The most recent album put out by Lupe Fiasco is “The Cool”. I have to say, this is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Lupe Fiasco keeps up with the mainstream rappers, but has a style that is sophisticated but it also switches around and experiments …

This album was released in 1994 on East west records and produced by Terry Date. The album features a controversial image of a man being drilled into his forehead, the album’s original artwork depicted a person being drilled in the anus and had to be changed to the drillbit …

I’ve been a huge fan of the rock band Rush since their Moving Pictures album back in 1981. So far I’ve collected all their albums and will usually listen to them all at least once a year. Their musical progression has always been a drawing point for …

The song Hey Ya is a goofy type of song by the singing group Outkast. I heard it first when my boyfriend would play it all the time. I never really paid attention to the lyrics until recently though because it was just, to me a weird song. I …

Lil’ Kim ft. Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, and Lisa Lopes
“Not Tonight (Remix)”
Hardcore
Atlantic/Bad Boy
Director: Lance “Un” Rivera
Wow, Lil’ Kim went from rapping up and down escalators with Puff Daddy in “No Time”, dancing and rapping around in rooms that change colors with Lil’ Cease in “Crush On You”, …

Let It Loose is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Exile On Main St. Let It Loose opens up with a very melodic feel with a clean guitar part and then Jagger delicately coming in with his vocal delivery. As this slower part continues …

Lonestar is a country band that puts out one hit after the other. It has been a band that I have enjoyed for many years now. They came on the scene with songs like “Walking in Memphis”, “My Front Porch Looking In” and “Not a Day Goes By”. I …

The first time I saw and heard of the artist called Pink was when I was still in my earlier days of high school when she was still a fairly new artiste. Now Pink became popular in an age where the popularity of boy and girl pop bands like …

This collection was released in 2006, the band hasn’t been with Roadrunner Records for a long time, and wasn’t at the time of the release of this collection, it’s a pointless cash in, the record label shamelessly gathered up tracks by Spineshank, Sepultura, Type O Negative, Suffocation and Deicide …

Digging Up Bones is one of the songs that Randy Travis does that really hits home with me. You see, to me the song is about a love that has ended but that I was not ready to end. When I was sixteen I met a man that was …

This song just came out as a single on itunes and it is currently free! When I saw this I freaked out, this has always been one of my favorite songs of Cody’s. I never actually heard it as a studio version before this song. I have only heard …

Peacoat off the new Stone Temple Pilots self titled album is one of the slower songs off the album. Like most songs by the band, Peacoat is not used in the set chorus but most likely has a refrence in the lyrics. It has a very dynamic and …

To be perfectly honest, I am not that great a singer. While I have done some performances mostly it was just in church. However dispite this fact one of my favorite artists to sing along with is Carrie Underwood. That was why I bought her album “Carnival Ride”. It …

I never really pay attention to Demi Lovato. All of a sudden, her new single released and it was everywhere. It also went straight to #1 on itunes. I was so surprised so I did a little research and found out she had eating disorders, cut herself, and went …

I’d never heard INXS before i saw the TV show Rockstar:INXS. I liked the show very much and now i see them on TV with this new album Switch. So i decided to try them out. I don’t feel sorry for buying the CD, infact, i love the set …

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 …

The Manhasset Clarinet stand is a cone shaped stand that comes apart into two pieces. One piece opens into a 3 legged stand which can be screwed onto the cone shaped upper piece.
Likes: One thing that I really like about this stand is the ease of carrying from …

Where Is Everybody is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The track opens up with a heavy synthesizer rhythm accompanied by drums and a bass line which goes over this part and plays an odd sounding lead rhythm. Reznor comes in with …

Oneness by David & Steve Gordon is simply incredible. I think it is just about my favorite relaxing and calming audio CD that I have as part of my collection. The wind chimes, temple bells, traveling streams, flutes and more are just some of the instruments and sounds employed …

Overview - Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good, the debut album by Megadeth, is an album of eight songs which are all basically thrash metal. Dave Mustaine starts right from the beginning with extremely aggressive tones behind his
music and he closes it in the exact same way. …

I bought Funhouse by Pink the other day and this is indeed a fun album. Listening to the tracks inside, I certainly think this is such a good song and I put on to listen to at night the whole time for these past few days already.
But …

Black Mirror is a song by Arcade Fire which appears on their second release, Neon Bible. For a fan who has only heard this band’s first release, Funeral, I will say that the overall sound on Black Mirror is going to strike you as very odd because of how …

The, debut album by Jason Derulo in my own words are truly magnificent a very talented,energy pumping album with song’s that will surely make you jump up and dance anywhere with songs like “In My Head” and “Watcha Say” which provide lyrical meaning in the song’s story making him …

This is the album that put System of a Down on the map, if it wasn’t for this album then they wouldn’t be where they are today and it’s easy to see why, it’s a fantastic album in a lot of ways. It’s not my personal favorite, but it’s …

Bad Omen is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Peace Sells… But Whose Buying? Bad Omen starts off with a lightly distorted guitar riff which gives it this very eerie vibe, Mustaine’s tone for this riff is just great and matches with what he was going …

