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Corinne Bailey Rae – “Paris Nights/New York Mornings” (video)

Kendra Desrosiers — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:59:33 +0000

Here’s the latest video from Corinne Bailey Rae for “Paris Nights/New York Mornings” off her new LP, The Sea. The Sea was released on Jan. 26 (Japan got it six days early!) and debuted at No. 7 on The Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold. We’re looking forward to the next single!

Neptunes Named “Best Producers Of The Decade”

DFreeman — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:20:54 +0000

Billboard recently released its list of “Top Producers of the Decade,” The Neptunes topping the list at number one. Others on the list include Timbaland, Kanye West, and Bryan-Michael Cox (shouts to BMC, he participated in one of our first @25mag events!).

Interestingly enough, the majority of the producers owe their claim to fame to hip-hop. Thoughts?

Gucci Mane’s Lyrical Content (infographic)

Kendra Desrosiers — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:35:18 +0000

Rapper Gucci Mane is at the top of his game. As of right now, his Decemburr (his word, not ours) release, The State vs. Radric Davis is the No. 1 rap album in the country.

With 89K units sold in its first week of release, The State has moved into the No. 10 spot in Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. We decided to chart what might just be the formula to Gucci’s success, his lyrical content, but we’ll let you be the judge.

The State Vs. Radric Davis – G…