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BRITNEY SPEARS - Hold It Against Me Femme Fatale (2011) Just a good dance song...hate her if u want...lol

MONICA - Before You Walk Out of My Life Miss Thang (1995) I miss when R-N-B sounded like this.

RICH CRONIN - Story of My Life Billion Dollar Sound (2008) Miss you, brotha.

Da Brat Completes Prison Bid Da Brat is a free woman. The 36-year-old rapper has been released from prison after serving a three-year bid, stemming from an incident where she struck a woman over the head with a rum bottle in an Atlanta club in 2007. Though she got a taste of freedom over the past year while participating in a work-release program, Da Brat has completed her sentence according to her associate Jermaine Dupri. "Happy day for me and all SO SO DEF fans, Da BRAT is finally home," tweeted JD, who has worked with the Chi-town rapstress since the release of her debut 'Funkdafied' in 1994. Brat's sentence stems from an altercation at Studio 72's Halloween party in 2007, where she got into a verbal argument with the hostess. While the hostess was talking with the manager, Brat crept up behind her and clocked her with the bottle. After pleading guilty to aggravated assault charges, she was sentenced to three years in prison as well as seven years of probation and 200 hours of community service. Last May, she was released from prison on a temporary basis where she worked a 9-to-5 as a window maker. "If ya'll need a window, holla at ya girl," she joked at the time. "I'm doing my thing. When I come back I'm going to be making windows, movies, music, TV shows. Anything I can get my hands on."

NELLY w/ TALIB KWELI + ALI - Go 5.0 - Deluxe Edition (2010) Good job, Nelly.

God Bless Ice-T!! This is dope! The pictures at the end kinda threw me off here and there. I'm so hyped to see this. Just seeing real Hip-Hop on screen is refreshing.

Boom! is a good track...but it's not a great track. It's always been my least favorite track on the album. It has the weakest production and the least focused lyrics in my opinion. It's appeal and classicness is strictly related to it's time, video, and the fact that it's a feel-good party track that came out in a time that Hip-Hop was dark and negative.

MC HAMMER - U Can't Touch This Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1989)

Okay, I don't see how this can be true. The show was totally written with the Fresh Prince in mind. I can't see how it could have existed in some other form for Kid 'N Play and then have been reworked to fit JJ+FP. All of the interviews I've read with FP and Quincy Jones always talked about how JJ+FP's music videos played a role in the formation of the show. It just doesn't make sense.

Ah, this was posted a long time ago. I forgot all about it. This is crazy.

Interesting. I wondering who's gonna tell this guy it was produced by Teddy Riley and not Jazzy Jeff...lol. Allow me!

I knew a few of you like her as well so I'm sharing this new song and article... After topping the Billboard 200 with her sophomore album, "Breakthrough," Colbie Caillat is set to return in the spring with her third full-length, "All Of You." The 14-song set will be released May 3 on Universal Republic. Callait tells Billboard.com that the forthcoming album is a natural progression from her 2007 "Coco" debut and 2009's "Breakthrough," which yielded the hit singles "Bubbly" and "Fallin' For You," respectively, and have sold a combined 2.7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "I still incorporate all the styles that I love that were on 'Breakthrough' and 'Coco,' but it's a new chapter," says the California native. "I've experienced more and I've written with new songwriters who are really talented, but it's still my same music and feel and sound. The songs are more up-tempo on this record, and it's like a full-on summer album." The 25-year-old began recording "All Of You" last summer in California and finished up the album between tour dates last fall. The breezy first single, "I Do," debuted at No. 23 on the Hot 100 in February and has since sold 154,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, Caillat is excited to unveil the new track "Favorite Song," a guitar-driven pop collaboration with Common in which Caillat croons between the rapper's slick verses. "I've loved Common's music for years," Caillat says of the unlikely pairing, which was put into motion when the two artists met each other at an event for the Grammys in 2009. "He ended up singing his song 'The Light,' and he needed a girl singer [for the chorus] and I was like, 'I know it!' Afterward he was like, "I love your song and I love your voice.' It took about a year for us to get something together, but it worked out better than we could have imagined." Caillat penned two album tracks with pop songwriter Ryan Tedder (Beyonce, Leona Lewis), while Toby Gad, Jason Reeves and Rick Nowels all have writing credits on "All Of You." Meanwhile, Caillat's boyfriend, musician Justin Young, wrote three songs on the album with the singer, an experience she calls "so much fun. I've never been interested in musicians before, and now having a boyfriend that plays amazing guitar and piano and has a beautiful voice… it's cheesy but it's awesome, because we write these songs about our relationship and it brought us closer together." As the release of "All of You" approaches, Caillat is finalizing a month-long U.S. trek around the date in which she will play stripped-down versions of the new tracks. The singer also hopes to "jump on a big summer tour" after that short run. Here is the list of songs on "All Of You" (sequencing not yet finalized): "What If" "Before I Let You Go" "Shadow" "Make It Rain" "I Do" "What Means the Most" "Dream Life Life" "Happier" "All Of You" "Like Yesterday" "Brighter Than the Sun" "Favorite Song" (featuring Common) "Stereo" "Think Good Thoughts"

