off the wagon
daily dos
wed 10/28/2009
Autobot or Decepticon? Chris Brown transforms like Optimus Prime in a new video, "Transform Ya," featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz.
drop down
daily dos
fri 8/28/2009
Are R&B singer Alicia Keys and hip hop producer Swizz Beatz dating?
burning rubber
daily dos
thu 6/11/2009
The Ruff Ryder Crew – DMX, Eve, Swizz Beatz, Drag-On, Sheek Louch, Styles P – reunites on a new Jadakiss track, "Who's Real (Remix)."
a fraud?
daily dos
tue 2/10/2009
Swizz Beatz borrows from Rob Base's It Takes Two in a remix of “Up In Tha Club,” featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne.
Melissa Jiménez
as seen on myspace
mon 10/8/2007
Listen to Melissa Jiménez with your eyes closed and you might think the 22-year-old beauty with an impressive set of pipes is the new Mariah Carey record.
Born in Queens, New York to a Mexican father and Greek mother, Jiménez began her musical career at an early age, joining her father's wedding band, the Somethin' Special Orchestra, at fourteen. After high school, the New Jersey-bred Jiménez teamed up with the Ruff Ryders crew, appeared on the Swizz Beatz-produced Take the Lead (Wanna Ride) and has contributed to Roc-a-fella stalwart Beanie Sigel's Feel It in the Air as well as Los Cocorocos' Claro de Luna.
Now signed with SRC Records/Universal Motown Music Group, Jiménez joined heavy hitters will.i.am, Mary J. Blige and T.I., among others, on Wyclef Jean's forthcoming album, Carnival 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant. Jiménez' first single, Untouchable, is a driving club jam filled with horn stabs and pounding kick drums. Her debut, Signed Sealed Delivered, is scheduled for release early next year.
will.i.am vs Swizz Beatz
versus
wed 9/12/2007
| name | William James Adams Jr.. | Kasseem Dean. |
| hometown | East Los Angeles, California. | Bridgewater, New Jersey. |
| birthdate | March 15, 1975. | August 30, 1978. |
| nickname/s | Will 1X. | Swizzy, Sandman and One Man Band Man. |
| style | Pop, R&B and Hip Hop. | Pop, R&B and Hip Hop. |
| associates | The Black Eyed Peas. | Ruff Ryders: DMX, Eve, Jadakiss, Jin and Cassidy. |
| influences | Sergio Mendes, John Coltrane and Marvin Gaye. | Fela Kuti, Chick Corea and Timbaland. |
| debut album | Lost Change Soundtrack. | G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories. |
| produced | Fergie, Carlos Santana, Pussycat Dolls, Diddy, Daddy Yankee, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Nas and Common. | Mariah Carey, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Marc Anthony, Usher, Eminem, 50 Cent and Kelly Rowland. |
| stackin' more chips | Working with Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson. | Working with Britney Spears and Whitney Houston. |
| video playmate | Fergie. | Eve. |
| club banger | My Humps. | It's Me Snitches. |
| young poets | "Girl, your beauty is a sensation, you sittin in, in a temptation, I never knew a girl could shine like a sun, you better thank your mama, cause girl, you the one." | "She sitting at the bar and she's lookin' so sad, something 'bout, uh-uh I wanna ride in your jag, uh uh uh, I wanna ride to your house, I said "easy chick, I fly to my house." |
| fashionistas | i.am clothing. | Pro-Keds Swizz Beatz. |
| most recent release | Songs About Girls. | One Man Band Man. |
| the critics | Blogcritics: "[will.i.am] has always done a lot better producing and being a guest on other recordings." | Slant Magazine: [Swizz Beatz'] best work has always been laying down beats for other artists." |
| webprops | 35,477 friends on official MySpace. | 55,000 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Flirting with the Pussycat Dolls on "Beep." | Riding with his top down on "Money in the Bank/Top Down." |
Alejandro Fernández, Beastie Boys, Swizz Beatz, Shop Boyz and Delux.
the music press
tue 6/26/2007
- Mexican crooner Alejandro Fernández releases his Aureo Vaqueiro-produced album, Viento A Favor, which is “filled with a range of rhythms that will take him closer to the Latin American public," according to El Nuevo Día newspaper. El Potrillo is lauded by The Houston Chronicle for alternating “effortlessly – and successfully – between the ranchera sound immortalized by his legendary father, Vicente Fernández, and the slick pop of Viento a Favor.”
- Hip hop veterans Beastie Boys are back in the fold with The Mix Up, their second all-instrumental album since 1996's The In Sound from Way Out!. Entertainment Weekly finds it lacking “the rhythmic mojo of the circa-1970 obscurities they’re imitating here." A more forgiving Rolling Stone claims: "The Beasties play their old grooves like they realize how bad people miss them and how high their stock remains despite so many years away.”
- Hey snitches, Swizz Beatz releases his debut album, One Man Band Man. Spin.com quips the New York-based producer-rapper “makes schizophrenia a virtue." Vibe magazine also vouches for Swizzy, if halfheartedly: “[H]e certainly lacks the transcendent personality of Kanye West, but in comparison to other producers-turned-rappers, he comfortably holds his own.”
- Atlanta rappers Shop Boyz' debut, Rockstar Mentality, delivers “plenty of gratifyingly good-natured shout-and-fight boisterousness,” according to Billboard.com. Party Like A Rockstar is a radio favorite, but AllHipHop recommends the Boyz “thank their lucky (rock) stars because the album might make fans want to smash their CDs rather than guitars.”
- Mexican punkers Delux release their major label debut, Entre La Guerra Y El Amor. The Tijuana emo-quartet has been rocking the border for almost seven years and is described by the Zeta newspaper as "one of the best representatives of Mexico's new wave of rock." Mexican rock magazine Sonika gives Entre La Guerra four out of five stars and compares it to releases from "División Minúscula, Finde's album and stuff from Panda (but good)."
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