♫ Katy Perry - One of the Boys

KATY PERRY is ONE OF THE BOYS; officially debuting her album internationally on Capitol Music Group, Perry executes the new wave generation of music today with chart-topping hits like ‘Ur So Gay‘ (G. Wells) and ‘I Kissed a Girl‘ (L. Gottwald). One of the Boys is electro, it’s pop, it’s garage band, it’s everything! Collectively [...]

♫ Ashanti - The Declaration

Ashanti is back with a new longly anticpated album, The Declaration. This album is not what I expected, but in a very good way. Ashanti has came out of the box and broaden her lyrics and melodies. This album is an R&B album but it’s an upbeat album that doesn’t give you a lot “ballads” [...]

♫ N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (of production team The Neptunes) and Shay Haley, collectively known as N*E*R*D, return to release their third studio album, Seeing Sounds (Interscope), available June 9th, 2008; but you may pre-order the album on AMAZON now!
N-E-R-D.COM // MYSPACE.COM/NERDOFFICIAL

♫ Usher’s Here I Stand

Usher has returned with his late studio album Here I Stand (Jive), which hits stores May 27th! Featured guests included on two of my favourite tracks What’s Your Name, with will.i.am, and Jay-Z on Best Thing. And of course you got Beyonce and Lil’ Wayne bringing the fire on Love In This Club Part II.
Here [...]

♫ Album Review: Lil’ Mama - VYP: “Voice Of The Young People”

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Rapper Lil’ Mama has just released her new debut album, VYP: Voice Of The Young People (Jive/Zomba). Lil’ Mama first stepped on the scene with the fresh sound of her first single, “Lip [...]

♫ Raven Symoné Eponymous Album in Stores NOW!

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Young starlet Raven Symone released her fourth studio album this week, please make sure you go out and support her buying the album!! It features stellar production from Sean Garrett, who will also be dropping an album later on this year, Oak and Mario (of the Knightwritaz) and of course The [...]

♫ Madonna gives you Hard Candy!

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Madonna hits us HARD with her CANDY this Spring with mint production by Timbaland and Pharrell and hot tunes featuring Justin Timberlake! Make sure you all go out and BUY Hard Candy (Warner Bros.) in stores or online (just click the cover on the left!).
The album has full on club [...]

♫ Tiffany Evans’ Eponymous Album in stores 4.22.08…

released through Columbia Records. The album will include the hot tunes Promise Ring featuring Ciara and I’m Grown, produced by Darkchild, featuring Bow Wow. On some tracks I thought there were a few holes; she sounded a bit shaky to me. With having said that the album was pretty decent to say the most. I [...]

♫ Album Review: Mariah Carey - E=MC²

Mariah Carey has returned with her latest project appropriately titled E=MC2 (Island), the album hits all store markets April 15th so make sure you look out when it drops! Guest appearances include T-Pain, Damon Marley and Young Jeezy. Producers include T-Pain, Bryan Michael-Cox, Stargate and of course Jermaine Dupri. E=MC2 is exactly what the album [...]

Album Review: Danity Kane - Welcome To The Dollhouse

Diddy’s Angel’s have returned to bring us another hawt-ass album, Welcome To The Dollhouse (Bad Boy/Atlantic), in stores March 18th 2008! Productions for this album will include, A to Z, Bryan Michael-Cox, Danja (and the Clutch), Runners - everybody! And appearances from Day26, Diddy, Missy Elliott and Rick Ross!
Welcome To The Dollhouse, in my opinion, [...]

Gnarls Barkley is The Odd Couple

Gnarls Barkley returns with their sophomore album The Odd Couple (Atlantic), make sure you all pick up your copy April 8th, 2008! I’ve been turned onto Gnarls Barkley’s randomness (good random, though) when I first heard their single ‘Crazy’. Now, I’m extremely random, so soon I knew Gnarls Barkley would ultimately become one of my [...]

Snoop Dogg’s Ego Trippin’

SNOOP DOGG // EGO TRIPPIN’
DOGGYSTYLE // GEFFEN
The ‘Dogfather’, aka Snoop Dogg, returns strong, once again, with his ninth studio album appropriately entitled Ego Trippin’ (Doggystyle/Geffen); it hits stores everywhere March 11th so make sure you pick up a copy. Guest appearances on E.T. include Too $hort and Charlie Wilson, who is currently at work on [...]

Album Review: Janet Jackson - Discipline

Janet ‘Mrs. Jackson’ Jackson returns with her new album Discipline (Island) hitting stores everywhere February 26th next week! I’m so exciting about this right now! Fans can most definitely expect ‘Classic Janet’ on this record, there are a lot of jams to look forward to, and I’m sure you all can’t hardly wait for it. [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: P!NK - I’M NOT DEAD PLATINUM EDITION

P!NK // I’M NOT DEAD PLATINUM EDITION
Awhoo! Go P!nk! So far the pop-singer’s 2006 album I’m Not Dead (LaFace), a follow-up to 2003’s Try This (Laface), has been certified platinum in the U.S. and has done extremely well Australia, becoming the best-selling album of all time, certified 8x’s platinum, thus leading to the the most [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: MAROON 5 - IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG. LIMITED EDITION

MAROON 5 // IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG. LIMITED EDITION
Whilst all the promotion of Maroon 5’s latest single release, ‘Goodnight, Goodnight’, they will be releasing a limited edition version of their platinum-selling album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (Octone) released last year.
The limited edition M5 LP will include all sorts of new material [...]

