The first time I heard "Fences" I was sold on these amazing Frenchmen.
This is their fifth album, they are seasone musicians and this album has garnered
critical acclaim and commercial success (you've heard their song "1901" in Cadillac
commercials I'm sure). With catchy songs like "Lasso" and "Rome" you can't really
go wrong on this record. It's feel good indie music. I love this record, mucho.
If Antwan Andre "Big Boi" Patton has his way, 2010 will be a busy year for he and Outkast mate Andre "3000" Benjamin -- collectively and apart.
After leaking tracks for more than a year and a half, Big Boi has just turned in his new solo album, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty." He tells Billboard.com it will be the first of a batch of new music from the Atlanta duo. "This is all in the next year or so," Big Boi says, "starting with my album coming at the top of the year, Dre 3000 right after me...and when the solo albums come out, depending on how the fans support them, then we're gonna give them the Outkast album."
Big Boi did not predict whether Outkast will play any live dates in 2010, but he does plan to hit the road in support of "Sir Lucious...," which he's already started to do with a spot on this year's Rock The Bells tour and some sporadic, "high-powered funk energy extravaganza" solo shows in the fall and winter. The rapper has also given fans a generous taste of the music he's been working on for nearly three years via several leaked tracks: Royal Flush," which features Andre 3000 and Raekwon; "Sumthin's Gotta Give" with Mary J. Blige; "Dubbz"; "Fo Yo Sorrows" with George Clinton and Too $hort; and most recently, "Shine Blockas" with Gucci Mane.
"It's almost like giving them a little sampler from the album and showing how diverse it is," explains Big Boi, who also worked with T.I., Lil Jon, Jamie Foxx and newcomer B.o.B. on the album. "Every song that I put out sounds totally different from the previous songs I put out. I slow-cooked this album and, man, I'm just so happy it's about to come out. I cannot wait to give it to the fans."
Several release dates have been mentioned during the past year for "Sir Lucious...," but Big Boi says he wanted to make sure that both the creative and business aspects of the album were in sync before putting it out.
"There's been a lot of stops and stars with this project," he acknowledges. "I've just been trying to make sure we've got the right avenues and the right brains and mindsets together to get the marketing and promoting behind it. When you work on something for, like, two years and 11 months, it's like your baby. You want to make sure that everybody has taken the project the way they're supposed to be taking it and the set-up is right."
Besides "Sir Lucious...," Big Boi also guested on the Gucci Mane track "She's Got a Friend" with Juelz Santana, did a remix of Mariah Carey's "H.A.T.E.U." and worked on tracks for Janelle Monae's next album.
[SOURCE.]"I think i'm doing a service to black women by
portraying myself as a sex machine.I mean,
what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling?
Sex is large, sex is life,sex is as large as life, so it
appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should."
- Grace Jones 
this image is incredible.
If you're familiar with Toro Y Moi you know that he remixed this
song by Washed Out. Well here is the original. If you have no idea
what I'm talking about follow these instructions:
1. Go to www.myspace.com/toroymoi familiarize yourself with this
gentleman's amazing work.
2. Click here to download his remix of Washed Out's - Feel It All Around
3. Listen and Love.
4. Click here to download the ORIGINAL song by Washed Out entitled "Feel It All Around".
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I need them to do a song together.
Just a thought, actually it's more of a request.
Mr. Hudson's mellow brand of British R&B is seductive with an alternative indie twist.
I've boiled him down to a simple formula. Take equal parts of Coldplay's Chris Martin
and John Legend, let it simmer and add several cups of Kanye's ingenuity and a bit of
Sting for measure. The title track is pretty hard, I love "White Lies" (the video is incredible!).
"There Will Be Tears" is very sullen but it's definitely one of my personal favorites
from this record. I also thoroughly enjoy "Knew We Were Trouble" & "Supernova".
I'd also recommend "Instant Messenger". Mr. Hudson is a tremendous talent and I like
what he brings to music. Overall the album is a little melancholy but we all need a bit of
that every now and then. I give it a B.
[chaseology.com]'s FAVORITE RAPPER Last Offence AKA Lasto spits for one my favorite
youtube web series ADTV. Listen and love. Also watch ADTV (Attention Deficit TV) it's pretty dope.
"So yeah... Chris Brown... Yeah..."
I chose to withhold my comments on his whole "situation" officially thus no "Chri-Anna" posts.
I honestly thought that releasing an album so soon after his "situation" was career suicide.
The jury is still out on that. All media madness aside, this record is his best.