DR. DRE + EMINEM - I Need A Doctor Detox (2011) I think the video is a bit over dramatic but I love the flash backs and the very end of it. I love that the lyrics show comradary the way they do. Good job for not beating a dead horse by talking about weed and ho's!!

I agree 100%...any chance you could shoot it my way? The US just didn't support him after those allegations. The US was just plain evil to him. I don't blame him for leaving the US for so many years and staying under the radar.

I think both of those single were great but they barely got appropriate attention. I thought the One More Chance video was weird tho.' You hardly see MJ from the front at all. I thought it was a double until I saw the first face shot. I'm only kinda convinced it wasn't a double now...lol.

Yeah, I just looked up the other albums. I was aware of a few of the songs on them but never knew he actually put out an album. Half of the songs on his 2008 album are on the 2006 album. I couldn't previous the one from 2009. From what I did hear, he had few stand out tracks. I split the rest of the music right down the middle...half them okay...the other half awful. Apparently he didn't get the memo that "gangsta" is dead and we all know he isn't one...lol. GINUWINE - Heaven Elgin (2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglSTw3Mc4o Seriously, y'all. Don't sleep. Best R-N-B album of 2011 so far (even tho' it's only February)!

I don't dislike those songs, I just think "Hollywood Tonight" sounds way too dated. It sounds like the early 90's too much for me to see it getting much success. "Behind The Mask" just sounds over produced. To be honest, I think those songs are probably the weakest songs on the album. Keep Your Head Up, (I Like) The Way You Love Me, Monster, are Best Of Joy, are the highlights of the album to me. I think they'd be better choices. MJ's last HUGE hit was "You Are Not Alone" and I think it's important to put out on of his classic love songs instead of only the upbeat/dance songs.

