FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY!!!!!!!

You better believe we're counting down the hours until its that oh-so special weekly holiday, FRIDAY!! let the stress roll off and PARTY FOLKS!!!!

LETS GO!

Beyonce- "End Of Time"



Erk Tha Jerk "Ha Ha"



Jason Alden- "Dirt Road Anthem"

Bare With Us SAU......

Whats taking us so long to come back you ask?....Perfection takes time SAU and you guys deserve the absolute best..I aim to please ;)

Not too much longer!!!!!....

**Official SAU Report Card** Beyonce's "4"

"4". A pretty simple number when it comes to most people, but true fans of Beyonce' must know this only means one thing. You guessed it! Beyonce's 4th album aptly titled "4" hits your shelves today. One can only wonder what to expect from this magical disc, or download that just so happens to blast Beyonce's latest material into your ears so, join us for a sit down...

At the press of a button, the album starts off with something that sounds foreign in this day and age, a ballad. The emotional "1+1" strips Beyonce' down from the on stage "prowess", to bare vocals that are so full, make you feel fully clothed. lyrics like: "When the world's at war/let our love heal us all", shows us a different side of Beyonce' that from play smells faintly of lyrical legacy. The ride continues with a woman scorn on "I Care". Solemn as can be beat wise, which matched the vocal pain without competing with the "story", that is until a bright light in the form of this chorus wakes the male listener up completely, and flows into Beyonce competing with a roaring guitar taking her vocal ability to another level, also the first sight of her ever growing vocal range.

We stay on complete cruise control through "I Miss You", & "Best Thing I Never Had", without having to turn on a signal, or switch to gas, being that one shows the same venerable Beyonce', and "Best Thing I Never Had" wakes up from her crying corner, and waves goodbye with a: "Thank God you blew it/thank God I dodged the bullet/I'm so over you/so baby good looking out/". But a fast, swift, and complete BRAKE comes when the Kanye West produced " Party" hits, and the memorization of the basic "ABC" song hit my cranium with every punch of this stale beat. Lyrics that try to disown the wheel chair, (aka "stand alone") end up completely falling flat on its face with a nice size ouch!

The baffling lyrics:

"I told my friends you can get it" and "your touch is driving me cra-zay".......

Made me ask myself "was this 14 time Grammy award winning producer doing a song for "Girls Tyme"? or Beyonce the 16 time Grammy award winner?" To add a lately unseen, and very talented Andre 3000 in this mix of "plumfuckfoolery" was outrageous in every stretch of the imagination, and to act like the song isn't there would do a justice to the album as a whole. VERY lazy track.VERY lazy.

Moving on...With our ears back on track, "Rather Die Young"- a very sweet song that helps us over come the previous effort. this one's reminiscent of early puppy love, with a man that "drives to fast and smokes to much", but its nothing when you have a feisty Beyonce that's "addicted to the rush". Through this one Beyonce' continues to show vocal growth, weaving in and out through "Start Over". The Song "Countdown" Which starts off rocky, but reminds us of the older "B-day" Beyonce, helps us signal towards an exit until we hit the monster track, "End Of Time", Which is the strongest "single ready" song on the album hands down. The Jaw dropping Diane Warren penned "I Was Here" makes for a beautiful ending to complete the journey and we end where we began with " Run The World" (Girls).

Vocal Growth - A

Production - C+

Songwriting - B-

WWA (World Wide Appeal) - C

SAU's Official Grade B-

In This Game Of Chess..It's Coldplay's Move!

A big sigh of relief comes over the music industry this morning being that Coldplay finally made a move in the form of "Every Tear Is A Waterfall" Check the single available on iTunes now! **(EXCEPT IN THE UK, WHERE IT'S RELEASED AT 12.01AM ON SUNDAY 5 JUNE)





Whatcha think?

Another Day Another Push Back...

This friendly face will not be on our local shelves this July, but rather a detour until August is what we can now expect. Yup! you heard right, the next edition of "The Carter" (Which is "The Carter IV")will now hit stores August 29th. Not all bad news though, Last week the Lil' Wayne released a new single titled "How To Love" and although VERY different from what we're used to hearing from Wayne... You know damn what SAU? I'm starting to like it! I know, I know, the hardcore fans from "that boot" might call it "sell out-esq" but who says the man can't grow as an artist? I mean hey, the singing has actually gotten better, and it doesn't sound like a violent trip to the bathroom anymore... nice topic aswell...



