MaxFly

In addition to the list, if you don't have John Legend's "Get Lifted" which is more R&B/Soul... you guys may want to look into that as well.

Interesting...

Definitely something soulful with John Legend... Something with Lauryn Hill would be nice as well. A party banger with LL could rule the summer of 2006... that's what's up.

I'm not sure whether he hates Will or not. It seems that he's just seen Will in playful movies like MIB and Wild Wild West and has instantly characterized him as a comedy actor, not to be respected as a rapper. Yet there is a great deal of bias here too, that's for sure. No mention of Will's excellent performances in Ali (oscar nominated), Enemy of the State, and Hitch... not sure if he just hasn't seen these movies or if he's in denial, but he definitely comes into this "review" with a slanted view of what Will is all about. Like I said above, no praise for Will's flow in Party Starter or Loretta, the subject matter and emotion in "Tell Me Why"... In fact, he believes "Why" was better than "Tell Me Why"... He was either high when he wrote this, or there's definitely some bias there...

I was waiting for the part where he goes into dissing The Fresh Prince of Bel Air... because... "Smith, it seemed, could do it all - none of it particularly well, of course, but that hardly mattered more than the six-figure checks he was raking in." Right... I apologize on behalf of the student body at Harvard. We're not perfect. Not everyone has good tatse. You just read an example in essay format. I would rip this "essay" apart piece by piece, sentence by sentence... and I really want to... and maybe in the near future I will... but, as for now, it would be a waste of precious time and result in a bit of lost sleep. But I will say this... This person evidently hasn't been able to separate Will Smith's film career from his music career, yet this is vital when you're analyzing the work of someone who's been rhyming longer than you have been alive. When you start a music review with banter about the subject's film career, how many figures he makes, and how bad you think his film career has been... well let's just say that you may as well scream out the word "BIAS." Unfortunately, Shane didn't listen to the music closely enough, and relied on his preconceptions to write this review. He lacks any comprehension of what a playful or light track is (pump ya breaks, If you can't dance). Yet what's most disturbing and indeed telling is his reluctance to praise the good attributes of tracks such as party starter, tell me why and loretta... When the worst you can say about a track is... you know you're really searching for something negative to say. In closing... I really wonder if Shane bothered to listen to the words of Jadakiss's "Why" seeing that it make some of the most ignorant statements to ever come out of a rapper's mouth. "Why did Bush knock down the towers..." Really? When did Bush knock down the towers? Where was I when this monumental event occured? I wonder... Back in highschool, when I was a tad interested in journalism, the first lesson we were taught was that a good review of a product lacks bias and is fair and balanced. As it stands, though Shane Wilson is allowed to have his own opinion, I am ashamed to call him a journalist. His editorial, or essay... review, whatever you want to call it... lacks focus. It goes off on so many tangents that I found myself re-reading certain portions to make sure he was still "analyzing" the album. You also never want your article or review to be forgettable... yet, with his longwinded tirades, he's managed just that. Journalistic obscurity is something a writer strives against. It seems Shane hasn't reached that level quite yet. Here's hoping he make it, for his sake.

Yeah, those are US numbers... I'm wondering what sales are worldwide as well.

There's a cascading effect with single releases... Not all countries have switch yet, and we certainly can't wait until it's been released in all countries and doing well before another single is released. We have to keep move forward. Conventional wisdom says that an artist should wait until a single reaches its peak before releasing another single... However, in Will's case, it may be a good idea to "flood" the airwaves and try to get two hit singles on the charts at the same time. This would generate interest in the album as people will be thinking... Hey, Will has two hits on this album, maybe I should check it out. Look at all the G-Unit garbage on the radio... like 4 tracks are out at the same time right now... Switch is a party track... it did what it needed to do... it generated some initial interest for Lost and Found. It's time we gave it a partner in crime on the charts...

Lhunagar is right. There are a number of people who made appearances in the video, Damon Waynes being one of many.

Incidentally, we're talking about number of albums sold, not the amount of money made from sales...

:nono:

Universally Summertime... It's a hip hop classic.

Gotta shout out that Code Red... but then again, He's the DJ.... it's too hard to choose!!!!!!!

:chuks: Fa sho

Yeah, it's going great.

It's coming along...

Edward Gomez huh... :grin:

:nono: Walmart's taking over the world...

500k for gold, a million for plat

Does anyone have numbers for Lost and Found worldwide?

yup

Yeah, this joint's hot... I'ma be singing "Diamonds are forever" for like a week... lol

Lol, if you ask me, it should have been released last week.

No real need for this to be posted here... That being said, I hope this was an IP ban... :grin:

I'm still in a state of shock that people don't know who Wyclef is... but it's all good. At least no one on this forum is asking who Jazzy Jeff is...

It's all about the Celtics this year. Paul and Antoine reunited... It's Batman and Nightwing all over again... Let the games begin.