Sunday, April 27, 2014

Moving Time

Sorry I haven't been posting but I am in the process of moving so I should be back to posting by the end of the week.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Iggy Azalea Talks 'The New Classic' & Former Interscope Deal

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6062735/iggy-azalea-talks-the-new-classic-album-former-interscope-deal

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"Fancy" is giving Iggy Azalea life. It's the fourth single from the Australian rapper's forthcoming debut, "The New Classic" (April 22, Def Jam/Grand Hustle), but audiences are behaving like it's her first, turbo-charging a career that had languished in label limbo: On Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated April 26, the song rises 15-11. "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, was launched with a memorable video that pays pitch-­perfect homage to the classic 1995 film "Clueless," with Azalea channeling Alicia Silverstone's valley girl philosopher Cher Horowitz, down to the yellow plaid mini-skirt and white knee socks. But on this April day, sitting in the New York offices of her label, Def Jam, Azalea looks less like a schoolgirl and more like a newly elected head of state. Dressed in white sailor pants and a navy blue military jacket, her signature platinum blonde hair is wrapped in a flawless, proper chignon. She has just learned that "Fancy" has been added into rotation at WHTZ (Z100) New York -- the pop music equivalent of winning the New Hampshire primary.

"I wish I was a teenager in 1997," says Azalea, 23, in an Aussie accent distinct from the Southern twang she raps with. "But with 'The New Classic,' I want younger generations to look back on what we're doing now and say, 'I wish I was a teenager in 2014.' I come from an era of kids who are always being told that what we make is not classic. But my album says to people my age, 'Don't devalue that we can be culturally significant -- because we can be.'"

The grand designs of Azalea, real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly, have unlikely origins: Mullumbimby, Australia -- a tiny town of 3,000 two hours from Brisbane -- where she was weaned on Tupac and Missy Elliott before moving to the States at age 16 with her sights set on a rap career. Azalea bounced from Miami to Atlanta to Los Angeles, where she filmed the video for "Pu$$y," her introduction to the world. The 2011 clip made waves, and not just because of Azalea's nimble flow; it seemed to make the most of her uniqueness in rap -- a white, Australian female with model looks boasting about cunnilingus, surrounded by black culture in the streets of South Central.

The wins came quickly after that: offers "from nearly every label," she says; a contract with Wilhelmina Models; placement on the cover of XXL magazine's "Freshmen" issue; a now defunct relationship with rapper A$AP Rocky (she's now dating Los Angeles Laker Nick Young); and, perhaps most important, the support of superstar rapper T.I., who threw her down with his Grand Hustle crew. The co-sign lent her credibility in a hip-hop world that's still reckoning with Macklemore, one in which a white female rapper has yet to succeed.

T.I. laughs off any talk of his alliance with Azalea being out of the ordinary. "You mean her being Australian, me being American? Her hair being blond, my hair being black? Her being tall, me being shorter?" T.I. asks over the phone from Los Angeles. "I don't get it: If we're counting differences, I didn't know."

But Azalea's differences came to the forefront in February 2012, when rapper Azealia Banks, who's black, criticized a lyric in the former's "D.R.U.G.S." ("When the relay starts, I'm a runaway slave/ Master") on Twitter. After a back-and-forth with Banks online and in the press, Azalea apologized for the line. But she claims the media's treatment of their feud, combined with sexism in the industry, played a role in killing a deal with Interscope that seemed so imminent that she had jumped the gun and announced it publicly in 2012.



"The media [said], 'Either you like Banks or Iggy,' so labels were like, 'There can only be one rapper with a vagina,' " explains Azalea, who says she found out the Interscope deal was dead through the press. "You go on MTV -- 'Iggy got dropped' -- that's how you hear. Then you call the [label] and nobody picks up their phone. You may as well be f-ing dead."

Azalea set her sights on the United Kingdom, inking a deal with Mercury there at the top of 2013. "I signed to Mercury because no one would take me over here," she says. "Rappers like Angel Haze or Dominique Young Unique are on the radio in the U.K. -- I can only hear one female rapping on the radio here."

Azalea landed four songs on the Official Charts Co.'s U.K. Singles chart and finally worked out a worldwide deal with Def Jam, another Universal Music Group label, in April before finishing "The New Classic." (Virgin/EMI will release the album in the United Kingdom.) Throughout the album, she delivers staccatos in a sassy, Southern-accented tenor; the production follows suit, paying homage to Atlanta bounce while looking to the future with EDM leanings. "100s" features an interpolation of KP & Envyi's 1998 classic "Swing My Way," while "Goddess" has a pared-down steel-drum beat reminiscent of the coldly minimal beats popular in the U.K. grime scene. Azalea even sings a couple of hooks, buoying a theme of reinvention, of overcoming skeptics.

Back at Def Jam, she's rolling her eyes, frustrated by rap purists' apprehension toward someone that "looks like me and is from where I'm from."

When it's noted that some criticism toward her might be rooted in the often-troubling intersection of race and music throughout U.S. history -- with jazz and rock'n'roll, in particular -- Azalea seems unfazed. "Why is it that you can have The Rolling Stones, but a white rapper is weird? The Rolling Stones were originally doing blues. This is not weird, this is like history repeating itself. When people say stuff like that about race, I just think you don't really love music because you don't know about music."

