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I Am (2007)
Friday, August 2, 2013
Chrisette Michele Friday: Like a Dream Live
Chrisette Michele performs Like a Dream, a song off of her debut album, I Am (I love that album!) on VH1's Unplugged.
Chrisette Michele Friday: Chrisette Michele's Discography
I never really knew about this 3rd album, but it was released in 2010. I love her 1st album, I Am.
I Am (2007)
Epiphany (2009)
Let Freedom Reign (2010)
Better (2013)
Chrisette Michele Friday
Back when I posted some of the songs from Chrisette Michele's new album, Better, I saw that I had never seen most of her music videos. I thought, "I should really spotlight her". I love her music, and she needs some shine.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Music News: The Charts (8/1/13)
Blurred Lines still rules on the Hot 100, and One Direction debuts at # 2 this week with a new song.
Hot 100
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Youtube 100
As always, view complete chart listings over on Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/
Hot 100
- Robin Thicke featuring T.I., Pharrell- Blurred Lines
- One Direction- Best Song Ever
- Miley Cyrus- We Can't Stop
- Imagine Dragons- Radioactive
- Draft Punk featuring Pharrell- Get Lucky
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
- Robin Thicke featuring T.I., Pharrell- Blurred Lines
- J. Cole featuring Miguel- Power Trip
- Ciara- Body Party
- Wale featuring Tiara Thomas- Bad
- Miguel- How Many Drinks?
Youtube 100
- One Direction- Best Song Ever
- Miley Cyrus- We Can't Stop
- Robin Thicke featuring T.I., Pharrell- Blurred Lines
- Avicii- Wake Me Up
- Selena Gomez- Slow Down
As always, view complete chart listings over on Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/
CrazySexyCool August: Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
TLC are music pioneers. At a time when R&B was not a "popular" musical genre, TLC emerged as one of the acts that brought R&B to the top of the pop charts, with several of the singles from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip reaching the top 10 of the Hot 100. R&B went on to dominate the charts in the 90s. They, along with others such as Mary J. Blige, made music known as Hip-Hop Soul (although, I would consider their 1st album of the New Jack Swing era), which is the merging of Hip-Hop beats and R&B, and were one of the first artist to mix singing with raps, which later developed into R&B singers doing collaborations with rappers, such as Mariah Carey, Brandy, etc... This is (as you know) used prominently in music until this day.
Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip (1992)
During the release time of Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, TLC were often criticized for their sometimes explicit lyrics and talking about men in their songs. They were know as "feminist rappers". Later on they would be praised for their "girl power" lyrics because it empowered women to sing/rap about men in the same ways, that many male rappers talked about women in their songs.
CrazySexyCool August
We're talking about TLC here! The best selling female group in American history... These ladies ruled the 90s. We're talking hits, album sales, awards, and controversy. All of these huge things came from 3 of the smallest packages.
TLC
TLC is comprised of Tionne "T-boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and was started in Atlanta in the early 90s. They are fondly remembered for lead singer, T-boz's unique, deep-toned, raspy voice, their socially conscience lyrics, their distinct style, and their innovative music videos and dance moves (and a little bit of controversy). They shot to the top of the charts right out the gate, with their first single, and never turned back, until 2002, when Left Eye was killed in a fatal car crash. After the devastating blow, the other two members decided to call it quits, but now have decided to return to the music scene after more than 10 years since the release of their last album.
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