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  • First Look: Beyonce’s “Ego”

    Hey, have you checked out my friends (including me, occasionally) at The Round Table? They’ve got a new web address and a new look, which you can see here. Also, my people at Popdose have a new look as well, make sure you check them out.

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    Now, on to Sasha Fier…uh, Beyonce.

    If it works once, why not do it again? That’s obviously what Beyonce was thinking when she decided to make a video for “Ego”, the fifth (fifth!!) single from “I Am…Sasha Fierce”. Rocking the same three girl-dancing lineup that made “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)” a viral sensation (and a surefire nominee for Best Video at this year’s VMAs), “Ego” showcases even more sexy dance moves, with Beyonce rocking the mother of all fright wigs and showing off those gargantuan peanut-butter thighs. DAMN!!!!

    As for the song itself? Meh. I wasn’t crazy about the album when I first heard it, and I can’t say that many of the songs have grown on me over the past six or seven months. Allegedly Kanye West is on tap to appear on this song’s remix. Kanye. Appearing on a song called “Ego”. ‘Magine that.

    I can’t help but think that this song’s about Jay-Z and the word “ego” is being used as a euphemism for…oh man, perish the thought!! Is Beyonce even that clever of a songwriter?

    Anyway, peep the video and let us know what you think.

  • Chart Chat 5/21/09: It’s a Green Day

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    As expected, Green Day takes the #1 spot on this week’s Billboard charts with their new album, “21st Century Breakdown”. The pop-punk legends sold 215,000 units of the album in only three days of release, matching up favorably with 2004’s “American Idiot”, which sold a shade under 250K in its’ first full week out.

    After Green Day on the chart? Tumbleweed City, folks. The “Hannah Montana” Soundtrack is #2 with 68K sold, and after that, no other album approaches the 50K mark. As usual, “American Idol” is the biggest catalyst behind the chart’s biggest moves. OneRepublic’s 18-month old “Dreaming Out Loud” re-enters the chart at #178 with a 120% increase over the previous week’s sales, and Katy Perry is another big gainer, as a 25% increase pushes her up 25 spots on the chart and also zooms her album “One of the Boys” past the million sales mark. Conversely, looks like bad times are ahead for former platinum-selling rappers Cam’ron and Paul Wall. Cam’s “Crime Pays” opens at an impressive #3, but only scans 43K in it’s first frame, while Wall’s “Fast Life” sells barely more than half of Cam’ron’s total to land at #15. And to think that Paul Wall had a #1 album just a couple short weeks ago.

    Next week, it’s all about Slim Shady, as Eminem’s “Relapse” is scheduled to bump Green Day out of the top spot with the biggest sales week of the year, which could approach 650,000 units sold. Stay tuned, we’ll have Em’s final numbers in our Chart Chat column next week.

    Here are this week’s Top 20 Albums

    1) “21st Century Breakdown” Green Day

    2) “Hannah Montana Soundtrack” Various Artists

    3) “Crime Pays” Cam’ron

    4) “The Fame” Lady GaGa

    5) “Unstoppable” Rascal Flatts

    6) “Together Through Life” Bob Dylan

    7) “Fearless” Taylor Swift

    8) “Epiphany” Chrisette Michele

    9) “Deeper Than Rap” Rick Ross

    10) “Fantasy Ride” Ciara

    11) “Twilight Soundtrack” Various Artists

    12) “Now That’s What I Call Music 30” Various Artists

    13) “Dark Horse” Nickelback

    14) “Only by the Night” Kings of Leon

    15) “Fast Life” Paul Wall

    16) “In a Perfect World…” Keri Hilson

    17) “Foundation” Zac Brown Band

    18) “Wide Open” Jason Aldean

    19) “Townes” Steve Earle

    20) “All I Ever Wanted” Kelly Clarkson

  • First Look: Asher Roth “Be By Myself”

    OK, I’ll admit it. I don’t hate Asher Roth. At the very least, I give him props for not trying to be something he isn’t (hear that, 2009-era Eminem?). Maybe it’s because I hang out with a bunch of college kids, but “I Love College” touched my guilty-pleasure nerve and led “Asleep in the Bread Aisle” into my record collection. The album’s not great (although I wouldn’t call it my most regrettable music purchase of 2009), but Asher makes a pretty decent bid to avoid one-hit-wonderdom with his new single “Be By Myself”, which features the Round Mound of Rap, Cee-Lo Green. Man, despite the fact that this is nominally Asher’s video, don’t you wanna hear Cee-Lo rap again? (yeah, we know he can sing, but he can rhyme better…seriously…he might be the most underrated emcee *ever*).

    Anyhow, check out the video and let us know what you think…