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Britney Spears - Circus - Pop CD Review at TheCelebrityCafe.com
Source: The Celebrity Cafe

Excerpt: Britney Spears is back (not that she ever really left)! The pop star's new CD dropped this week, and it does not disappoint. Spears is known for her contagious beats, and Circus carries on this legacy with songs that basically force the listener to sing along.

Q-Tip's "The Renaissance" LP is Hip-Hop's Savior
Source: Pye In the Face | Pop Culture Blog

Albums rarely end up impressing me the first time I listen to them. But let me tell you, kids - I'm already across the street and down the road from 'impressed'. This record isn't simply a renaissance for rap - it may end up being the genre's savior.

Press Play: The Last Shadow Puppets' The Age of the Understatement

Borne of a friendship minted during the Arctic Monkeys' 2005 UK tour, The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project of Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys front man, and Miles Kane, front man for The Rascals.

Rewind to '96: Fugees' The Score

After the relatively obscure release of their debut album in 1994, The Fugees returned two years later to critical acclaim with "The Score".

Mary J. Blige: Growing Pains Album Review

Many would say that the best art is borne out of angst and pain, and out of the emotional necessity to cathartically express and release anger and hurt. When Mary J.

Ghostface Killah Album Review: The Big Doe Rehab

The new CD by Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab is a prime example of factory-made rap music. While the Wu Tang Clan is not usually considered mainstream because of explicit content that makes its music unplayable on airwaves, the members are definitely not underground.

M.I.A. Album Review: Kala

M.I.A. first appeared on the US radar in 2005 with her debut LP Arular. Many critics commended her for the exhibition of political undertones and genre ambiguity. With her obvious hip-hop influences, M.I.A. could arguably be a leading hip-hop artist in overseas markets.

Whatever People Say I Am...: Arctic Monkeys Album Review

It took me a while to buy the 2006 release from the Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not." I loved the first single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" but was convinced the fun of this hit couldn't last and that the rest of the LP wou …

MUSIC REVIEW: New CDs from 50 Cent, Kanye West - 09/10/2007 - MiamiHerald.com
Source: MiamiHerald.com

Hip-hop's latest battle between two of its biggest egos - Kanye West and 50 Cent - has been building like a title fight in Vegas.

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