Lil Wayne- "How To Love"

B.o.B "I'm About Halfway Through The Next Album"

It looks like the hour is about to strike and B.o.B is on his way..you Guys ready?

Tags: MTV Shows

Until then check out our boy B.o.B on the remix to One Republic's "Good Life"



Also on the new Tech N9ne Album

"Am I A Psycho"

Throwback Of The Day: Goodie Mob Ft Outkast "Black Ice" (Sky High)

Many people know the very creative Cee-Lo of now but remembering that Cee-Lo was initially in a down south group known as "Goodie Mob" would flip some out. One of my favorite songs "Black Ice" (Sky High) will forever remain...In my book atleast Love it below...

Left Behind:The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony"

A song that sounds so poetic instrumentally, that is until the beat drops and can "bang" across all genres including Hip Hop and classical. Only peaking at #2 in the U.K. and #12 in the U.S? This has to be left behind.

"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve, the lead track on their third album, Urban Hymns. It is based on music from an Andrew Loog Oldham adaptation of a Rolling Stones song, "The Last Time." It was released on 16 June 1997 as the first single from the album, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. The song's momentum built slowly in the United States throughout the latter months of 1997, ultimately leading to a CD single release on 3 March 1998, helping the song to reach number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also became famous for the legal controversy surrounding plagiarism charges. It was the 79th best selling single in the United States in 1998. In the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009 (an online music poll conducted by the Australian radio station Triple J) the track was voted the 14th best song of all time.

...and is so beautiful that it sparks creativity on the spot!

(wiki)

Lady Gaga Sells 1.1 Milli In The First Week....

Billboard: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 1,108,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's only the 17th album to sell a million in a week since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, and the highest sales week since 2005.

"Born This Way" also marks Gaga's first No. 1 album -- "The Fame" debut peaked at No. 2, while "The Fame Monster" EP reached No. 5 and dance effort "The Remix" hit No. 6.

"Born This Way's" bow reaps the largest sales week of any album since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" did 1,141,000 in its first week, in March of 2005. The last time we had a million-plus frame was when Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" premiered at No. 1 with 1,047,000 in November of 2010. The SoundScan-era record week is held by NSYNC's "No Strings Attached," when it debuted at No. 1 with 2,416,000 in 2000.

New Music: Beyonce' Best I Never Had"

Kenny Chesney To Release "You And Tequila" Official Video Friday Morning

"One is one to many,One more is never enough"-Glorious Quote By Kenny Chesney

The beautiful duet between Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter will get a visiual later today on CMT at 10:45am.

CMT:In addition to the world premiere of the music video, Chesney will discuss the song and take viewers behind the scenes of the production. He and his duet partner, singer-songwriter Grace Potter, shot the video with director Shaun Silva in Malibu, Calif., among other locations. The track comes from Chesney's latest album, Hemingway's Whiskey. "I'm so excited to have made this record and video with Grace Potter," Chesney said. "Everything about it was inspiring and fun -- the way music should be." The video will be available for streaming on CMT.com shortly after the premiere on CMT.



***Updated with official video***

"You And Tequila" Official Video

On The Lawn Spotlight: Dag For Dag "I Am The Assassin"

Bite your knuckles and cringe under your sheets, the assassin has confessed to us all who they are. A brother sister Duo who actually get along in the form of music...Different right? That's the Swedish-American duo Dag for Dag, which consists of Brother and Sister Sarah and Jacob Snavely. This haunting song "I am The Assassin" caught my ear something serious after I listened to it...Stopped...thought about it, and came up with this, Follow me: The song is called "I am The Assassin" but taking the title a tad bit deeper could be looked as something on the lines of "Genius". Looking at the drum pattern as "the chase", the singing as taunting us (the chaser), and the brief break at 1:18 as it is, but a smooth transition and start up again you get a full 2:06 chase folks what does the assassin do? Stay on the run :0..So so so so sweet! You guys follow me? Chase The Assassin Below