There's at least 3 or 4 other songs I'd rather see as single...like "Keep Your Head Up." The article sounds like the album is huge but "Hold My Hand" didn't blow up like crazy here in the US. The album has been quiet and still since that single dropped. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Jackson News New Michael Jackson Singles Coming From The Global #1 Album "Michael" Album Already Achieves Platinum Status in 17 Countries Worldwide New York, NY – In the coming weeks, the Estate and Sony Music will be releasing "Hollywood Tonight" and "Behind the Mask" from the global hit album MICHAEL. "Behind The Mask" will be released as the radio single in countries including the United States, Canada, Japan and France. "Hollywood Tonight" will be the single released to radio in the rest of the world and videos for both songs will be released worldwide. Each Sony Music affiliate will also release more information on the plans in their respective territories. Both "Behind The Mask" and "Hollywood Tonight" are fan and critical favorites from MICHAEL – the unique collection of Michael Jackson songs completed posthumously and released in December by Sony and his Estate. The album includes material Michael had been working on for future release prior to his passing along with other vintage work he planned to place on future albums. Joe Vogel, author of the upcoming book Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, wrote that while "Posthumous works are notoriously tricky…This, ultimately, is the most important quality of Michael: it feels like Michael." "Behind the Mask," which was recently completed by John McClain and Jon Nettlesbey, is praised by critics for infusing the spirit of Michael's music from the past. Rolling Stone called it "a fiercely funky cousin to "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" The song is written by Michael Jackson, Chris Mosdell and Ryuichi Sakamoto and produced by Michael Jackson, John McClain and Jon Nettlesbey. The song's recognizable hook is a sample of "Behind The Mask" as performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto's Yellow Magic Orchestra. And "Hollywood Tonight", which USA TODAY said "pulsates with Billie Jean-esque energy, was written during the time of the Invincible album. In 2007, Michael pulled the track out of the archives to work on the song with producer Theron "Neff-U" Feemster. "Hollywood Tonight" was written by Michael Jackson and Brad Buxer and the track was produced by Teddy Riley, Michael Jackson with co-producer by Theron "Neff-U" Feemster. Ellen DeGeneres debuted and danced to the song with her audience during her popular talk show. MICHAEL was the #1 global album upon its release in December and has shipped over 3 million units worldwide making it one of the biggest albums of 2010. The album's nonstop success continues to underscore Michael's importance to his fans as a global icon and superstar, and shows how his music continues to transcend cultures and languages. The platinum status for MICHAEL has now grown to 17 countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, France (2x), Italy (2x), Spain, Denmark, Poland, Russia(2x), Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic (5x), Canada, India (2x), China, Taiwan, Korea and the Middle East. Michael is now Gold in 18 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Sweden. MICHAEL marks another release under the new agreement between The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music announced in March 2010 that continues the label's 35-year relationship with Michael and his music. During that time, Michael sold hundreds of millions of records, had 13 #1 singles and released the pop culture phenomenon "Thriller," which remains music's all-time bestselling album with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide. Information on MICHAEL can be found at www.MichaelJackson.com.

I agree. "Show Me Love" was my fav off of his last album (his last album did come out around 2002ish, right?). MONICA + 112 - Right Here Waiting For You The Boy Is Mine (1998) Amazing cover off of an amazing album.

It was Summer 1995. The Dangerous Minds trailer has been huge and he just dropped the video. He was on Yo! MTV Raps. I distinctly remember Ed Lover + Doctor Dre interviewing him asking what the new album was called and he replied "Ghetto Highlights"...Dre replied "Highlights from the ghetto"...Coolio..."Yeah." lol. U got me in a Coolio mood... COOLIO - I Remember It Take A Thief (1993) One of my favs. I didn't like "Fantastic Voyage" when it 1st came out...this was

That was actually the title of that album...but when "Gangsta's Paradise" blew up, he/they retitled it. NAUGHTY BY NATURE - It's On 19 Naughty III (1993) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmanAystmGg I got to see Naughty perform this along with O.P.P., Hip-Hop Hooray, Jamboree, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Feel Me Flow, and Uptown Anthem last weekend.

He's definitely one of the best and only emcees to get success in recent years. He puts more thought and heart into his music that your average rapper. I hope to see this get some shine.

DJ JAZZY JEFF + FRESH PRINCE - Ring My Bell Homebase (1991)

I have to agree that I don't really care to see FP work with Beyonce in a movie. I don't think she's a bad actress but she's never really over to film that way. I liked Fighting Temptations and Carma: The Hip-Hop Opera but that's about it. Sasha Fierce was a hot mess. Instead of being the R-N-B soul singer from next door, she went over the deep end with sometimes stupid lyrics, an annoying persona and awful production. She hasn't made many good moves in career since retiring DC. She's trying to be diva now and that's just not attractive. I still find it hard to believe that her and Jay-Z are actually a good couple behind closed doors.

It's a nice dance song but I certainly can't say there is anything special about it. "Whip My Hair" was a bit more unique. I'm interested in the album but I can't say I'm too excited about it. I noticed that O-Money produced the vocals on that Justin Beiber + Jaden track "Never Say Never."