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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Knaan


K'naan or Keinan Abdi Warsame is a Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. He met Canadian producer Jarvis Church and his Track & Field team in 2002, who produced his debut album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, which was released in 2005 to critical acclaim. In 2006, it won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize. It also won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the newcomer category for 2007. The Dusty Foot Philosopher was re-released and re-packaged as a "Deluxe Edition" featuring new mixes and a bonus DVD in the United States (and various international territories) by the emerging media company and record label iM (Interdependent Media, Inc.) in 2008.

Since then, K'naan has been on tour promoting his album and working on his follow-up release, "Troubadour," his debut album for new label, A&M/Octone Records. He has also been collaborating with artists like Nelly Furtado, Mos Def, The Roots, Dead Prez, and Pharoahe Monch on tours such as Live 8 and Breedlove Odyssey. He also collaborated with Damian Marley on the "Welcome to Jamrock" touring session.

K'naan released The Dusty Foot on the Road, a collection of recording made during his world tour on Wrasse Records.

K'naan rose to mainstream popularity by participating in the 2008 BET Awards Cypher, This was his first appearance on American television. His second studio album, Troubadour, was released on February 24, 2009 on A&M/Octone Records, and will be distributed through Universal Music Group worldwide. The album's first single, "ABC's", was released to radio in late 2008. K'naan has featured in several video games such as Madden NFL 09 with his song ABC's, and FIFA 06 with his song "Soobax". The song "If Rap Gets Jealous", a rerecording of a track of the same name – with different verses – from The Dusty Foot Philosopher, features Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. K'naan was also the first featured artist on X3, a collaborative project between CBC Radio 3, Exclaim! magazine and aux.tv to promote new Canadian music.

A few of his good songs are;
WAVIN FLAG
If Rap Gets Jealous
In The Beginning
ABCs
I Come Prepared

Monday, May 24, 2010

Eminem



Marshall Bruce Mathers III is better known by his stage name Eminem. He is an American rapper, record producer, actor and singer. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LP's. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse, giving him a total of 11 Grammys in his career. In 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running #1 hip-hop single. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade, and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.

Iam no fan of rap music but I definately like his Mocking Bird

Enrique Iglesias


Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is better known as Enrique Iglesias. He is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter.

Iglesias started his musical career on Mexican Indie label Fonovisa, which helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latino market in the United States, and the biggest seller of Spanish language albums for a number of years. Before the turn of the millennium, he made a crossover into the mainstream English language market, signing a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.

Iglesias has sold over 60 million albums worldwide.

A few of his great numbers are:

Tired Of Being Sorry
Somebody Is Me
Hero

Friday, May 14, 2010

Angels and Airwaves

Angels & Airwaves is an alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge. The band also includes guitarist David Kennedy, notably from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, drummer Adam Willard from The Offspring and Rocket from the Crypt, and former 30 Seconds to Mars bassist Matt Wachter, who replaced The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn in May 2007. The band has released three studio albums thus far: We Don't Need to Whisper (2006), I-Empire (2007) and Love (2010). They also have released a rockumentary Start the Machine (2008) and are working on their first feature film, also entitled Love (2010).

Some of their good songs are:
  • Do it for me now
  • Hallucinations
  • The Adventure
  • Everything's Magic

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Metro Station


Metro Station was an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. In late 2006, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia/Red Ink. They were best known for their Top 10 Billboard hit single "Shake It" from their self-titled debut album. Popularized mainly by their co-frontman Trace Cyrus, older half-brother of Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, and Mason Musso, older brother of Mitchel Musso from Hannah Montana, the band experienced a recent boom in their record sales.[citation needed]. The band officially ended on March 23, 2010. In March 2010, after a number of personal disputes among band members, Metro Station decided to call it quits.

A few of their good songs are:
Shake It
Seventeen Forever