Skylar Grey's Just About Ready To Launch

T minus 5,4,3,2,1.. The unique voice/Hook monster behind Dirty Money's "Coming Home", Lupe Fiasco's "Words I never Said, " Dr. Dre's "I need A Doctor", and so much more is just about ready to launch. Artist Skylar Grey's in a world all her own, looking out to see just who's actually paying attention. Welp, it looks like she's on track to find that out with her new single "Dance without You". In this teaser (which artists love to do now a days) the singer proceeds to take us on a miniature journey through some of her hits, only to end with just a bit of whats soon to come.

The song will be available for FREE download June 7th

New Vid: Kings Of Leon "Back Down South"

Kings Of Leon have been pushing their latest effort "Come Around Sundown" since last October, selling around 183,000 copies in their first week, and around 694,300 copies to date in the U.K....But push they must with their new single "Back Down South" taking us on a country hay stack trip to "round their parts". Dig the beer drankin' toe tappin guys in action below...

New Vid: Beyonce' "Run The World (Girls)"

With set back after set back, We finally get the visual for the first single from Beyonce's new album titled "4". The video (which is a choreographer's wet dream) starts off with dance moves that actually make you question the correlation between sight and sound, being that the dance moves actually make you hear the song differently... The beat hits harder, as well as the anthem of the song as a whole, absolutely mind blowing. This Francis Lawrence directed "pot of gumbo" serves up a steaming plate of Beyonce, showing that with a little fire and direction...she WILL blow up.

Is this what Beyonce' needs to set the fire under the ass of the actual song? We sure will see Check it out Below...Great visual indeed!

New Music: Beyonce' "Girls" (Who Run The World)

Mystery Photo shoots, accompanied by a mystery video shoot, lead us to believe the one we call "Queen B" was up to something. Welp, this mystery can now start the process of coming together, in the form of Beyonce's new single "Girls (Who Run The World). From Play we get a strong tribal/ drumline feel, that begins to quickly become a understatement when the sample by "Major Lazers" (which consists of Diplo and Switch) titled "Pon de Floor" hits, making the beat stick with you from the jump.

But... I found myself lost towards the middle of the song, being that the lyrical melody goes north, south, east, and west, never settling and finding a soothing home in our ears, almost as the lyrics and melody are competing with the beat. In my opinion you either have a "bangin'" beat, with the song melodically falling in line or vice versa, but on this one we get the screaming sample, drums that won't quit, a nice 'flag waving' chorus and then.... the rest of the song. Now although we have about 50 million sounds, melodies, and not to mention Beyonce's voice to listen to through this 3:48 song, everything about it screams female empowerment,and party. That mixed with one of the most infamous brands in music today, there's no doubt we'll be moving in our seats to it by Friday. Check it out Below...

OH!...SAU? WHAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD UPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

R.I.P Nate Dogg

Billboard: Nate Dogg, the California rapper whose real name is Nathaniel D. Hale, died at the age of 41 on Tuesday (Mar. 15). The news was first reported by Long Beach, Calif. newspaper the Press-Telegram, which did not specify the cause of death.After showcasing his laid-back rapping/singing delivery on Dr. Dre's classic debut album "The Chronic," Nate Dogg was featured on Warren G's 1994 single "Regulate," which peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100. The song was the first of a number of hip-hop singles, including Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode," Fabolous' "Can't Deny It," Ludacris' "Area Codes" and Eminem's "Shake That," to feature a vocal hook from the rapper. He also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 as a featured artist on 50 Cent's "21 Questions." Nate Dogg's most recent solo album, "Nate Dogg," was released in 2008.

Nate Dogg- the true original Godfather of " The Hook" R.I.P..

