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leak of the (yester)day

Mariah Carey Shows A Little Bit Of Her Love

57856368 ARTIST: Mariah Carey
TITLE: “I Want To Know What Love Is”
WEB DEBUT: Aug. 27, 2009 MORE »

10:00 AM on Fri Aug 28 2009
By Maura
9 Comments

Latest by dusty vinyl: Perhaps part of the idea is for her to regain some popularity outwith the States where all the whispery stuff has struggled to make much of an impact and her album sales barely register these days. She's still only had two number 1s in the UK (compared to the legendary 18 in the States) and both were cover versions (Without You and Against All Odds which was a collaboration with Westlife). Also pretty sure the idea is for AC radio will jump on board at home - they'll just dump the original Foreigner version for the Mariah version in their playlists. And AC radio play sells albums. An unkind person may suggest she's seen Leona Lewis's sales and decided she wants a piece of the ballad-selling market and so has aped Lewis's recent treatment of Snow Patrol's Run. The difference is of course Lewis can deliver the song live with aplomb. Can we really see Mariah doing this justice after her recent run of poor live efforts? MORE »

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Lady GaGa Wants To Look Her Leakers In The Eye

lady-gaga-lady-gaga-picture Yesterday, a new track purportedly by Lady GaGa made the rounds, and oh man was the pantsless pop star peeved. “I wrote ’second time around’ recently for a current recording artist,” she Tweeted. “I don’t know why people insist on leaking my work.” It’s pretty obvious once you hear “Second Time Around” that it wasn’t going to be a solo track for GaGa, at least in its current form; it’s a wrenching, piano-heavy song that has an aggressively generic quality about it, and overall it seems more appropriate for a re-re-release of the Pussycat Dolls’ Doll Domination than anything branded with the GaGa mark. Hear for yourself after the jump. MORE »

10:00 AM on Wed Jul 8 2009
By Maura
10 Comments

Latest by k-rex: I think it's been a while since I last mentioned that I love Lady Gaga and am looking forward to hearing future work. But not the Pussycat Dolls. How long has that concept been setting the world to sleep? MORE »

leak of the (yester)day

beptend1 The Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. leaked yesterday, thanks in large part to its Japanese release date being six days ahead of its American one (and a whole 13 days in advance of its street date in Argentina). All things considered, having an album not show up online until its first official street date is kind of an impressive achievement–if one that doubles as an argument for the standardization of international release dates, given that the versions pinging their way across the Internet now are taken straight from the retail version and not inferior rips of sanctioned streams. Just a thought! [Google Blog Search] MORE »

11:45 AM on Wed Jun 3 2009
By Maura
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leak of the day

Dirty Projectors Go Ask Willy

ARTIST: Dirty Projectors
TITLE: Bitte Orca
RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2009
WEB DEBUT: April 9, 2009 MORE »

11:30 AM on Fri Apr 10 2009
By Mike Barthel
5 Comments

Latest by AL:

I love this (of course), and great review, Mike. I was a little surprised that "Stillness" has Amber's voice obscured behind so many effects, since her vocals on the live recording from a sxsw performance are just mind blowing, much better than the album cut. The lead vocalist on "Two Doves" is actually Angel Deradoorian, who has a solo EP coming out about a month from now.

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T-Pain: Autotune, Karaoke And Guests, Oh My!

ARTIST: T-Pain
TITLE: Thr33 Ringz
WEB DEBUT: Nov. 6, 2008
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 11, 2008 MORE »

2:00 AM on Fri Nov 7 2008
By Dan Gibson
2 Comments

Latest by Tauwan:

@Weezy F Baby:

Yes, the video, and the subject matter is too much. As well as the Akon and Kanye cameos at both the top and end of the video.

Now that all that is said and done, I will go ahead and admit it: I am excited for this release. I like most of Epiphany, and have a new found love for Chopped and Screwed. I blame hearing at least two or three times on Sunday night while sipping Patron and getting my smoke on.*

*I wish I was just trying to be funny with that last tidbit, but it is indeed true. Happy belated 21st birthday sis!

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Beyonce Does The Splits

ARTIST: Beyonce
TITLE: I Am… Sasha Fierce
WEB DEBUT: Nov. 4, 2008
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 18, 2008 MORE »

12:30 PM on Wed Nov 5 2008
By Maura
5 Comments

Latest by trapper:

I do love Single Ladies, but you are right on about Sweet Dreams. That "Turn the lights off" is effing HOT.

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Ne-Yo Aims For A Place In Pop’s Royalty

ARTIST: Ne-Yo
TITLE: Year Of The Gentleman
WEB DEBUT: Sept. 10, 2008
RELEASE DATE: Sept. 16, 2008 MORE »

11:00 AM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Maura
2 Comments

Latest by raihala:

I interviewed Ne-Yo in April and asked him about working on the new MJ album (he's one of about a million people who've logged studio time with him). This is what he could say on the subject:

"Uh, nothing that would get me in trouble. He was very adamant about nobody knowing what's going on. No explanations, not even song titles. But we are working together and it's coming along nicely. He's being very selective."

And on how he felt when he got the call:

"I thought they were kidding! I didn't believe it. I don't really do the starstruck thing, but when I met him and stood in front of the man, I was shaking like a leaf."

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Is It Too Late To Apologize For Chris Cornell’s Solo Career?

ARTIST: Chris Cornell
TITLE: “Long Gone”
WEB DEBUT: July 17, 2008 MORE »

11:00 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Maura
7 Comments

Latest by Anonymous:

It's to Cornell's credit that he WANTS to keep working. He's got enough money to live off of for the rest of his life, but for him, recording, touring, and writing IS his life, and he wants to keep at it. If Timbaland can help him do that, then so be it, but although this is the most sure-fire success of 2009 (you can put money on it breaking sales records) it also confirms in the mind of the common people how disconnected the big marketers are from the sincere pulse of whatever is going on street level.

You want to hear a singer with no voice left, just look at Johnny Rotten. Cornell CAN still uncork a raging vocal when he decides he wants to. He just seldom wants to.

And I LIKED "Euphoria Morning" goddamn it.

And Timbaland sucks.

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