Kings Of Leon Perform On The Today Show...

Kings Of Leon took on the NYC cold, and played a couple songs from their recent effort "Come Around Sundown" Including "Radioactive",And one of my favorites "The End"...

New Music....Well Atleast To SAU...

Leaking sometime back in October, Lloyd Banks' Song "Start It Up" caught my attention but not enough to place it as good or ok. Marinating on this song for sometime now, and after buying his album "HFM2" (Which is a really good rap album)I've noticed that Lloyd Banks' flow has gotten surprisingly strong and assertive. The song thats a piece of our new music today, features Kanye West,Ryan Leslie,Fabolous,and Swizz Beats...On this one Swizz Beat's Chorus/Vocals are actually an accent to the song, as opposed to being..well sometimes annoying. With Lloyd I've been alert on him since HFM released in 04' which could be considered a grade A album. Now we're starting to see him break away from the G-Unit title which is not a bad thing since every rapper that joins a label wants their own voice...Banks is finally getting it with this one.

Can I Get A Sample?...

Uh...Who is this Ms.A?..I can hear it now ringing through the blog. This man Mike Oldfield, has been heard lately in about 550,000-600,000 of your cars, stereos, and computers over this last week, but many of you may not have known it. First, I'll give brief history...

Via his Wiki, Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. In 1987 he released his album "Crises". From the album, the song "In high Places" was heard but not completely recognized being that it didnt stand out.....

(Check sample at :45)


...Until Kanye's "My Dark Twisted Fantasy" the #1 track titled "Dark Fantasy" samples Oldfield's track like none other, At first listen one might not think this is a sample because of the realness it shows, but check it out for yourself...

(Sample rings in at 1:07)

New Music: Marsha Ambroisus: "Far Away"

Last week a new song from ex Floetry songstress Marsha Ambroisus came about titled "Far Away". Rumored to be produced by hip hop producer Just Blaze, This song starts its journey out wth a soft piano and Marsha playing down her vocals if only for the first verse. As a whole this song is something that reminds me of Marsha's Floetry days but the complete disconnect comes around the 1:49 mark where the vocals start to trek up hill, as we think the song is coming to a nice size early climax (which is a treat for the second verse in any song) but 2:01 she makes the mistake of taking that extra pause which is almost like a punk out in a beautiful ballad and we all know she has it in her...Marsha's vocal ability could be like none other (being that its very different and refreshing) but with her taking that one pause took the song from a 8 1/2 to a 6 1/2 now as there is no release in the song at all. Hopefully this isn't the finished product...Check it out..

BET Soul Train Award Performances....

Last night the BET Centric Soul Train Awards aired and surprisingly made out to be a pretty good watch. With Tributes to the Legendary Anita Baker, Ronald Isley and not to forget a doo-wop toe tapping finger snapping opening with R.Kelly, who tore the roof off the place with his oldies and a Frankie Lyman-esq ending. I was rather surprised the show turned out to be a good one..Check out some performances by R.Kelly, Bruno Mars, Erykah Badu, below...


R.Kelly




Erykah Badu





Ronald Isley Tribute




Anita Baker Tribute




Bruno Mars

Uh Oh.....IT's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Folks the day that we pray for each and every Monday is BACK!!! Our Favorite Holiday that comes around every week LET's GO SAU IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

New Vid: Bruno Mars "Grenade"..

Bruno Mars is back with another single from his album "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" titled "Grenade" which has peaked at # 30 on the charts thus far...Check em' out...

Throwback Of The Day....Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott "Hero"..

The throwback song of the day comes from Chad Kroeger (Nickleback) and Josey Scott (Saliva) "Hero" which was recorded in 2002 from the "Spider-Man" Soundtrack. The song peaked at number 1 on many charts including the Canadian singles charts & the Hot mainstream Rock track charts. Josey Scott told LAUNCH:

"He (Chad) had the idea for the song 'Hero' so I came up to Vancouver and met him. He pitched me the idea, and I thought that was pretty dope. So we sort of tweaked it, together, laid down some harmonies on it, and played everything from congas to acoustics on it."

an absolutely meaningful collaboration between two rock artists...

