Cassie "Summer Charm"

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Well, I'm a bit late on these, but here's a guy whom I almost overlooked, though I've had his album for about eight months. The single, "ABC's," is on my extended year-end list; the album is on the borderline for my P&J, sounding a little too "nice," though that's obviously not a thought-through evaluation.

K'naan ft. Chubb Rock "ABC's"

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Dear male dudes in the Black Eyed Peas,

There is only one person in your group who can sing, and you are not she.

Sincerely,

A Fan

Dear male singer dude in the xx,

There may not be anyone in your group who can sing, but if there were, it would most assuredly never be you.

Sincerely,

Frank

Random thoughts in regard to the Jukebox poll that will create the qualifiers for the Jukebox year-end tournament which will also comprise polls ( Read more... )

While barely paying attention I'm hearing one country single after another that's Top Ten worthy. What really floors me is that a piece of Lady Antebellum mush that's just as mushy as any of their previous mush, and nothing special in style or message, is so warm, lopes right into a Little Big Town place in my heart. Good hook helps. Other tracks ( Read more... )

On the charts it was the worst quarter since the Kansas-Nebraska Act; but, while dance-pop and r&b were tossing us candy-scented stinkbombs, a regular quota of pretty good stuff came in from wherever (country, grime, jerkin, and, I guess, dance and pop). Unfortunately, none of the new stuff got near the top of my list. Strange summer, good music ( Read more... )

Falling behind in my explorations of jerkin' and other phenomena, and even so I'm up to fifty by July 1. Bodes well for December 31 ( Read more... )

Way behind in my country listening, but my top 10 is already up to 17, and this is only mid year. I'd expect Lex (and possibly Moggy and Cis) to like the womanly tracks by Sarah Buxton and Jamie O'Neal (who have even better tracks than these on their résumés); don't know who if any o' youse over in Britain will like summer breezes like "Runaway" ( Read more... )

Here are my top five country singles for the first quarter ( Read more... )

Here's my list of top singles so far for 2009. Haven't been listening to enough country, hip-hop, reggae, um, not enough of everything, actually. "New Style" is the only one certain in my top ten at the end of the year. I was going to write a little blurb for each but realized I didn't have time if I wanted it posted today. But I do want to use the ( Read more... )