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...Imagine What He'd Be Like If He Was Always With Us

Advantages: Lots of big tunes
Disadvantages: One weak track

“Attention Deficit” was released in 2009 and came as the long-awaited debut album from the Washington, D.C. rapper Wale. It find that Alternative Hip Hop artist comign with a record that has him attempting to find some kind of way of introducing a D.C. sound in Hip Hop, with its regional Go-Go musical style being introduced through this, but has this as one of many main places to work from as he is known to work in the Hipster Rap field, and so relies ...
...to attempt to make heavy singles that will gain him attention. Known for his work with Mark Ronson, he features as a production contributor, with other notable beat offerings coming from the likes of Cool & Dre, Dave Sitek and The Neptunes. 1. “Triumph” (Intro) 2. “Mama Told Me” Off a pretty fly introductory piece, in which he introduces himself and gives quite a lot of different twists to show just how many layers there are to his music (including ...

XICripZ 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Attention Deficit - Wale

Non X Factor winners that achieve 2 number one singles!!

Advantages: Great mixture of songs, Great lyrics, Includes their 2 number one singles
Disadvantages: Quite girly and lovey dovey!

***ABOUT JLS*** JLS appeared on the X Factor last year and although they didn’t win they got a record contract with Epic records and have since released 2 singles which have both reached number one. Their first album was released a few weeks ago and is called ‘JLS’. The band features 4 male members which include Marvin, JB, Aston and Oritse. JLS are only the second non-winning X Factor contestants to achieve a number one single. ***THE ALBUM*** ...
...Again – This song was JLS first single and reached number 1 in the charts. This song has a strong beat to the music and I find the song quite catchy. The song talks about losing someone (I presume a girlfriend) and that you both should get back together. This song has a catchy chorus and I often find myself singing along to it when it comes on the radio. Everybody In Love – This is JLS most recent single and again it reached number 1 in the charts. ...

kiss_me2070 18.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of JLS - JLS

Incredibly annoying song, by an incredibly annoying woman

Advantages: Good as a tea coaster
Disadvantages: everything, can't sing live

...Cole the week after performs Fight for this love. The following week they are both Number 1. Robbie Williams didn't have as much luck. I still find it hard to believe a judge on a singing competition can just get up and mime her own song. If I was a contestant and she criticised my vocal abiliity, I'd say "At least I'm singing." It is a song that is getting overplayed, and I feel Cheryl cole is becoming too much, she is becoming the female version ...
...their products. I am just not keen on the woman, as a judge nor as a credible singer, though I have always liked girls aloud. I can remember when Milli Vannili got slaughted for miming in the 1980's. That was slightly different as someone else was singing. I just think if a singing contests promotes miming, then the contest itself has lost all credibillity as the singers will win, just mime the songs and go off home. ...

hardingjenny 18.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fight for This Love - Cheryl Cole

Good Girl Gone Bad?

Advantages: Edgier, more grown up sound
Disadvantages: Lacks the variety of her previous album, may alienate some of her younger fans

...has she caved with her Rated R album? Up until the release of Good Girl Gone Bad I was a fan of Rihanna’s and had previously purchased all her albums but to me she was simply another conventional mainstream R&B artist that rise as quickly as they fall but with the help of mentor Jay Z she’s changed public opinion on her and become a worthy rival to the likes of Beyonce. The album begins subtly with the synthy beats of Mad House, this track is definitely ...
...guidance rating however the title Rated R evidently means more than previously expected. One surprise that I found when listening to this album is that it doesn’t feature her recent collaboration with Jay Z and Kanye West, Run This Town reached number one in the charts and something that I find a lot is that if the artist only featured on the song they will remix it to add more of their vocals so it can feature on their album. Ashanti is someone ...

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Review of Rated R - Rihanna

At Least The Cover's Dope

Advantages: A few big tunes
Disadvantages: Generally average

...a straight banger of a Jerkin tune. **Five Stars** 8. “In My Tight Jeans” This one has Long Beach’s Cliff Savage doing his thing and rapping about how he works things as he performs a track about how he supports the culture that its participants go by ‘Jerk’ and tend to wear skinny jeans in opposition to the sort of thing that West Coast rap is known for with its close association with the gang problems throughout the state (especially in LA county ...
...to wear any, but it still goes hard. **Four Stars** 9. “She Likes Me” This one sees them forced to change their approach as they throw down one of their singles, and a track that has them moving right away from the dance material in order to do something that made for a warm-up for the track that would follow it. Although it didn’t do a lot in representing the album, it shows that they are willing to try a little more along the way, but really this ...

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Review of Jerkin Is a Habit, Vol.1 - The Rangers