“Break” is a song by Three Days Grace on the album Life Starts Now.
The video is set in four rooms for each of the four band members. I like this video and the concept. The members of the band are separated by four rooms and each has their …

I recently purchased a very good marshall head that may have had a ripped logo and was torn and used but I really liked the professional tone to it. It was only 600 dollars and was a Marshall JCM 2000 super lead from 2004. I also knew this was …

This seemed to be quite a heartfelt song from Freddie and Queen. His vocals seem quite relaxed certainly at the start but you can feel him building.
What he songs is very true. It’s as though he just can’t believe how people act on earth. What I do find interesting …

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. …

The long-standing band A.C., whose offensive name is often abreviated as such, is notorious and infamous for their noise-filled “anti-music” with frontman Seth Putnam screaming extremely offensive lyrics. Their music is music to some, a headache to most. After a decade without any original releases, A.C. finally came through …

Jay-Z ft. Pharrell
“Blue Magic”
American Gangster
Roc-A-Fella Records/Island Def Jam
Director: Hype Williams
“Blue Magic” is the first single and music video off of Jay-Z’s tenth album titled “American Gangster” which contains music that was inspired by the Ridley Scott film “American Gangster” (2007). Jay-Z reunites with the Jedi Master Yoda of music …

Through The Never, another one of the more aggressive songs on The Black Album, isn’t obviously as good as songs from the first four records, but nevertheless another pretty solid track, similar to Holier Than Thou in that respect. Although the vocal melody is pretty catchy on this track …

The White Stripes is a band that has gained growing popularity over the last few years in Austin. It is funny because when I visit Seattle, White Stripes is huge there, so I feel that I am in kindred company. I had heard some airplay of their songs on …

When I first heard about the American Hero Concert (held this past Saturday), I was interested in attending it. Both because it was at Swan Park, just down the street from me and because I grew up an Army brat and understand the importance in showing both support for …

“Quick and to the Pointless” is the seventh track off of Queens of the Stone Age album “Rated R”. The song is incredibly short and in a sense kind of lives up to it’s title. By no means is this song even close to being a single off of …

Ive been listening to neyos songs and im still amazed in his way of singigng.
When I was sick and stayed at the couch for several days,facing the tv of …

Grand Theft Autumn/ Where is your boy by Fall out boy is a song that is a little bit out there. It talks about how this guy does not want her boyfriend to find out what he knows because she was the last good thing. To me that …

When Marge and Homer go to Bart’s Parents evening, Ms Krabappel tells them that Bart is in need of more discipline and says that with it he could become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. When Homer and Marge return home they find that Bart has destroyed Grampa …

Of all the tracks in the world that can inspire, especially if you feel you have been through a rough patch at some time in your life, then Frank Sinatra, My Way, just seems to sum everything up for you.
The song does mention quite a few things, so as …

When we think about Elliot Smith, several things may come to mind. We might be reminded of beauty, harmony, tragedy, love, and the mysteries behind our emotions. Elliot, before his tragic passing (suicide), released many impressive albums, with countless hits and demonstrations of incredible talent.
One of my particular favorites …

A class track from Eminem, as much for it’s simplicity again but it’s cool. When he refers to the shock of someone seeing a white person I think it sums up the feeling of surprise that people had when this great rapper turned up on the world scene and …

* Please take note that this is my first ever listen to this album and the band in general, usually I’ve listened to the album that I’m reviewing many times before, but for this review - this is my first listen.
Overview - The Velvet Underground And Nico, the first …

Me & Bobby McGee is a cover performed by The Grateful Dead which appears on their live album entitled Grateful Dead, otherwise known as Skull And Roses due to the iconic cover art of the record. The track starts off with a clean guitar pattern primarily in the right …

I Want To Tell You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Revolver. Opening up with a lighthearted guitar riff that gradually fades into the song, other instrumentation also joins in which gives the track a whole sound before the vocals also come in with …

Overview —“ Mama Said, a third music video released for Metallica’s album Load, is the music video for a song which honestly doesn’t strike me, and I’m sure most people, as a Metallica song. I mean even just thinking about the title and the artist, having the word Metallica …

Apotheosis sound of the band Jimmy Miller, who in the mid-60s reconverted the beethelian copy into a single group, introducing the black sound across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly, for this reason, I found the very Ry Cooder and Al Kooper in the credits, putting the album in a worthy …

I first heard this song on my boyfriend’s ipod. I completely forgot that I had even heard it before because while we were playing Monopoly, we were listening to his ipod and this song came on. I asked him what the song was called and who it was by, …

Overview —“ Some Kind Of Monster, the fourth music video for Metallica’s record St. Anger, follows the band through various interviews, live shows, and recording during the time of St. Anger. In my opinion, one way to think of the music video of Some Kind Of Monster is to …

I wanted to write a review about this children’s show called Jack’s Big Music Show. Not only is the show focused on music, it showcases all kinds of music. From rock, to opera, to jazz and dance, and everything in between. I think music is so important not only …

For those of you who heard Metallica play —˜The New Song’ during I believe Summer 2007 then you’ll recognize that the opening riff to The End Of The Line is a riff from one of those songs, just felt that I’d point that out. I’m aware that Metallica said …