New Music: Sugarland "Little Miss"...

"Little Miss" is set to be the second single from country duo Sugarland, from their "The Incredible Machine" album which topped the Billboard 200 charts as well as the US Billboard Top Country Album Charts. In my opinion Sugarland has found that medium that connects with the new younger Country audience and staying true to their roots. Very beautiful song...

Eminem & Lil' Wayne To Perform On SNL...

According to online reports, Rapper Lil Wayne is scheduled to make his first TV appearance after his release from Prison. He will be performing with Eminem who is the main guest performer for the Dec. 18th SNL show, on their joint venture "No Love". The host for the evening will be actor Jeff Bridges, who joins Robert DeNiro and Paul Rudd as hosts.

B.o.B Is Officially In "Beast Mode".....

See For yourself....



YESSSSSS! Do you see how many times that flow switches?

This Day Last Year....

On this day (which was a Tuesday) last year John Mayer released his album "Battle Studies" which debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. Receiving mixed reviews the album was able to go Platinum for the Mayer with 880,000 copies sold in the U.S.

Leading the pack of singles gave us "Who Says" debuting at #17 along with "Heartbreak Warfare" peaking at #34 and "Half of My Heart" peaking at #25. But within this album there were many treats including the fan favorite "Assassin" which was never released as an official single, but took the album to more of a soundtrack to Mayer's heart after that...So here's to "Assassin"...

New Music: Carrie Underwood "There's A Place For Us"...

Carrie Underwood flexed the golden pipes for "There Is A Place For Us" The single from the upcoming movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A beautiful ballad that adds to the lists of big singers who's done soundtrack songs for big movies. Beautiful in every way Carrie does it just right...

Paramore Premiere's New Single "Playing God"..

You don't deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you-Glorious Quote from Paramore

From their 3rd album "Brand New Eyes" Rock group Paramore releases yet another single (5th to be exact) from this Gold selling album titled "Playing God" you can view the video Here.
Check it out folks...

Avril Lavigne Announces "What The Hell?....

Avril Lavigne is stepping back on the scene with her new album in which she explains was done over a year ago but like many she's had a couple of label setbacks..

“I’m done with my 4th record!!!” she wrote. “Well, actually I have been done for a year… and now my record company have finally decided to release it. OMG..How nice! Thanks guys.”

“People do their best work when they are doing what they want, love and is natural for them, not when you are forcing them to be something that they are not.” further informing us of her label spats. But good things come to those who wait and Avril has announced to her fans that her first single from her new album is titled "What the hell"

“My first single off this record is called: ‘What The Hell’. This song is the least personal song to me off this album. It’s a fun and funny anthem. It has a broad message about personal freedom. It is the most pop track on the record.”

She also announced that a video for the single will be shot in 2 weeks and released in January...We all know from Avril's previous albums that when she does a mid tempo to slower song that's her bread and butter when it comes to stability and making the fans fall deep for what she has to say. With that said I can't wait to see what she dishes up...

New Music: Nicki Minaj ft Drake "Moment 4 life"

***Updated with new song "Blazin" Ft Kanye West

A song from Nicki Minaj's debut album "Pink Friday" has surfaced today in the form of "Moment 4 life". An actual song this is, as opposed to sounding like a mixtape track every time out. Might take a couple more listens for me to completely grasp it but it sounds pretty good to me...SAU whatcha think?



"Blazin"

Dr. Dre Covers XXL....

With the title "Detox Is Coming"....Dre also stopped his creative process to talk more about the upcoming album stating the following:

"I see the finish line right now. I'm wrapping it up. I need about two or three more songs and hopefully I'll start the mixing process at the end of next month.

