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  • Listen To SonicClash Radio Episode 4 Live

    We open the month of March with a new episode of SonicClash Radio.

    Tomorrow evening, March 1, 2009 at 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern, Money Mike and I will be back to do a quick discussion on the Grammy Awards (since it was a few weeks ago), talk about where Rihanna and Chris Brown go on professionally from here, give you chart and new release updates, and just talk music news the rest of the show.

    But we do want you to call in.

    You can call us to discuss music at (347) 202-0943.

    You can listen at our SonicClash Radio BlogTalk page starting at at 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern.

    If you have a question and don’t want to call in, you can send add it to the SonicClash Radio Episode 4 thread on the new forum page.

    We’ll also have it available here on the site sometime after the show ends.

    See you tomorrow night!

  • Friday Throwback – Falling

    Most know Montell Jordan for his party anthem This Is How We Do It. In fact, my friend just sent me that YouTube video the other day for no reason other than to pump herself up. It’s become that iconic party anthem. But Montell Jordan didn’t only have one song. On his second album More…, the 6’8 Jordan released Falling as the second single (if you count I Like as the first). It’s probably my favorite Jordan song of them all.

    • I think that’s Krayzie Bone by the way, and the version of this song that I really like is the one that he’s not on.
    • What do the sirens signify?
    • Did Montell really have to match the lenses in his sunglasses with the color of his shirt?
    • “I dial your number on the phone, it’s steady ringing, you’re not home.” Where’s Mr. Telephone Man when you need him?
    • I wish I could get my sideburns to do that.
    • Now why is Krayzie Bone in jail?
    • I think I’d fall for that girl too, especially if she can look like that while still eating Hagen Daz.

  • Infatueighties #48: Nasty

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    “No my first name ain’t baby, it’s Janet. Miss Jackson if you’re nasty”.

    That line has become legendary in the twenty-three years since it first was popularized, but a lot of folks forget how surprising it was to hear it coming out of Baby Jackson’s mouth at the time. After releasing two albums of sugary-sweet pop/soul, Janet traveled to Minneapolis to meet up with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, changing the course of her career forever. Jam & Lewis helped Janet come up with songs that took her far away from the fantasy world she and most of her family seemed to be living in. By adding in some hip-hop attitude and a whole lot of sass, Janet was humanized. “Nasty” remains their greatest work, even if Janet’s Jackee-esque voice is a little funny now. The producers’ keyboard work is inventive, Janet’s vocal is tough as nails, even the video is killer (see if you can spot Paula Abdul in the clip).

    Of course, now that Janet herself has turned into a Nasty Girl, I wonder how she feels about this song.