Ciara ft. Young Jeezy
“Never Ever”
Fantasy Ride
LaFace Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Ciara takes a softer approach with “Never Ever”, the follow-up single and music video to “Go Girl” from her third album, “Fantasy Ride”. The melody of the song and nature of the video is almost similar to “And I” from her …

I heard this song while I was on the beach one night, and some really good firedancers were singing to this tune! The song is titled Fire Burning On The Dance Floor, and what better song to use than this one when the group perfoming are firedancers! This is …

YES are another one of those bands that help to prove that the seventies was the creative peak of music as we know it. I’m not one of those people that thinks new music is bad, i just know that the expressionism in music is nowhere near today like …

The Coffee Song is a song by Cream which appears on their debut record, Fresh Cream. The song opens up with a very dreamy atmosphere due to the vocal delivery and also the subtle guitar lines played behind the vocals. As with many of the songs by Cream, …

One alternative song from the 90’s that wedged in my mind. It became the official soundtrack of the movie Empire Records. The movie was weird, even the casts, that is why I will not forget about this song. Gin Blossom is an American rock band that popularly sang Hey …

Hoobastank was one of those bands that I remember had a lot of hits when I was a teenager. I wasn’t a huge fan per se, but I did like a lot of their music. These days, when going through some of their earlier music and listening to some of …

Gym Class Heroes are an American band that I didn’t know of till recently. I first heard them with their first single from a new album on the radio airways and later bought their album.
Their second song to release with a video was “Clothes Off”
This song has a …

Midian is the fourth album by Cradle Of Filth, released on Koch Records on Halloween of 2000, produced by John Fryer. This is one of Cradle Of Filth’s heaviest albums, the album is sort of a concept album, drawing inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft, and the Clive Barker Novel Cabal. …

If you aren’t familiar with “Fun House,” then not only are you missing out on one of the greatest rock albums ever made…but you haven’t even HEARD true rock music, not the way it’s meant to be, at least. This album is everything that’s great about rock: it’s dirty, …

We all know that when it comes down to great singers, gospel singers are among the best. Almost all the major artists out there have their roots in the church. But Anthony Evans is definitely an exception. He is not just a talented singer, but he himself is a …

Jay-Z ft. Pharrell, Omilio Sparks, and Shay Haley
“I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)”
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Roc-A-Fella Records
“I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)” is the first single and music video from Jay-Z’s fifth album titled “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”. The whole music …

I am amazed at just how low the general rating for this album has been so far across the internet. I think it may have something to do with the hipsters being disappointed that another one their underground indie bands are making a push for commercial success. I don’t …

The Best Of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary Special! Original TV Soundtrack is a soundtrack that I was disappointed in somewhat. I think several musical pieces are more deserving to be on this soundtrack than what was ultimately decided on and I would not consider this soundtrack to represent the …

I recently purchased Circa Survive’s second full album, On Letting Go. This high anticipated sophomore release easily met and surpassed my expectations. The band has grown tremendously, and the listener can feel it. All members are in such complete sync together, that one could easily tell that all 5 …

Steal this Album! Is unfortunately my least favorite of the System of a Down albums, but that doesn’t make it a bad album; it’s still a fairly good album, because even when System of a Down is at their worst, they’re still fairly good.
The first is Chic’n Stu which …

The self-titled debut album, Harry and the Potters, sounds as if it was recorded by a couple of high school guys with guitars sitting around in their living room–which, of course, it actually was. Ironically, that’s what makes this CD so great, particularly for fans of Harry Potter.
Harry and …

Holiday is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled debut record, otherwise known as The Blue Album. Opening up with an interesting lead guitar line accompanied by the rest of the band, Rivers Cuomo comes in with the vocals after this brief intro with a vocal delivery …

Lil’ Kim ft. Phil Collins
“In The Air Tonight”
Urban Renewal
WEA
This must be Lil’ Kim’s attempt at an epic music video that has some sort of plot to it aka a mini-movie. R. Kelly has done it, Puff Daddy has done it, and Michael Jackson has certainly done it. My guess …

My wife were watching our nightly episode of the show Destination Truth on Netflix Instant Watch last night and, when it was done, realized it wasn’t even 9 yet. Since it was too early to go to bed, we looked for something else to watch.
At first, I thought we …

“Undying Love” is a lyrical masterpiece from the rapper Nas. This song appears on his album “I Am” which in itself garnered mixed reviews. I’ll tell you this though, never will you hear such a well thought out and well told story in today’s rap/hip hop scene. Fittingly this …

You Like Me Too Much is a track by The Beatles which appears on their record Help. The track is written by Harrison and features him on lead vocals. One thing I’m not a huge fan of about early Beatles material is that a lot of the songs all …

Reason to Believe is a song about someone being so in love with someone else that he wants to believe in that person no matter how many lies they have told nor how much the other person breaks their heart. Rod Stewart has several versions of the song, every …

R. Kelly ft. Jay-Z
“Fiesta (Remix)”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“Fiesta (Remix)” follows the previous singles and music videos, “I Wish”, “To The Homies That Were Lost (I Wish - Remix)”, and “A Woman’s Threat”, all of which are from his fourth solo album entitled “TP-2.COM”. In four music videos total now (including this …

Someday I’ll Grow To Be As Tall As The Giant is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with the fantasy-like sound which is characteristic to this record, the song oddly seems to have …

