Sunday, August 14, 2011

Guetta Strikes Again



David Guetta has been releasing song after song after song recently. Some have been hits, and others have been misses. This song, featuring Australian artist Sia, is a hit in my eye. However, it's hard to say if it will be a hit on the charts. Right now Where Dem Girls At is his big hit on the charts, and Sia isn't very well known in the US. Either way, I really enjoy the song and I guess that's all the matters.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Lady Gaga's Loss of Origionality.

Lady Gaga recently released the cover to her single You and I. On the cover she poses as her new male alter ego "Jo Calderone." Now let's see...does any other recent artist have alter egos? Maybe a male alter ego? If you answered Nicki Minaj you're right! Nicki has many alter egos, but one of her most popular is Roman who is supposed to be a feisty gay boy.



Now, Nicki doesn't feel the need to dress as a boy on the Roman's Revenge cover, but she does say in a lot of interviews that he is a boy. In the video for Moment For Life she dresses up as a different alter ego of her's, Martha, an old mother with a British accent.

I really thought Gaga was better than this. It's only a matter of time before people realize that she's copying Nicki. For shame Gaga, for shame.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Blowin' Up: Skylar Grey




Skylar Grey's music falls somewhere between Avril Lavinge and Amy Lee of Evanescence. She's not that new either and appeared on Fort Minor's 2006 song Where'd You Go. She's the writer of Love the Way You Lie and sings the chorus on Diddy Dirty Money's Coming Home and Dr. Dre's I Need A Doctor.

Even though she's done a lot of big things, she's still unknown. Hopefully that changes when she releases her new album Invisible. Her current single, also named Invisible, is one of those vulnerable songs that makes you feel bad for any time you ever ignored someone. Nonetheless, it's a good song that will hopefully make some impact. Plus, it's free on iTunes this week so act fast!




Hip Hop's Royal Family




 There has been a lot of debate of which song is the best off of Kanye and Jay's Watch the Throne. I personally think the song Lift Off deserves the trophy. The song represents everything the album hopes to be: history in the making. Jay-Z and Beyonce have become the royal family of Hip-Hop, and their adopted spawn Kanye is on this track too. I don't know what else you could as for!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Haterade: Glee


If you don't know what Glee is, you must be living under a rock. Glee is a show about high schoolers that join a glee club. Every week they perform different songs, all of which are past or present singles. Then, the songs are sold on all online retailers.

Now, I don't think the plot of the show is bad at all. In fact, I enjoy it. Here's my probably, the merchandising. No other show sells as much crap as this show. And yes, the songs they're selling on iTunes are pure crap. The original singers worked their assess off to make their song a hit and then the Glee kids swoop down and effortlessly record a version of the song and BAM, a hit. They sell different "volumes" of these hits in the stores. So let recap. School kids singing popular songs and releasing edited versions in compilation albums. Wasn't that the idea behind Kidz Bop?

Now Glee has a 3D concert coming to movie cinemas. I had no problem with the Hannah Montana or Jonas Brother concerts in cinemas. Little kids actually wanted to go to their concerts but couldn't because the tickets went faster than swine flu vaccines. But the Glee concert isn't really selling like these concerts, and if you want to see these kids perform on screen you can just flip to Fox.


I know all popular shows make merchandise, but Glee is out of control. To make matters worse, a lot of fans of the first season think the show "sold out" during the second season. You're shooting yourself in the shoot Glee, and I'll be glad when you crumble.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Lauryn Hill. Diva.

It's been over a decade since Lauryn Hill released new music. But that hasn't stopped her from making headlines. She's being slapped with a lawsuit because she was busy being a bitch to her crew on tour.

The woman has six kids, so it's easy to understand why she hasn't made music. But usually only those that have become legends in the music biz are allowed to throw temper tantrums backstage. While Lauryn is a pretty big name still, she is far from being a legend.

Of course, people always file claims against musicians. I'm sure if some guy that worked on her tour didn't get paid it was management's fault and not Lauryn's. But if the claim is that she's a bitch, I'd believe it.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Classic: Say My Name






It's hard to remember a day when Beyonce wasn't a household name, but ten years ago she was just another member of Destiny's Child. At the time, the group have a revolving door of members, but Beyonce was always in the front singing. In case anyone forgot why the group is famous, or why Beyonce was able to have a solo career, the song Say My Name should remind you why Destiny's Child is the best girl group in years. The song was made in 2000, but is just as good in 2011.

Monday, August 8, 2011

American Hero: Chris Brown



There are a lot of people in the world that just don't give a fuck. Most of these people lose jobs because of their attitude. Not Chris Brown. He does what he wants and cleans up the mess later. Most people have a love/hate relationship with Chris Breezy, but at the end of the day he puts out good music and hie keeps his fan base.

Now I'm not going to go into too much detail about his who Rihanna incident, but what type of message is she sending by putting he name on songs like Love the Way You Lie? That's not something a self-respecting abuse victim would do. While I don't agree with Chris Browns actions, he's trying to move on and admit mistakes while Rihanna acts like people have forgotten and don't care.

Either way, the backbone of Chris's career is his good music, and I can respect that. As long as he doesn't hurt anyone else, I can support him.


Blowin' Up: JLS

It's hard to believe that the band JLS came in second place on the X-Factor. In the UK they are huge celebs that just got their 5th #1 song. Not bad for a group that earned a silver medal. Now they're attempting to cross over to the US. Not a bad idea considering that their most recent song features the up-and-coming Dev. Also, the She Makes Me Wanna has been stuck in my head for about a week. As much as I wanted to avoid it, it caught me.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

Not Going Loko


This is a classic example of how a couple people fucking up ruins everyone's fun. Four Loko was a popular alcoholic beverage among young adults. It combined an energy drink and the amount of alcohol found in 2 and a half beers. Not the safest idea, but people bought them. Then some kids drank too many. And died. Boo hoo. The sad truth is people drink themselves to death all the time. Just because we know what the kids were drinking doesn't mean we need to ban the drink from the shelves.

Now people have been inconvenienced. They have to but an energy drink AND vodka to have a makeshift Loko. All that banning these drinks from shelves does is give them free publicity. I know caffeine and booze aren't a good combination, but people will mix them until the day alcohol is banned. Why make life harder for people? Just re-release the classic Lokos.

And I know, they make Four Lokos without caffeine now. The caffeine makes no difference to me, but for some people the caffeine adds the kick that they want.