to tell the truth
daily dos
wed 6/24/2009
Pitbull channels Scarface in a new video, "Secret Admirer," featuring Lloyd, Fat Joe and Steven Bauer.
Lloyd, Miley Cyrus, Black Kids and One Day As A Lion
the music press
fri 8/8/2008
- Lloyd "isn't your average R&B smoothie — he's much hornier," writes Rolling Stone. Billboard says the New Orleans R&B singer has "come a long way" on his new album, Lessons in Love, but The New York Times is disappointed: "Unlike its predecessor, which gave Lloyd’s tender alto room to breathe, much of the production here is gooey and distracting, too dense for Lloyd to make a dent in."
- Miley Cyrus sheds her Hannah Montana alter-ego on Breakout, an album that "finds the Disney Channel star returning to her factory setting of trying to please most of the people most of the time, without completely obscuring her own songwriting voice," according to The Boston Globe. "Though she's only 15, Miley's voice is rich and expressive as she dumps the same guy a dozen songs in a row," deadpans The Village Voice.
- Rage Against The Machine vocalist Zach De La Rocha teams up with ex-Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore to form One Day As A Lion. The duo's self-titled EP is a "five-tracker with bite, with venom; it’s a reminder that while de la Rocha might age like the rest of us, the fires in his belly haven’t come close to being doused by mundane revivals of his most famous group’s mosh-happy hits," gushes Drowned in Sound. Webzine Stereogum notes that it "falls squarely within the realm de la expectation: still that ratatating delivery, still those allusions to class struggles, politics, and religion, etc."
- Florida indie dance combo The Black Kids release their debut, Partie Traumatic, "the type of record that claims not even the Apocalypse can stop the party," according Slant magazine. "[T]eenage yearning couldn’t hope for a much better vehicle than their pouting power pop," proclaims The Phoenix. "Flanked by his sister and friends, Reggie Youngblood sings catchy tunes about dancing and desire with a yelp that suggests … the Cure's goth godfather Robert Smith," observes Spin magazine.
i lost my keys
daily dos
fri 11/2/2007
Check out SOHH Latino's photo gallery of Pitbull, Fat Joe and Lloyd on the set of a video shoot for Mr. 305's new single, "Secret Admirer."
Rich Boy, Lloyd, Amy Winehouse, Korn and Air.
the music press
wed 3/14/2007
- Rich Boy’s self-titled debut “has some real bangin songs and some garbage songs, but the good outweighs the bad,” admits Down-South.com. SF Gate warns that the Alabama-bred rapper might have a tough time following up his hit single Throw Some D’s because “nothing else on this otherwise solid disc reaches the anthemic heights of that radio hit."
- Street Love by R&B singer Lloyd “proves the up-and-coming balladeer can do more than just sing hooks,” says Yahoo News. About.com concedes that Lloyd comes across as "sensitive yet strong, and not as a sappy sucker."
- Amy Winehouse's sophomore release Back to Black is praised by the BBC for its vocal depth and exploration of “the joyful misery of being young, messy and in love/lust.” Blogcritics Magazine enjoys her "mature and diverse vocal talents," noting that “her voice morphs so much on songs, it feels like a vocal multiple personality disorder.”
- Korn’s MTV Unplugged will divide fans, with “half accepting Korn’s desire to evolve, the other howling like 5-year-olds sucker-punched on the playground,” predicts Billboard.com. Webzine 411mania.com declares the album as "nothing more than a small footnote on their already lengthy, bland career.”
- Air’s latest release Pocket Symphony is exquisite, yet "hard to hold in your head after the record stops playing,” laments Pitchforkmedia. The Village Voice describes the album’s mood as “lulling, narrative, and pictorial even when the lyrics disappear."
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