"And then at that point I'm about 30 days out. I'm excited about it. I'm seriously excited about it, it's feeling good now.

"One of the reasons it was taking so long was because I felt I was doing it more out of obligation as opposed to really feeling it. As of the last year I've been really feeling where it's going and it feels good and I think I'm ready."

Of upcoming single 'Kush' featuring Snoop Dogg, Akon and Sly, he added: "It's about weed smoking, and I don't want people to think that that's what my album is about

"This is actually the only song with that type of content in it. But it seems that everyone likes it so we're going to go on and push with it."

Welp, there you have it ladies and Gentleman the first single from the long awaited "Detox" is the song posted yesterday "Kush"....

New Music/From The Album: Rascal Flatts,Nelly,Josh Groban,Keith Urban,Rihanna....

Josh Groban: "Voce Existe Em Mim"



Josh Groban and all that vocal power released his latest effort "Illuminations" and #10 "Voce Existe Em Mim" is nothing to skip over! With a powerful composition that opens up a couple times over, to back all foreign words he speaks, this takes you into a "rallying the troops feel" with this one. His official fan website lists each of his four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and, in 2007, was charted as the number one best selling artist in the United States....shouldn't we know about him if we don't already?



Rascal Flatts: "I won't Let Go"



A fan favorite, Rascal Flatts came about with their new release "Nothing Like This" and truly shows there's not. From front to back they take you on a Country road starting with "Why Wait" ending with the beautiful piano driven "I Won't Let Go" which shows a more vulnerable/ Inspirational side of the group that I can imagine won't get taken for granted...Gary LeVox's vocal ability on this song soars and almost brings a tear to the music lovers eye..I love it!



Rihanna: "Man Down"



Taking this country party to the islands, Rihanna has released a new album titled "Loud". For the most part on this album its a complete 360 from her last effort 'Rated R' which gave off a more dark appeal. This time the Bajan beauty goes back to her roots and gives us quite the story with #7 "Man Down"... Now with Reggae/Calypso being my favorite genre of music, I couldn't help but be intrigued by this song which gives us the "Gangsta" side of Rihanna and lets her bring more island influences along with a deep Barbados accent and steeldrum peaking out every now and again. The infamous "Rum bum bum bum" makes you sway with each bar. In my opinion best song from the album...



Nelly Ft Dawn & Murphy Lee "Kiss"



Nelly has released his "Nelly 5.0" Album which is 200x's better than his last effort "Brass Knuckles". This song featuring Dawn from Dirty Money & brings her vocals to the front sampling Total's 1996 song "Kissing you". Although not a HUGE fan of this song...creative way to sample the song.



Keith Urban "Georgia Woods"



Rounding this party up we take a flight from St. Louis back to the "Georgia Woods" with Keith Urban. Now to start this one off with a small drum pattern was a shocker to me but the guitar that smooths it over until...the breakthrough of the entire song which reminds me of going through a dark cave, finally seeing the opening of the outside world. Keith took this song and made it his own with a nice size guitar riff sitting right in the middle growing right back to that drum pattern back to the guitar. A party is an understatement with this song, that should be a single in my opinion....not to mention he's uber hot! His album "Get Closer" is 8 songs short, but being that all 8 songs are magnificent it completely evens out..

New Vid: B-To The O-B "Don't Let Me Fall"....

It's finally here folks, our boy has released the official video for his new single "Don't let me fall" which is his 5th single from his DEBUT album "The Adventures Of Bobby Ray"...I love it! But hey in our eyes B.o.B can do no wrong...B.o.B who's signed to Grand Hustle/Atlantic, has been completely jumping into the hearts of many and created a new lane for himself (which I deem "Rapternative") and can take this all the way! LET's Go B.o.B!!

New Music: Jay Electronica "The Announcement"...

With Jay Electronic taking his talents to Roc Nation, "The Announcement" was made. Jay Electronica is one to watch out for folks don't sleep on the man....