Artist: Beyonce ft. Slim Thug and Bun B.
Video: “Check On It”
Album: “The Pink Panther” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/B’Day/#1’s
Label: Columbia
Director: Hype Williams
Hype Williams spreads his wonderful, professional, and messiah-like grace all over this Beyonce music video which is a single off of the original motion picture soundtrack for the 2006 …

“Sean Paul” is a Jamaican dancehall deejay who is now also very popular on the international hip hop scene. I have noticed that many foreigners seem to think that the music which he does is hip hop, however, that is not true as in Jamaica a form of music …

Actually, what the John Denver: The Best of John Denver Live CD is, is the Wildlife Concert performance that Denver did. It’s often seen on PBS in the United States. The CD also has an interactive extra if you use it on your computer. This is a …

(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Raditude. The song opens up with a catchy acoustic guitar riff which serves as the main riff of the song before a catchy drum pattern and Cuomo’s …

The song It Stops Today has become my signature song and it is sung by one of my favorite singers, Colbie Caillat. I first heard this song after a break up and it spoke volumes as to where I was in my life. I had always depended on others …

Overview - Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan’s sixth effort and his first to feature a full backing band, is filled with brilliant songwriting and excellent lyrics, something I’ve always expected of Dylan after hearing a lot of his work. This album contains some of Dylan’s most well known songs of …

The Living Toys is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release, Danse Manatee. Opening up instrumentally, vocals do not join the mix until around the two minute mark which allows the band to establish a fairly melodic atmosphere which is one of the first times …

Thanks for the mmrs by fall out boy is a song about a guy having a one night stand with a girl and thanking her for the memories. That pretty much sums up the whole song for you. This song is on their cd from under the cork tree. …

Having been invited to their live video recording performance, what I expected of the Soweto Gospel Choir is nothing close to what I actually witnessed, and I mean that in the most positive way possible.
From what I had experienced before, a lot of choral music didn’t really appeal to …

In the liner jacket for the Hank Jones: You Were Always On My Mind CD, the singer refers to himself as a “vocal throwback.” Well, from where I’m sitting, that’s fine with me because I absolutely adore listening to the musical renderings that Jones offers. He actually …

Released in June of 2008, Rise and Fall, Rage And Grace is The Offspring’s eighth album, the album was produced by Bob Rock. It is a good album and it shows how the band has matured and this is good progression, one thing I don’t like about it is …

Justin Timberlake’s “Justified” is a pretty good album, in my opinion. I was a huge fan of N’Sync back in the day so I will be the first person to tell you how much I hated the thought of any of the five members of that boy band becoming …

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 …

You probably haven’t heard this guy yet because I know most of you have always been fan of pop music a.k.a. what’s popular right now. However, if you have been the one that likes the like of Bon Iver, Ryan Adams, Butch Walker and other veterans in the “Indie” …

Magical Mystery Tour is the title track of a record released by The Beatles. This song is the starting track on the album and it’s actually a pretty good representation of what’s going to follow. The track opens up in a very energetic fashion and actually features an extremely …

Indescribable by Chris Tomlin is a song that sums it all up. Indescribable is just the word to describe what god is. He is hard to explain and in so many ways you can’t explain him that’s why I agree he is one hundred percent Indescribable. I like this …

Overview - Side II of The White Album continues with the mix of Lennon and McCartney compositions, but also includes one by Harrison as well and even one by Starr. Similar to side I, this side of the album has a lot of melodic songs to it but also …

Overview —“ Peace Sells—¦ But Whose Buying, Megadeth’s second album, expands on Dave Mustaine’s songwriting and pushes it even further than what he showed on the debut album. Poland and Mustaine continue to really lead and dominate throughout this album with their riffs and soloing and it’s truly mesmerizing …

This girl-group band, a bit similar like Destiny’s Child is known as Cherish and I had this particular album titled Unappreciated by them. They are really 4 awesome black ladies singers and they croon tunes which are really pleasing to my ears.
What’s best is that they are not …

Vonda Shepard: Heart And Soul - New Songs from Ally McBeal is another CD that is exactly what the title states, selections that were used as part of this unusual TV series of the late 90’s in which songs were an important part of Ally McBeal’s psyche and therefore, …

Judas is a song by Cage The Elephant which appears on their self-titled debut record. The track opens up with the youthful energy of the band led by a distorted guitar before giving way to the vocal line and the instrumentation unfortunately seems to fade off into the background. …

Congratulations is the third album released by MGMT and their most recent effort thus far. Though I know the band has received some criticism for changing their overall sound on this record in comparison to Oracular Spectacular, I still feel that Congratulations is overall a very good record. To …

Jason Mraz is a singer/songwriter from San Diego has been releasing his second album Mr ‘A-Z’(taken from his last name Mraz). In his single of the album ‘Wordplay’ he shows about his selflessness when he said in the song “Im the wizard of oh and fa la la” indicating …

Overview —“ Side III of Tommy would have to be the side of the record where I feel that the tracks all connect the best together and the story really starts to pick up here. I had an understanding of what the concept behind Tommy is but this is …

Overview - Obscured By Clouds, yet another of Pink Floyd’s efforts, is an album that tries to balance out instrumentals with more traditional songs. Personally, I give credit to Pink Floyd for putting four instrumentals on this album, two of them to open the record. Besides the four instrumentals, …

