Sunday, August 23, 2009
RollnSmoke Scoop
Chuck Berry’s “Johnnie B. Goode,” Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” and Journey’s “Don’t stop Believin’” are among the top downloaded tracks for their respective decades. McCain was forced to pay up and apologize to Jackson Browne for using the song “Running on Empty” in a campaign ad against Barack Obama last fall. Rihanna is training to become a tattoo artist.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Roll Considers Rolling Stone Magazine's BEST JAMS OF PAST 20 YEARS
According to ROLLING STONE (8-20-09 issue), here are the BEST SUMMER JAMS of the PAST 20 YEARS …
1990 – “The Humpty Dance” – Digital Underground
1991 – “O.P.P.” – Naughty By Nature
1992 – “Baby Got Back” – Sir Mix-a-lot
1993 – “Cannonball” – The Breeders
1994 – “Gin and Juice” – Snoop Doggy Dogg
1995 – “Waterfalls’ – TLC
1996 – “C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train)” – Quad City DJ’s
1997 – “Mo Money, Mo Problems” – Notorious B.I.G.
1998 – “Are You That Somebody” – Aaliyah
1999 – “Bawitdaba” – Kid Rock
2000 – “The Real Slim Shady” – Eminem
2001 – “Get Ur Freak On” – Missy Elliott
2002 – “Hot in Herre” – Nelly
2003 – “Crazy in Love” – Beyonce
2004 – “Mr. Brightside” – The Killers
2005 – “Gold Digger’ – Kanye West
2006 – “Crazy’ – Ganrls Barkley
2007 – “Umbrella’ – Rihanna
2008 – “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.
2009 – “Boom Boom Pow” – Black Eyed Peas
…Roll is left to wonder what the editors could have been thinking when they chose the Best Jams for years 1996 and 2004 …
1990 – “The Humpty Dance” – Digital Underground
1991 – “O.P.P.” – Naughty By Nature
1992 – “Baby Got Back” – Sir Mix-a-lot
1993 – “Cannonball” – The Breeders
1994 – “Gin and Juice” – Snoop Doggy Dogg
1995 – “Waterfalls’ – TLC
1996 – “C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train)” – Quad City DJ’s
1997 – “Mo Money, Mo Problems” – Notorious B.I.G.
1998 – “Are You That Somebody” – Aaliyah
1999 – “Bawitdaba” – Kid Rock
2000 – “The Real Slim Shady” – Eminem
2001 – “Get Ur Freak On” – Missy Elliott
2002 – “Hot in Herre” – Nelly
2003 – “Crazy in Love” – Beyonce
2004 – “Mr. Brightside” – The Killers
2005 – “Gold Digger’ – Kanye West
2006 – “Crazy’ – Ganrls Barkley
2007 – “Umbrella’ – Rihanna
2008 – “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.
2009 – “Boom Boom Pow” – Black Eyed Peas
…Roll is left to wonder what the editors could have been thinking when they chose the Best Jams for years 1996 and 2004 …
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
RollnSmoke Scoop
Roll is really looking forward to the August 18th release of Brendan Benson’s new solo, alt-rock album “My Old Familiar Friend’ because the track “Feel Like Taking You Home” rocks the casbah!
Keep your eyes peeled for emerging R&B duo out of Southern Cali (and MySpace) called The Write Chix, newly signed to Jamie Foxx’s recording label (check out tracks “Make Up” and Jazzy’s “In Love”). On the heels of their fabulous album release WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX, the French indie-rock band Phoenix has announced a US fall tour. An interesting sign of the times: The number of teens streaming music online jumped from 34 percent in 2007 to 52 percent in 2008. Go, RollnSmokeRecords!
Alt-rock acts Florence + The Machine and Kasabian – both featured on the RollnSmokeRecords site, are the favorites for the 2009 Barclaycard mercury Prize.
Keep your eyes peeled for emerging R&B duo out of Southern Cali (and MySpace) called The Write Chix, newly signed to Jamie Foxx’s recording label (check out tracks “Make Up” and Jazzy’s “In Love”). On the heels of their fabulous album release WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX, the French indie-rock band Phoenix has announced a US fall tour. An interesting sign of the times: The number of teens streaming music online jumped from 34 percent in 2007 to 52 percent in 2008. Go, RollnSmokeRecords!
Alt-rock acts Florence + The Machine and Kasabian – both featured on the RollnSmokeRecords site, are the favorites for the 2009 Barclaycard mercury Prize.
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