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Each month I select 20 songs (10 songs twice a month) that I am either hooked on or am curious about. Most of the music I select are rock, hip-hop, R&B and pop songs.
My song selection comes from 20-30 CDs I get from various sources each month, as well as recommendations from iTunes and Amazon. I also check out the charts in US, UK and Japan.
Kanye uses the same formula of chipmunk voiced sample which worked on his first hit, "Through the Wire" for this second single from his third album, Graduation. Apparently this song is sampling Michael Jackson's hit, "P.Y.T." but I have a hard time picking it up (maybe I don't know that song that well). But this song is so catchy and fun to sing along to.
This song is being played over and over on the dance station, and at clubs around the world. Kim Leoni is half Indonesian and Dutch, and she was a model until she was discovered by her producers at some friend's birthday party. Like most dance club hits, her single is strong, but who knows if her album will ever be released.
I first heard this song somewhere, and tracked down the group, only to realize that they look different than they sound. The lead singer kind of has a mohawk. But despite the punk rocker look, they sing catchy pop rock song similar to Maroon 5. Their whole album is pretty good and I like their harder stuff better but since this is the radio hit, I selected this track.
Mark Ronson is a British producer who is famous for producing Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black album and several songs for Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics album. This is his second album, and he covers a lot of UK rock bands such as Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs, and like this song, The Zutons. This original song by The Zutons wasn’t a big hit in the US, but it got a lot of airplay in UK and Japan. Amy Winehouse effortlessly covers this song.
Their fourth album has six new songs and 11 greatest hits songs. The music video for this song looks back on the history of human being (it touches on possibility of having first ever woman or black US President as well). The History Channel liked this song enough to use it for promotions of their programs. It’s been five years since Matchbox released their last album. During that time, Rob Thomas had a solo album, which I didn’t think was all that great.
This indie rock band from Austin, Texas released their forth album last month. I’ve never heard of them before, but I like the unique singing style of this song. I also love the instrumental part in the end with violin and guitar jamming together.
This song has been played a lot on the Dance radio station recently, even though it’s not that upbeat. Plumb is actually a Contemporary Christian artist, who happened to cross over to the mainstream chart. She also writes songs for other artists such as Michelle Branch and Mandy Moore.
House/Techno DJ, Benny Benassi does a kick ass job remixing Public Enemy’s 1987 hit song. Ferry Corsten (aka System F) also remixed this track, but I prefer Benassi’s version better which has more bass. This song actually won a Grammy for best remixed recording at the 2008 Grammy Award.
The lead singer of this indie rock band is Jenny Lewis, who was a child actress (was in The Wizard and Pleasantville to name a few) in the late 80s and 90s. She also released a solo album last year along with The Watson Twins, which was a great folk album. I think Jenny Lewis has one of the sexist voices. A lot of people compare Rilo Kiley as the modern day Fleetwood Mac, which I can hear, especially on this song.
A lot of people thought he might be an one-hit wonder after his debut single, “Beautiful Girls” ruled the airwaves this summer, but I guess they were wrong. This track is also produced by JR Rotem, and it samples elements of Led Zeppelin’s, D'yer Mak'er.
Their second album, One-X was released last year (June 2006) but it’s still pumping out radio hits, like this one. It’s slower than most of their other songs, but has a great acoustic guitar playing.
He’s the brain behind Black Eyed Peas, but somehow his solo work isn’t as catchy. This album, Songs About Girls is his third solo album (yeah, who knew he had released that many solo stuff), but I don’t think it’s going to do nearly as good as Fergie’s solo album. This song in particular is kind of catchy and fun (especially at clubs), but I can’t see this entering the top 10 Billboard chart.
Kanye uses the same formula of chipmunk voiced sample which worked on his first hit, "Through the Wire" for this second single from his third album, Graduation. Apparently this song is sampling Michael Jackson's hit, "P.Y.T." but I have a hard time picking it up (maybe I don't know that song that well). But this song is so catchy and fun to sing along to.
This song is being played over and over on the dance station, and at clubs around the world. Kim Leoni is half Indonesian and Dutch, and she was a model until she was discovered by her producers at some friend's birthday party. Like most dance club hits, her single is strong, but who knows if her album will ever be released.
I first heard this song somewhere, and tracked down the group, only to realize that they look different than they sound. The lead singer kind of has a mohawk. But despite the punk rocker look, they sing catchy pop rock song similar to Maroon 5. Their whole album is pretty good and I like their harder stuff better but since this is the radio hit, I selected this track.
Mark Ronson is a British producer who is famous for producing Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black album and several songs for Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics album. This is his second album, and he covers a lot of UK rock bands such as Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs, and like this song, The Zutons. This original song by The Zutons wasn’t a big hit in the US, but it got a lot of airplay in UK and Japan. Amy Winehouse effortlessly covers this song.
Their fourth album has six new songs and 11 greatest hits songs. The music video for this song looks back on the history of human being (it touches on possibility of having first ever woman or black US President as well). The History Channel liked this song enough to use it for promotions of their programs. It’s been five years since Matchbox released their last album. During that time, Rob Thomas had a solo album, which I didn’t think was all that great.
This indie rock band from Austin, Texas released their forth album last month. I’ve never heard of them before, but I like the unique singing style of this song. I also love the instrumental part in the end with violin and guitar jamming together.
This song has been played a lot on the Dance radio station recently, even though it’s not that upbeat. Plumb is actually a Contemporary Christian artist, who happened to cross over to the mainstream chart. She also writes songs for other artists such as Michelle Branch and Mandy Moore.
House/Techno DJ, Benny Benassi does a kick ass job remixing Public Enemy’s 1987 hit song. Ferry Corsten (aka System F) also remixed this track, but I prefer Benassi’s version better which has more bass. This song actually won a Grammy for best remixed recording at the 2008 Grammy Award.
The lead singer of this indie rock band is Jenny Lewis, who was a child actress (was in The Wizard and Pleasantville to name a few) in the late 80s and 90s. She also released a solo album last year along with The Watson Twins, which was a great folk album. I think Jenny Lewis has one of the sexist voices. A lot of people compare Rilo Kiley as the modern day Fleetwood Mac, which I can hear, especially on this song.
A lot of people thought he might be an one-hit wonder after his debut single, “Beautiful Girls” ruled the airwaves this summer, but I guess they were wrong. This track is also produced by JR Rotem, and it samples elements of Led Zeppelin’s, D'yer Mak'er.
Their second album, One-X was released last year (June 2006) but it’s still pumping out radio hits, like this one. It’s slower than most of their other songs, but has a great acoustic guitar playing.
He’s the brain behind Black Eyed Peas, but somehow his solo work isn’t as catchy. This album, Songs About Girls is his third solo album (yeah, who knew he had released that many solo stuff), but I don’t think it’s going to do nearly as good as Fergie’s solo album. This song in particular is kind of catchy and fun (especially at clubs), but I can’t see this entering the top 10 Billboard chart.
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