King Nothing is a song by Metallica which appears on their album Load, the first half of their double record Load/Reload. The song opens up with a guitar lead which gradually fades in along with a bass line that comes in a bit later which supplies the main rhythm …

Overview —“ American Idiot, the first music video released by Green Day in support of the album of the same title shows the band at a level of new songwriting and shows that they emerged from the time after Warning as being stronger and better than ever, musically, lyrically, …

Aspiring rock Gods everywhere, listen up. If you can’t afford a pricy electric guitar but still want to rock like Hendrix, then the iAXE USB Electric Guitar is just what you’ve been looking for. It plugs directly into your computers USB port and plays just like the real thing, …

Forever Young is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on Planet Waves. Just a note that the review I’m doing is for the slower version of Forever Young which lasts for about five minutes rather than the faster version which also appears on the same album. I’ve read …

Seattle, written by Hugo Montenegro, Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon, has been around for quite a while. It was written for the TV series, Here Come the Brides, in 1969. The series in its first season used an instrumental version, but then in the second season they …

Carnivore is the debut album by the band fronted by Type O Negative vocalist Peter Steele, this was his second band, and first real release to my knowledge. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records (back when Roadrunner Records was a metal label) the album fast paced …

I think that the 1999 Issues is Korn’s greatest work. It is the first album by them that I got hold of, and I was strongly impressed by the music. I was rather young when I got a hold of this record, it was before their 2002 release Untouchables, …

In 2006, Bruce Springsteen released We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an outstanding collection of traditional songs either written by Pete Seeger or recorded by him early in his career. This CD of traditional folk songs and spirituals, with the combination of Springsteen, an wonderful group of supporting musicians, …

Jamie Foxx did a great job imitating Ray Charles in “Gold Digger”. Kanye came up with some very creative rhymes and the beat was awesome.
The song was very well writting, warning men against gold diggers - women who leech off men for money.
He told the tale of a man …

It is my dream to travel around the world and if someone asks me what CD I will bring when I travel, I will answer : Jason Mraz’s third album - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
Yup, in this new album, Jason Mraz really brings a travel spirit, …

I really wouldn’t consider myself a huge fan of the musician Martin Garrix. To be honest, up until fairly recently I only knew two songs by him and liked one of the two. However, after all these years I still sincerely hope that he has as much potential as I …

You love music and you want to contribute your voice to the new artist, you come to Slice The Pie. This is the place for new music artists; music fans; and music traders.
For the new artists, slice the pie helps them to raise money directly from their fans to …

White Light/White Heat is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album of the same name. Right from the start, a listener should get a very classic rock feel from this track and if I had to come up with some examples of very early classic …

Ivy Boy is a song off of the album “Music of The Adventures of Pete and Pete”. Polaris was a side project involving members from the band Miracle Legion, writing songs for the hit show at the time “The Adventures of Pete and Pete”. Among these songs I find …

Back Door Man is a song which appears on The Doors’ self-titled debut record which is a cover of a Willie Dixon track. What I simply have to praise about this song, even as it’s just about forty-five seconds in is that it has a very nice laid-back groove …

Initially it would not catch me listening to this kind of music, but this wonderful singer left me with no other choice but making an exception. The first time I heard her voice I thought that I was in the dream, I caught myself day dreaming and losing all …

I love Coldplay. They have this style that no other band has. Chris Martin’s voice is so unique that when you hear him singing, you instantly know that it’s him. Before I bought this album, I would often listen to “Yellow” and “The Scientist”. The album X&Y has so …

Released in November 2012, “Music From Another Dimension!” is Aerosmith’s 15th studio album and the first since their last album released back in 2004 titled “Honkin’ On Bobo”. This latest album features 15 brand new songs and is full of great material that I think will be …

Another talented person in my eyes would be Tracy Chapman. You just need to listen to Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman to know that she is a real singer and the real deal. Most of her songs are about life and love in general and sometimes about …

If you are at all on the underground scene in Atlanta, GA, you probably have run into this young artist. Once a member of the group, the Fresh Air Foundation, this artist has figured out a way to bring balance back to hip-hop while exhibiting his own …

Bon Iver is the name of a music project started by Justin Vernon of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. For Emma, Forever Ago is his debut album, released on Jagjaguwar Records, after he recorded it in his father’s winter cabin.
For Emma, Forever Ago is a beautiful album, full of Justin Vernon’s …

April 8th is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the penultimate song on their debut album On Avery Island. Though Three Peaches, another song on this album, had a pretty dark and sad sound to it, I must say that April 8th is easily the darkest track …

Tool’s 1993 album Undertow is not only my favorite Tool album it may be my favorite album period. Intolerance is a heavy riffing straight up metal song, on Prison Sex they drop the low E to a B to get the extra crunch of the song, the lyrics like …

I Need A Miracle is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Shakedown Street. The track opens up with a nice rock and roll rhythm which gives a nice ground for the vocals to sing over. The vocal melody on this track works very well …

Winter Winds is a song by Mumford and Sons which appears on their debut record, Sigh No More. Like with most of the tracks on this record, the song opens up with the very characteristic sound of Mumford and Sons which is comprised of instrumentation which generally does not …

Meet The Light Child is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second record, Danse Manatee. Opening up with somewhat of a lazy drone-like sound, Meet The Light Child shares a problem with some of the tracks on Animal Collective’s previous album in that the vocals get …