Michael Jackson’s Thriller 25

The King of all that is Pop, Michael Jackson, returns with Thriller 25, Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition is a special 25th anniversary edition of the album Thriller by Michael Jackson. Thriller, released in 1982, was and still is the world’s best selling album to date. Michael Jackson not only started a trend but a [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool

Lupe Fiasco returns with his sophomore effort Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool (1st & 15th, Atlantic) which hits stores December 18th, included with Fiasco’s new LP is the first single lifted “Super Star” featuring Matthew Santos and street single “Dumb It Down (which was made into a “virtual buzz” video on Youtube). Now you know I [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE DREAM - LOVE (ME ALL SUMMER) / HATE (ME ALL WINTER)

The D R E A M - Love/Hate » Love Hate (Def Jam), or “Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter,” is the debut album by singer and songwriter The-Dream. The album drops December 11 and will include the singles “Shawty Is Da Shed” and current single “Falsetto.” Most of the production for Love [...]

ALBUM REVIEWS: Blake Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Bowmarion

Mary J. Blige // Growing Pains » Growing Pains (Geffen) is the name of MJB’s new studio album which hits stores December 18 and includes the hit single “Just Fine” produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart. The album starts off as this big celebration with the first single “Just Fine” that kind of gave me [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks

America Idol’s very own, Jordin Sparks, releases her eponymous debut effort next week Tuesday (November 20th) as well off of Jive records. The Idol’s album includes some crazy, stellar production from the likes of Stargate, with the first single ”Tattoo,” and The Underdogs.
My, my, my, despite critic’s frivolous claims towards Sparks’ efforts, this album [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud

OneRepublic make their amassing debut with Dreaming Out Loud, set to be released November 20th off of Interscope and Timbaland’s Mosley Music Group, if your feeling any of the following material from them you should go out and pick up your copy.
With the mutual success of “Apologize” I found it cumbersome to get into [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: ALICIA KEYS - AS I AM

As I Am is the title of R&B songstress Alicia Keys’ forthcoming album set to be released November 13th off of J Records. Make sure you go pick it up once it hits stores! Or, you may pre-order it via clicking the album cover above! Well I recently had the chance to listen to the [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: CHRIS BROWN - EXCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE ALBUM IN STORES NOVEMBER 6TH !!!

Mr. Man-ish himself, Chris Brown, hits us with his latest Exclusive album, which is scheduled for release next month Tuesday (November 6th), it features guest appearances, as well as stellar productions, from the likes of T-Pain, will.i.am, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland just to name a few.
The album starts off [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: JAY-Z - AMERICAN GANGSTER

AMERICAN GANGSTER ALBUM IN STORES NOVEMBER 6TH !!!

Jay-Z returns with American Gangster. After nearly a decade the rapper is still going strong with his tenth studio album set to release November 6th in accordance with the film American Gangster, which is in theaters November 2nd.
American Gangster has some ultra solid productions from The Neptunes, including [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: Britney Spears - BLACKOUT

BLACKOUT ALBUM IN STORES OCTOBER 30TH!!!

Pop legend Britney Spears returns with her fifth studio LP, Blackout, in stores October 30th - but you can pre-order it via the link (barcode) above or HERE!
I did not want to post any leaked material before, like everyone else, because I was assured they were all incomplete for the [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: MARIO - GO!

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Platinum selling recording artist Mario returns with his third studio effort entitled Go! in stores Oct-uh … November 27th … ??? Despite the constant letdowns and frequent post-pones from Mario’s label - I, surprisingly, enjoyed the album. [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: Jennifer Lopez - Brave

Jennifer Lopez drops her fifth English album, Brave, next week. The album features the singles “Do It Well,” including the remix with Ludacris, and “Hold It, Don’t Drop It”.
I was highly disappointed. Believe me, I’m a big fan of Jennifer Lopez, but this was little to no effort.
Overused samples, shot vocals, poor editing [...]

ALBUM REVIEWS: TREY SONGZ - TREY DAY & J. HOLIDAY - BACK OF MY LAC’

ALBUM REVIEW: will.I.am - Songs About Girls

WILL.I.AM - “ONE MORE CHANCE”
will.I.am’s new album, Songs About Girls, drops on September 25; the LP includes the single “I Got It From My Mama”. I’m not all that crazy about the song, production wise, being the first single. But I am glad it’s doing pretty well on the charts, to say the least. [...]

ALBUM REVIEW: Keyshia Cole - Just Like You

Keyshia Cole returns with her sophomore project, Just Like You, in stores September 25 The album will include the smash “Let It Go” featuring Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott and the Darkchild-produced single “Shoulda Let You Go”.
It has definitely been a while since that real genuine R&B feel, like with Cole’s 2005 debut The Way [...]