This Was My Life is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Countdown To Extinction. This Was My Life gradually fades in before leading into a pretty aggressive and crunchy riff coming from Mustaine along with a pretty heavy bass line as well. Mustaine comes in with …

Believe it or not, this was the first song I had ever heard from the band named Gorillaz and was instantly hooked it and them! I had first heard this song on a local radio station and was pretty shocked when I learned Gorillaz was a “cartoon band”
Feel Good …

The Killers are still new to the music industry. The band has been extremely popular since their first album “Hot Fuss” and their guest appearance on the popular TV show “The O.C.”. The band has recently realesed their newest album “Sam’s Town”. I was so excitied to hear about …

Jay-Z
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
The Blueprint 3
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Philip Andelman
Jay-Z finally speaks out about today’s crappy music! Thank God. “Death of Auto-Tune” aka “D.O.A.” is the first single and music video from his latest album (to be released this coming Fall) titled “The Blueprint 3″. Jay-Z is back with a …

I went to see Mark Knopfler, the ex Dire Straits guitar supremo, last Wednesday in the O2 Arena in Dublin. In a word it was magic ! I am quite a critical person but this gig just ticked all my boxes and it just got better as the night …

One of the underrated albums by Guns N’ Roses is the album Lies. It features 4 songs from an old demo including a cover of the Aerosmith song Mama Kin. Also featured on this album is an acoustic set including an acoustic cover of Your Crazy from the Appetite …

I don’t really like Jay Z as a rapper. I never liked his flow style or voice. But I do have to say I do like his diss songs and his hardcore lyrics. I don’t really like his commercial songs though. As a business man I have to respect him. …

After The Cranberries disbanded in 2002 the bandmembers went back to being with their families, and it took a while until some of them showed any sign of life. Dolores O’Riordan kept a low-profile for several years, she appeared here and there, did some collaborations until she decided to …

Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein is a 1996 E.P. by the black metal band Cradle of filth. This was released on cacophonous records to fulfill the band contractual obligation. This is the band’s second release, it is better then the previous album in some ways, the vocals are …

I am as gullible to any “Earth Shattering” sound explosion of Orchestral music as a doomsayer is to the End Of The World. I am already a huge fan of some of the best film score writers such as Danny Elfman …

This song is sung by Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson in Timbaland’s Shock Value Album, and it’s really a great and famous song for it’s nice beats and lyrics. The song goes on about a poor guy who doesn’t have the money to impress a girl, and the girl tells …

At first I was a bit apprehensive about purchasing a guitar that appeared to be a “knock off” of a Martin D-45. Given the reputation that copy cat guitars generally bare, I was certain that the craftsmanship would be inferior. That coupled with being manufactured in Asia …

As a longtime fan of progressive/experimental music, I often gravitate towards sound patterns that seem to buck the norm, and stand out as truly not heard in mainstream music. Closure in Moscow usually does a pretty decent job of creating songs that sound as though they were never meant …

One of the most essential things you need when youre playing in a band is a really durable cable and long enough so you can move arouund alot. At guitar center they told me to buy the Mogami cables. I bought a 25 ft cable and I am very …

We Like The Party is a song by Vengaboys that has a very fun sound to it and is really just a song that really does make you want to get up and move. For those of you who typically read my reviews you’ll see that I mainly review …

In my many years of listening to music i have heard a lot of stuff. Most of the albums i have listened to over the last twenty years or so since i got in to music have gone in one ear and out the other, which is one of …

It’s All Too Much is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Yellow Submarine. The track starts off with some guitar distortion, having somewhat of a psychedelic sound, before an organ part also enters in the song which reinforces this psychedelic tone. Once the main rhythm …

Lessons To Be Learned by Gabriella Cilmi is amazing and I love the cover very much. I’ve been listening to this CD pretty recently and this is what I have got to say. This really gorgeous artiste could go a long way and when I listen to tracks …

Maggie May was one of the first big hits that Rod Stewart ever recorded and it is still just as popular today with those who remember when it was released and new generations of Rod Stewart fans. This is the ultimate Rod Stewart song and it essential to have …

An absolutely brilliant album with no swearing or explicit lyrics.One the entire family including kids can listen to.
Will Smith simply explores the themes of partying,family and having a good time without resorting to talking about violence or sexually explicit topics.The standout tracks are “Act Like You Know”,”1000 Kisses”,”Momma Knows”,and …

“Man in the Box” is the song that garnered Alice in Chains attention in the early 90’s. The song was released on their 1990 album “Facelift” but was released as a single in 1991. Alice in Chains without a doubt is considered the heaviest band out of the Big …

Andy Williams has a divine singing voice. He wasn’t my generation, but they didn’t matter. He had heart and substance to every song he crooned. His voice stayed with him a very long time before age took a bit of a toll. Andy Williams: 16 …

I bought the Mahalo U3 Soprano Ukulele for 20 euro. I was told in the music store that it was not a very good version of the ukuele and that it just for fun. I would dispute this. I find that the Mahalo U30 is very playable. …

A great CD is Ultimate Power Ballads. I love this Cd so much. It has got some really great songs on it that I grew up with from the 1970’s and 1980’s. It brings back great memories and emotions.
I love the song “Beth” by KISS. …

These words by Natasha Bedingfield is about how she is saying these words all are her own not some ones else’s. she just wants to be left alone so she is saying no one else can take away what she wants to say even though they may say …