Category: Music
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Adema – Unstable
Adema isn’t breaking new ground here.
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Jessica Simpson – In This Skin
Artist: Jessica Simpson Title: In This Skin Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Company Line: Listen to Jessica Simpson’s In This Skin, and you will hear many things: Love. Romance. Sexuality. Sweetness. Maturity. Peace of Mind. Yet chief among the things you will hear is the sound of a woman becoming her own person and staying true…
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Chingy – Interview
Chingy throws back some dinner and we chat about life, music and being on top. Can you believe the record is top ten on the charts? It’s a great thing, but I’m a humble guy. I don’t take anything for granted. I’m excited about it but I’m just chillin’ and letting nature take its course.…
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Eastmountainsouth – Interview
Eastmountainsouth Interview with peter adams How is the road? Great. We are just getting used to playing in front of more people than we are used to. That is a good thing right? It is a good thing. It is hard. How has the reaction been? The audiences seem to like it. So far the…
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The Dandy Warhols – Welcome To the Monkey House
Artist: The Dandy Warhols Title: Welcome To the Monkey House Label: Capitol Rating: 7/10 The Good: “I Am Sound” – Very understated yet big on loveliness. “Plan A” – Good god is this Duran Duran making a come back or The Dandy’s kicking it to another gear? “All of us sick about it” and it’s…
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Nate Sallie – Inside Out
Artist: Nate Sallie Title: Inside Out Label: Curb Rating: 5/10 Company Line: Having inked a deal with Curb, Nate immediately began writing and recording with producers Mathew Gerrard, Chris Estes and Greg Biek, quickly finding a musical chemistry that further tightened his songwriting chops. The resulting tunes are energetic, taut, guitar-driven, pitch-perfect power-pop anthems with…
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Canibus – Rip The Jacker
Artist: Canibus Title: Rip The Jacker Label: Babygrande Rating: 5/10 The Good: You’ll be waiting, and waiting, and waiting. The Average: “Poet Laureate II” – Canibus goes on for over seven minutes about LL Cool J. If this is the best venom he has then he’d better go back to the drawing board. “Genabis” –…
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Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Unclassified
Artist: Robert Randolph & The Family Band Title: Unclassified Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 7.5/10 Company Line: Unclassified strikes very close to home. It is, like the gospel and hymns they still play on visits back to Orange, as much about the message as the messenger. “I’m just a young guy who comes from a neighborhood…
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Brian McKnight – Interview
A one-on-one interview with a legend in waiting, Brian McKnight. How is life treating you? Good. Trying to multi-task all this Kobe Bryant stuff on TV, do interviews and keep on top of everything. The first thing that comes to mind every time a record comes out from you I wonder ‘how does he do…
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Joe Firstman – The War of Women
Artist: Joe Firstman Title: The War of Women Label: Atlantic Rating: 7.5/10 Company Line: With the release of his debut full-length album, “THE WAR OF WOMEN,” acclaimed singer/songwriter Joe Firstman more than delivers on the promise made by his widely praised “WIVES TALES” EP. The Good: “Can’t Stop Loving You” – Country tinged rock ‘n’…