From The Album "21" Adele "Turning Tables"

This Jewel Ms. Adele...Not only is she on her way to her first number one U.S Album, with the release of her second album "21" (Which is expected to shift around 300k) but get this folks...The album is actually really amazing! Weird huh? Adele sang her ass off from number 1. "Rolling In The Deep" to what made me stop in my tracks and give a nice size "WOOOOOW" track #3 "Turning Tables". This song, which is now categorized as "My song", starts off with a beautiful piano melody that gets so good, the blade that connects from shoulder to neck might give way, when the sweet soulfulness that is Adele comes to carefully message away the beautiful pain of a piano melody aided by wild violins throughout the Chorus and Bridge. (Oh its that good folks)

Adele's voice has grown so much from her last album to now. I remember asking "how can this woman grow coming out of the box with what some might consider a classic album?" I guess she showed me... check out "Turning Tables"... beautiful!

New Vid: Dr. Dre "I Need A Doctor" Ft Eminem & Skylar Grey

"Y'all Can Kiss My Indecisive Ass"- Glorious Quote From Dr. Dre

With Dr. Dre being on a serious hiatus for so long, some people thought this day would never come, But yesterday, Dr. Dre released his second single from the long awaited "Detox" titled "I Need A Doctor" featuring long time protege' Eminem, as well as new comer & multi-instrumental singer, songwriter and record producer Skylar Grey.

Not expecting too much from this video, being that now a days you have a big song and the video suffers, Dr.Dre knocked it out of the park in my opinion. The date at the beginning of the video (February 18th 2001), was the date that NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, known as "The Intimidator" for his aggressive driving style, was killed in a crash During the Daytona 500 race. The video goes on to not only show pivotal days from Dr. Dre's life, but also shows him learning how to basically "walk again within music" ending it at the grave site of Eric "Eazy-E" Wright" (If you don't know him, look him up)...very creative direction.

The moral of this video is... not only is Dr. Dre showing that he is "The musical Intimidator" but that he's starting from ground zero within his craft, which many of you know can bring much more freshness and creativeness to a project...this album could potentially be a wonderful thing for the music industry, and hopefully come at the perfect moment, check out the video Here....

Just A Thought....

After letting the state of this industry settle approaching the 3rd month of the year (along with last night's Grammy's) I'm having a moment where I feel the need to say what's needed to be said for a minute now...

So I've been gone from this site about 2 months now, returning every now and again to say hello or what not, But the reality of why I haven't been posting is because...well there's really nothing to talk about. This music industry has been at a nice size halt since around the end of November and I pose this question: Why the wait? From the outside looking in, it seems to me that "the powers that be" throughout this industry are waiting on some sort of "tag" to start the process of giving us what is suppose to be an endless supply of music, like we're not approaching the 3rd month of the year...to be even more basic, this music industry right now is the longest game of chess I've ever been in in my life..Make a move! Another way to look at it, A good friend of mine asked me "What if the movie industry decided to not make movies for 3 months?" or your favorite store decided they were going to take 3 months off from selling you clothing, food ect.. (crazy right?) that's us folks! Demand is what we need to find out how to get again. I for one think its puzzling that an industry that's rumored to be running short on money, has these big label Presidents that sit around and wait for another label to make a move, basically letting them know "its OK we can go make money now"- well how about I become that person...Folks we're going into the 3rd month of the year, music execs, its OK to give us what your paid to give...MUSIC!

on to the Grammy's- a night that's suppose to be the biggest night in music turns into one of the biggest disappointment's of the year..Why?

Analogy- To go to a dance during the school year dressed down to impress..OK but going to your Senior prom in the same attire?

We in this music industry DEMAND so much "respect" but as the saying goes you get what you give. How can we fly anywhere in this musical bubble, if we don't respect what's ours in the form of Tom Ford?

Performers at this year's Grammy's with the exception of a few were quite lazy...They put the camera on Beyonce' and I wanted to throw a leotard and heels at her, Praying that she would save this second rate musical assembly, with the infamous Bob Dylan damn near tripping over cellos and banjos, stage hands running wild all night, camera angles basically showing the audience when we're suppose to be watching Skylar Grey, Eminem and Dr. Dre or B.o.B Janelle Monae' and Bruno Mars go in on a wonderful performances....Music's biggest night Folks...

So I'll end this rant, and get off my soapbox, but I'll end with this : since you guys only have 10 months now to try and gain what we pray for at the end of the year and that's at least a percentage up from the previous...Sober up people because it looks like we have a long road ahead of us. (OH! SAU I love you guys ;)