Is Kanye’s New Album the Best of the Year?
Is Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ Really A Perfect Album? (ABC) Kanye West is many things—an egomaniac, brilliant, pompous, crazy; an artist; a Grammy winner; even a performer at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Well, now he can add “Perfect Score On Pitchfork” to his resume. The notoriously high brow online music mag gave Kanye’s new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (which dropped on Tuesday), a perfect 10.0 when they reviewed the record this week. They haven’t given an album a non-reissue album a perfect score since 2002, when Wilco’s Yankee Foxtrot Hotel also garnered a 10. So, is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyreally a perfect album? Let’s see what the critics have to say ……
Album Review: Usher’s Back with Raymond vs. Raymond
Byron Edwards, Urban News Room (UNR) Usher is back with his newest album Raymond vs. Raymond following a year and a half hiatus, two children, and failed marriage. With 14 tracks from heavy hitter producers, such as Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, The Runners, Polow da Don, Sean Garrett, Will.I.Am, Brian Michael Cox, and Jermaine Dupri, several radio singles, and three videos currently in rotation, the once Prince of RnB appears to be ready to regain his fans and #1 seat. In recent years, Usher has become a household name, not for his music, but for his family drama with his mother, Jonetta Patterson and ex wife, Tameka Foster. “Raymond vs. Raymond” helps to bring Usher…
Aguilera has ‘Bionic’ News
(The Star Celeb) Pop princess (maybe “queen,” now that she’s married with a baby?) Christina Aguilera has announced more details on her much-anticipated, long-awaited album, “Bionic.” June 8 will see the album’s national release, but the debut of her first single from the piece, “Not Myself Tonight,” will hit the internet on Tuesday, March 30 onChristinaAguilera.com. April 5 is the date for radio stations to begin spinning the tune, and then the digital downloads start on April 13, via iTunes. To begin some sexy buzz for the new single, Aguilera’s camp have been distributing pictures of the star with devil’s ears and a tail drawn on her. The new album will somehow only be her…
