Tag: review

  • Young Jeezy – The Recession – review

    Young Jeezy’s story represents the struggle, pain, and pressure that anyone living in the hood deals with. It also gives you the inspiration and motivation to make it out, be successful, and achieve your goals.

  • New Kids on the Block – The Block – review

    You know ’em, You love ’em, you can’t live without them. New Kids on The Block are back with their first new music in 14 years.

  • The Verve – Forth – review

    The Verve are back with their fourth release after separating and reuniting.

  • The Game – LAX – review

    The Game returns with his third and supposedly last CD LAX. Keisha Cole is featured on the lead off track ‘Game’s Pain.’ Other guests include Ice Cube, Raekwon, Ludacris, Bilal and Raheem DeVaughn, appearing on “State of Emergency,” “Bulletproof Diaries,” “Cali Sunshine” and “Touchdown,” respectively.

  • Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone – review

    After over 5 million albums sold in the US, Slipknot returns with their most powerful statement yet – “All Hope Is Gone.” Filled with the fury people have come to expect from Slipknot as well as some extraordinary surprises, this album is the culmination of the band’ s nine unique members, three platinum albums and their 10 year journey at the top of the Hard Rock genre.

  • Lykke Li – Youth Novels – review

    2008 debut album from the Swedish Pop sensation. Lykke is a name on every one’s lips right now, having released an EP that featured the radio hit ‘Just A Little Bit’.

  • Ice Cube – Raw Footage – review

    Artist: Ice Cube Title: Raw Footage Label: Lench Mob Records Rating: 5/10 Corporate lane: Following a triumphant return to the mic after 6 years in 2006 with the critically acclaimed release of “Laugh Now, Cry Later” Ice Cube is ready to take center stage once again with his ninth solo effort. The highly anticipated new […]

  • Staind – The Illusion of Progress – review

    Riding on the success of their last three chart topping albums, Staind is back with the highly anticipated release of their sixth studio album, “The Illusion of Progress.”

  • Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer – review

    Produced by John Fields (with Jon Lind and Kevin Jonas, Sr., serving as executive producers), “A Little Bit Longer” covers much musical and emotional ground, kicking off with the joyful jam “BB Good.” Says Joe of the track, “It’s a big sing-along song, and it’s fun.” The funky and danceable debut single, “Burnin’ Up,” keeps the party going, with Big Rob, the brothers’ hefty security guard, rapping midtrack.

  • Carrie Rodriguez – She Ain’t Me – review

    After her well-received solo debut Seven Angels on a Bicycle, Carrie Rodriguez spent much of 2007 on a whirlwind tour schedule that included opening for friend/fan Lucinda Williams. The Associated Press raved, “. . . her voice has a character few achieve. Rather than a support player taking a minor turn, she uses her first solo album to mark her ground as a singular talent.”