"But get used to this," she adds. "Because if it's not me, it's going to be somebody else."

Sunday, April 20, 2014

It just occured to me

That this blog has been online for over SEVEN YEARS.  I seriously can't believe it.  I just want to thank everyone who has visited this site over the years. and having over 213,000 hits.  To be honest the only reason when I started was to prove my English teacher wrong cause she told that it would never be popular. I think it's safe to say that she was wrong.  I was reading all of the comments I used to get back in the day and I really miss posting actual music but I can't since my media fire account shut down a few years ago.  So for then I have posted reviews and new articles on music and still mostly enjoy what I do and that's why I am still open and running.  I think I am the longest running blog out of all of my affiliates.  To be honest I don't even know if any of them are even still working.  Most last a few weeks.  Well back on topic I just want to say it's has been great posting on here and I will continue to do so.  So here hear is to another seven years.

Music Heaven

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Gwen Stefani to be new The Voice judge?

Gwen Stefani's gonna make good money off Christina Aguilera getting knocked up -- TMZ has learned Gwen has signed on to be a judge on "The Voice."

Multiple sources connected to the show tell us ... No Doubt's lead singer will be on Season 8 ... which starts taping in June.

Producers started looking for new blood in February after Christina announced she was pregnant. Makes sense ... she'd be 8 or 9 months along by the time Season 8's battle rounds began.

We're told NBC wanted Christina to stay during her pregnancy but she's having a difficult time already and ultimately bowed out.

Gwen's deal is for one season right now, and we're told Christina has already signed on to rotate back into her spinning chair for Season 9.

NBC had no comment.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/18/gwen-stefani-joining-the-voice-christina-aguilera/#ixzz2zHvK9Ik3

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Billboard Music Awards 2014 Nomination List



Top Artist

Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake

Top New Artist

Bastille
Capital Cities
Ariana Grande
Lorde
Passenger

Top Male Artist

Luke Bryan
Drake
Eminem
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake

Top Female Artist

Beyonce
Miley Cyrus
Lorde
Katy Perry
Rihanna

Top Duo/Group

Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
One Direction
OneRepublic

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Beyonce
Luke Bryan
Eminem
One Direction
Justin Timberlake

Top Hot 100 Artist

Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake

Top Digital Songs Artist

Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry

Top Radio Songs Artist

Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake

Top Streaming Artist

Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry
PSY

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Avicii
Daft Punk
Calvin Harris
Lady Gaga
Zedd

FULL LIST

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

The Saturdays Announce GH Tour and Album



1. What About Us feat. Sean Paul
2. Higher feat. Flo Rida
3. Ego
4. All Fired Up
5. New Track
6. Up (Single Mix)
7. Notorious
8. Issues (Radio Mix)
9. Disco Love
10. Forever Is Over (Radio Edit)
11. Missing You
12. Work (Radio Mix)
13. Not Giving Up (Radio Mix)
14. 30 Days
15. New Track
16. Gentleman
17. If This Is Love (Radio Edit)
18 New Track
19. My Heart Takes Over (Radio Edit)
20. Just Can't Get Enough (Radio Mix)
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La Roux Annoucing 2nd Album release date



La Roux Appears To Confirm New Album, ‘Trouble in Paradise’
Date and title have been confirmed in a newsletter sent out by label Polydor.

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La Roux looks set to release her their hugely-anticipated second album 'Trouble in Paradise' this summer, with a scheduled date of 7th July.

News emerged of the release through a newsletter sent to journalists by the Paris branch of label Polydor Records. Blogger Disco Naivete pointed out the news on Twitter.

'Trouble in Paradise' follows on from a 2009, self-titled debut album.

La Roux goes back on the road this June in North America, with two shows supporting New Order also scheduled in for the same month.

JUNE
01 Toronto, Danforth Music Hall
02 Montreal, Metropolis
03 Boston, Paradise Rock Club
06 New York, Governors Ball Music Festival
07 Philadelphia, Trocadero Theatre
08 Washington, DC, 9:30 Club

JULY
11 San Francisco, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium *
12 San Diego, House of Blues
13 Los Angeles Greek Theatre *
* with New Order


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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Bridgit Mendler Interview




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Bridgit Mendler
DISNEY'S NEXT BREAKOUT STAR

Where you've seen her:
On Disney's preteen hit Good Luck Charlie; singing songs from her 2012 debut album Hello My Name Is... ; in the latest Henson franchise film Muppets Most Wanted.

Why she made the list:
Having wrapped Good Luck Charlie earlier this year, she's the next Disney star to break out of Studio City and attempt to conquer the Billboard charts with her new, yet-untitled pop album.

On her studies and songwriting...
I'm taking two courses at USC. In medieval visual culture we're looking at the Roman Empire and I've applied that to my songwriting -- there's a song called 'Rome' on my new album. I've been musing on the idea of a culture lost."

On life on the road...
"I love touring. It feels like summer camp to me. We're on the bus for two weeks, staying up late, playing games, listening to music. The only downside to touring was that at every VIP meet-and-greet, there was always one creepy guy with a creepy gift."


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