Young Jeezy, The Game, Metallica, Jonas Brothers and Solange
the music press
thu 9/4/2008
- The ATL's Young Jeezy drops his highly-anticipated third album, The Recession. "Previously criticized for strange rhymes and repeating lines, Jeezy delivers some great turns of phrase," commends Billboard.com. "Jeezy’s improvement as a lyricist is obvious. It’s almost hard to believe that there was a time when the highlights of his songs were his adlibs," gushes Vibe magazine, adding, "the Snowman has proven he won’t melt under the pressure of flashing lights."
- Beef-loving L.A. rapper The Game releases LAX, his follow-up to the platinum Doctor's Advocate. The Los Angeles Times thinks it misses the mark: "The Compton-raised rapper's conservative inclination to stick to the gangsta tropes of money, drugs and guns feels limiting at times, as does the album's bloated 1-hour-and-16-minute running time." URB magazine begs to differ: "Sure, it turns into some serious namedropping (almost always), but it’s also the reason why he’s three-for-three in the category of dope, dope records."
- After a five-year hiatus, veteran metalheads Metallica return with Death Magnetic, an album that is "the musical equivalent of Russia's invasion of Georgia — a sudden act of aggression from a sleeping giant," according to Rolling Stone. Music blog The Quietus says Death Magnetic "rinse[s] away the painful memories of watching Some Kind Of Monster, [which shows] Metallica as a bunch of whining, apron tied clowns with no social skills."
- Tween superstars Jonas Brothers release A Little Bit Longer. Entertainment Weekly gives it a "B+" and congratulates: "Assuming each generation gets the teen idols it deserves, then today's kids must have done something good — God knows what — to have merited the Jonas Brothers." Blender gives the trio 4 out of 5 stars for its feel-good pop-rock: "Becoming a teenager is confusing and scary. The Jonases offer a friendly road map."
- Solange Knowles attempts to shake the "Beyoncé's little sister" tag with Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, "a peppy album, rich with thumping horns, crisp percussion and light piano melodies." Despite a whiff of praise, The New York Times concludes "Solange can’t quite keep up." Allmusic disagrees, calling it "one of the year's more entertaining and easily enjoyable R&B releases," because it's "fronted by … someone who is slightly more concerned with raw emotion and clowning around than technical prowess and polished product."
ª└εx© Says:
they only albums from this list you need in your life are young jeezy and metallica ! both have stepped up for their release! havent heard the metallica album yet cause it wont be out till the 12th but the jezzy join is fire ! my president black track is bonkers!
Mrjam7
9/4/2008
Well i would get The Game N Young Jeezy
album but not the others cause
im not really a fan on the others so ill
just stick with what i like right now =)
мizz gùεяα™
9/4/2008
Oh n beyonce sister needs to stop
talking crap in T.V i seen that people
are making her do stuff and all this crap..
girl grow up only cause u are beyonce sister it doesnt mean that u own the world..
Right now her goal shouls be to stop
being known for Beyonce Lil Sister
мizz gùεяα™
9/4/2008
lol.. I just noticed that she is the one
that sings I Decided..lol
Aw i think she
sounds like she is an older
women...lol
but thats only my point if view..lol.
Dang i need 2 stop
righting comments on this one..lol
мizz gùεяα™
9/4/2008
HEY I C DA GAME....& YOUNG JEEZY....& OTHER PPL IDK.....OH I KNOW DA JONAS BROTHERS...BUT DEY SUCK....LOL :P
sugar123
(Chicago,IL)
9/4/2008
the jo-bros! they totally annoy me, but i love them so much. does that make sense?
la princesa
9/4/2008
Jonas brothers and Solange...aawww hell no..Doesn't Solange have that video that looks like she's in the 70's or something? I'm ok with the others..but the Jonas brothers are getting on my nerves.
XD
{♥}Jessica_Yañez{♥}
9/4/2008
everybody has blown up the jonas too much ; they're qood buh not so qood to the point where people faint for them.
& it's [ яαquєℓ ] yo;
9/6/2008
jonas brothers........i could care less
LocaEcuator1ana
9/6/2008
Jonas brothers rock haha i think their cutee(;
Adyy $$
9/6/2008
(18 total)
your response