(I’d like to be your guide on the rock & roll roller coaster keeping you updated with the latest buzz, news, and trends in the rock & roll world. The blog you are reading is fantastic especially for somebody like me who is into all genres of music: Pop, R&B, Easy Listening, Disco,Dance, 70’s, 80’s, etc. Mikey Heyliger has done an amazing job, and the sky’s the limit. Yet, we need more rock & roll, and I hope to be able to enlighten you with some fun stuff. You’ll still see random pieces from me about obscure tunes from the old days, but my focus will on the rock & roll world. Every week or so, this column will feature the movers and shakers in the hard rock genre! Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!)
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The Sunday Shuffle is Back: Still Here
So I finally did the smart thing and bought an external hard drive to store my music, figuring that keeping 70MB of music on a laptop’s hard drive probably wasn’t a good idea. Hopefully, this one doesn’t poop out on me the way my previous one did, after only five months. Damn you, Windows Vista!!
I was gonna let the new “Genius” feature on iTunes take over for me, but I’ll save that for another time, plus we’ll have a feature on Genius at some point this week. No point in doubling up, right?
Anyway, we’re off:
Track 1: “Fast Car (Fugee Remix)”-Wyclef Jean feat. Lupe Fiasco
Wyclef Jean’s “Carnival II” will surprise the few of you who’ve actually stuck with ‘Clef’s last few (phenomenally shitty) albums. On the album, this song is a moody piece with vocals by Paul Simon (yes, THAT Paul Simon). On this remix, Wyclef gets a quick verse from rap phenom Lupe Fiasco and also takes it back to ’96 by virtue of the Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum” sample, which broke Wyclef’s old band (The Fugees, ‘memba them?) worldwide via its’ use on their version of “Killing Me Softly”. This remix is decent, the album version is better.
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Chart Chat 9/14/08: NKOTB, Gavin Rossdale, Flo-Rida & More!!
I’m running out of witty things to say at the start of these things. Someone has to help me out here. Hey, are there any cool songs about Sunday that you can think of? Ah, yes. One of my favorite Maroon 5 songs. Granted, some of you reading this are probably thinking “I thought you said cool songs, but I like ’em, so nyah!!
Anyhow, today’s Billboard charts are brought to you by the letter “B”, the number “8” and appear courtesy of the good men and women at Billboard magazine.
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Billboard Top 20 Albums
1) “The Recession”- Young Jeezy
2) “The Block”- New Kids on the Block
3) “L.A.X.”- The Game
4) “Rock & Roll Jesus”- Kid Rock
5) “All Hope is Gone”- Slipknot
6) “A Little Bit Longer”- Jonas Brothers
7) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack”- Various Artists
8) “Lost in the Sound of Separation”- Underoath
9) “Hello Love”- Chris Tomlin
10) “Tha Carter III”- Li’l Wayne
11) “Love on the Inside”- Sugarland
12) “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”- Coldplay
13) “Good Girl Gone Bad”- Rihanna
14) “Breakout”- Miley Cyrus
15) “Now That’s What I Call Country!”- Various Artists
16) “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things”- Jason Mraz
17) “The Illusion of Progress”- Staind
18) “Camp Rock Soundtrack”- Various Artists
19) “Just a Rolling Stone”- Donnie Klang
20) “Spirit”- Leona Lewis-
Billboard Top 20 Singles
1) “Whatever U Like”- T.I.
2) “So What”- Pink
3) “Disturbia”- Rihanna
4) “With You”- Chris Brown
5) “Paper Planes”- M.I.A.
6) “I’m Yours”- Jason Mraz
7) “Viva La Vida”- Coldplay
8) “Closer”- Ne-Yo
9) “In the Ayer”- Flo-Rida feat. will.i.am
10) “Dangerous”- Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
11) “Just Stand Up!”- Various Artists
12) “Can’t Believe It”- T-Pain feat. Li’l Wayne
13) “Hot N Cold”- Katy Perry
14) “When I Grow Up”- The Pussycat Dolls
15) “Got Money”- Li’l Wayne feat. T-Pain
16) “I Kissed a Girl”- Katy Perry
17) “One Step at a Time”- Jordin Sparks
18) “Put On”- Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
19) “Take a Bow”- Rihanna
20) “Leavin’”- Jesse McCartney