9/21/2010
Here's how long E-40's been in the rap game - long enough to see his son Droop-E become one of hyphy's leading producers. Meanwhile, E-40's delivered more than 10 rhyme-slaying solo albums; albums that …
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9/21/2010
More than a mere singer-songwriter, Beth Orton augments her falling-angel vocals and lilting acoustic guitar with an astounding array of proven producers (Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl, Primal Sc …
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9/21/2010
At 45, Tina Turner staged one of the most phenomenal comebacks in pop history on the back of "What's Love Got to Do With It?" - part sociological treatise, part historical observation, all classic pop …
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9/21/2010
Goodie Mob's debut, Soul Food, is considered a harbinger of the Dirty South sound - for bringing blues, soul, and gospel overtones before funk-driven drums and heady rhymes. The rest of these Ba …
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9/21/2010
Luis Miguel first stepped into the Latin-pop spotlight as a 12-year-old. Growing up fast, he reintroduced himself in the '90s with such seductive bolero classics as "No Se, Tu" and "Media Vuelta." Migu …
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9/14/2010
Squeeze packed an unprecedented amount of power-pop sparkle, lacerating lyrical wit, and ear-catching eccentricity into every tune they tackled, from their late-'70s debut onwards. In the '80s, they tu …
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9/14/2010
As distinctive as the Squeeze sound is, the band was never stuck in a stylistic rut - they were able to dart among different musical modes at a moment's notice, delivering whatever sound suited their w …
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9/14/2010
No matter how you look at it, M.I.A. must get up some mornings and wonder how she got here; how she went from being a successful art student - she graduated from London's leading design school and help …
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9/14/2010
It might not make sense on paper - Jay-Z spitting verses on a couple of speaker-clobbering M.I.A. cuts - but there's no denying the pair's pass-the-mic skills on alternate versions of "XXXO" and "Boyz. …
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