808s & Heartbreak(torrent) is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released November 24, 2008 on Roc-A-Fella Records. Conceived in the wake of multiple events that impacted and distressed West the previous year, the album marks a major musical departure for him lyrically, vocally, and production-wise.
On May 1, 2007, an e-mail sent to those on the Beastie Boys’ mailing list revealed the album is all instrumental.
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OK, here’s our blurb about our new album — it spits hot fire! — hot shit! it’s official… it’s named THE MIX-UP. g’wan. all instrumental record. “see i knew they were gonna do that!” that’s a quote from you. check the track listing and cover below. you love us. don’t you?”
Mike D said that “even though The Mix-Up is a “post-punk instrumental” album, the Beasties have no plans to ditch vocals for good. In fact, they are currently planning another version of the album that will feature collaborations with “a pretty wide array” of “mostly newer” vocalists.
A music video for Lily Allen’s ‘Smile’ in Simlish featuring a sim Lily in elements from The Sims 2 Seasons and other games from The Sims 2 franchise:
“Thats EXACTLY the reason Simlish is so well loved; almost everyone thinks it sounds like their native language. Ive spoken to people from Brazil who say it sounds like Portuguese, I’ve heard it claimed to sound Greek, French; I’ve heard people claim it sounds like various African languages. They assembled phonemes from a number of different languages across the world and constructed Simlish. A lot of the sounds and phonemes don’t exist in English at all (fwe/fwa/bwa for example).”
“i saw a thing about this in heat magazine lol lily allen said it was hilarious to make im not surprised!! gd vid x”
The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the song “I Turn My Camera On” by the band Spoon.
” We are currently developing and studying dance-oriented nonverbal play with between children and the robot Keepon, designed and built by Hideki Kozima. Keepon is a small creature-like robot developed to perform emotional and attentional interaction with children. It has four degrees of freedom, a soft rubber skin, two cameras in its eyes, and a microphone in its nose.”
The Best Damn Thing (torrent) is the third album by pop rock singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne and is currently scheduled to be released in April, 2007. The album is said to be less mellow than previous Lavigne albums, and more upbeat.
Check out the video for “Girlfriend”, the first single from the album:
Veteran (torrent) is the third solo album by Marques Houston, released March 20, 2007. Houston describes the album as “a reflection of who I am as an artist and as a man. There’s a lot that I’ve been through as far as relationships and just experiencing life. I’m only 25 but I’m veteran because I’ve been in the industry since I was 8 and I’ve watched the changes.”
Check out the video for Circle below:
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Length
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“Veteran (Intro)”
2:28
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“Like This” (Featuring Yung Joc)
3:51
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“Always & Forever” (Co-produced by Rob Knox for Underdog Ent.)
Music Is My Savior (torrent) is the debut album from EMI/Capitol artist Mims. It includes the hit single “This Is Why I’m Hot” and features guest appearances from Bun B, LeToya, Baby Cham and reggae legend Junior Reid.
Mims: “On a personal level, I just want people to know that I built no excuses for myself. Coming from a rough childhood, to losing both my parents and being put through all the trials and tribulations that life has to offer, I still kept a positive mentality. If I can make it anybody out there that’s aspiring to do the same thing, if they put their heart into it they can make it also.” (via)