu beleidigen? Natürlich kann das nur jemand sagen, der ihn persönlich kennt, das tue ich nicht, aber ich denke, er hat seine Gründe. Eminem konnte bisher immer aufzeigen, warum er jemand anderen direkt angesprochen hat.
Aber lassen wir Streitigkeiten mal außen vor, warum stand Eminem in der Kritik? Er hat Wörter wie “faggot” benutzt und das in negativen Zusammenhängen, er hat seine eigene Mutter und seine Ex-Frau verbal ermordet und das auf “perverse” Weise – so wurde es ihm angekreidet. Aber weiter noch: Er hat aufgezeigt, was in der Gesellschaft falsch läuft!

In “The Way I Am” fragt er, wer wirklich Schuld an dem sogenannten Amoklauf in der Columbine High hat: “Where were the parents at?”, in “Mosh” sagt er ganz öffentlich “Fuck Bush!”
In “Criminal” sagt er “Hate fags? The answer is yes!”…klar ist dies anstößig, aber meint er mit “fag” wirklich Schwule? Nach eigenen Aussagen nicht, er meint “Weicheier”, “Männer, die sich unmännlich verhalten”. Wäre Eminem mit Elton John aufgetreten, wenn er Schwule nicht mag?
Das muss jeder für sich selbst entscheiden.

Gehen wir auf die Themen “Mutter” und “Ex-Frau” ein: Ich war bei nichts dabei, aber alle möglichen Quellen und Bücher gelesen, sowie Dokumentationen geguckt – auch die, die Eminem nicht positiv dargestellt haben und ich denke, Eminem hat seine Gründe, das zu sagen, was er sagt.
Außerdem sagt Eminem z.B. in “Never Enough” folgendes:
“Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me
In the neighborhood daily, they jumped and chased me…”
Solche Zeilen wurden in der Öffentlichkeit nicht breitgetreten und er wurde nicht als “der gute Sohn” dargestellt, aber Fakt ist nunmal auch, dass seine Mutter ihn auf 10 Millionen Dollar verklagte und ihn früher wohl laut verschiedenen Aussagen mehrfach aus der Wohnung geschmissen hat.
Wenn in eurer Vergangenheit schlimme und positive Dinge passieren, was bleibt mehr haften? Klar, jetzt kann jeder sagen “Na das Gute!”, aber das wäre gelogen! Als Beispiel nehmen wir mal Murphys Gesetz: Wenn jemand von München nach Hamburg fährt und gut durchkommt, denkt man kaum darüber nach, evtl. kommt einmal auf der ganzen Tour ein “Man, haben wir Glück”, aber steht man nun hunderte von Kilometern im Stau, ist es “Murphys Gesetz”, man flucht noch am nächsten Tag darüber. Es bleibt haften und so ist es auch mit Situationen, die man mit anderen Menschen erlebt.

Nun kommen wir darauf zu sprechen, WIE er seine Songs darstellt – ja, seine Songs sind direkt. Ja, seine Songs sind provokant! Aber Musik ist nunmal eine Art, seine eigenen Gefühle zu verarbeiten, das wird von vielen Musikern so dargestellt und jeder, der selbst Musik hört, weiß, dass man Musik nach seiner Gemütslage hört.
Wieso sollte Eminem also nicht direkt das sagen, was er fühlt? Auch darauf sagte Eminem mal, jeder der seine Musik wörtlich nehmen würde, sei zehn mal so krank wie er. Sei es nicht besser, so etwas nur zu sagen, als es wirklich zu machen?
Jeder, der wirklich einen Mord auf eine brutale Art begangen hat, steht einmal in den Nachrichten, aber jemand, der so etwas nur sagt, nach eigenen Aussagen nur aufzeigt, was wirklich passiert – der stand zu einigen Zeiten täglich in der Presse?!
Läuft da nicht irgendwas falsch?
Jeder, der nicht nur oberflächlich seine Musik einmal gehört hat, wird auch viel Humor in seinen Texten feststellen, man kann eigentlich ganz klar trennen, was meint er ernst und was nicht!

Ich bin gespannt, wie sehr seine beiden Relapse-Alben wieder für Furore sorgen werden und an all diejenigen, die sich fragen, wieso ein 37jähriger Mann noch rappen darf, da kann ich nur sagen, es ist eigentlich egal, ob man 25 oder 45 ist, wenn man das was man sagt auch verkörpert, dann werden die Leute sehen, dass man es ernst meint.
Und eines kann man nicht abstreiten: Lyrisch ist Eminem einer der besten Rapper aller Zeiten, es gibt nur ganz wenige Andere, die Wörter so reimen konnten, wie Eminem es kann.

Ich freu mich schon wieder darauf, die Klagen über Eminem im TV zu sehen, denn jeder, der sich über das aufregt, was Eminem sagt, muss sich eigentlich noch viel mehr über aufregen, was in der Welt passiert, denn genau das ist es, was Eminem wieder gibt!

Seine neue Single zeigt auf jeden Fall, das Eminem nichts verlernt hat und auch noch genauso witzig-bissig ist – und nun warten wir auf Relapse

In diesem Sinne, lest mich beim nächsten Beitrag wieder! Wer weiß, um was es dann geht?

So long!
>>TUETI87<<