Music by Years & Months:
Music News in December, 2003
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Black Moon To release Total Eclipse
posted on December 30, 2003
With the release of their third album, Total Eclipse, Black Moon prepares to stay true to form and deliver unfiltered rap music for the masses. In its decade-plus run, Duck Down Records has released priceless Hip Hop albums. Headed by Buckshot (Black...
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Armor For Sleep Armor For Sleep
posted on December 30, 2003
Perhaps the most reflective moments of our lives are lived in the minutes before sleep completely drowns out our consciousness. We are forced to face our thoughts and at the same time admit that sleep will soon wash them all away. Armor for Sleep i...
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Down South Georgia Boyz To release Till Death Do Us Part
posted on December 24, 2003
Pastor Troy is back, and this time he brought along some of his boys from Atlanta, who go by the name of D.S.G.B. (Down South Georgia Boyz). D.S.G.B. is set to be unleashed on the world and is planning to take the gangsta tales to a completely new le...
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U2 Review: U2 Go Home - Live From Slane Castle
posted on December 24, 2003
'U2 Go Home' charts an emotional return for the band: it was at Slane Castle in 1984 that the band recorded their landmark fourth album, an event which was captured in The Unforgettable Fire documentary. The documentary is released with the new DVD -...
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The Stills The Stills
posted on December 24, 2003
The Stills is a four-piece band from Montreal, now based out of New York City. These multilingual art school socialists create a majestic wall of sound through a distinctive brand of ghostly, swirling pop, with haunting melodies, artfully crafted son...
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Earl Slick To release Zig Zag
posted on December 19, 2003
It's Sunday night, February 9th, 1964, and you're 12 years old. Sitting in your parents' living room in Brooklyn, New York, you plant yourself in front of a small black and white television set and join 73 million other viewers in watching the Beatle...
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Tracy Young Tracy Young
posted on December 19, 2003
Acclaimed DJ/Producer Tracy Young will launch Ferosh Records with The White Party 2003 CD to benefit South Florida's largest and oldest HIV/AIDS organization - Care Resource. Ferosh Record's first release, The White Party 2003, has a track list that ...
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Kelis To release Tasty
posted on December 19, 2003
It's been four long, chaotic years since Kelis first captivated the worldwide public's ears, eyes and imagination when she beat up a cheating boyfriend and led an angry pack of women down the street, screaming, "I hate you so much right now! Aaaargh!...
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Big Tymers Big Tymers
posted on December 18, 2003
Big Tymers for Mayor! Cash Money Records co-CEO Bryan "Baby" Williams and Cash Money in-house producer Mannie Fresh, collectively known as the untouchable rap duo, the Big Tymers, are men of the people. Despite the commercial saturation of hip-hop, t...
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Josh Turner To release Long Black Train
posted on December 18, 2003
New MCA artist Josh Turner will never forget his Grand Ole Opry debut. And neither will the Opry audience on the night of December 21, 2001,?who gave the then-unknown performer two standing ovations. "I sang a song I wrote, called 'Long Black Train,'...
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Pepe Deluxe Exclusive Interview
posted on December 17, 2003
“I predict in three years there won’t be any music with beats, it’ll all just be violins and cellos.” James Spectrum “We are wizards!” JA-Jazz It’s probably best not to take either of those statements entirely seriously, but you’d be foolish to d...
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DJ Babu the Dilated Junkie DJ Babu
posted on December 17, 2003
With the dawn of the 1984 Breakdancing explosion, came an instant surge of peaked interest in the musical art form of the DJ. Amongst this body of music enthusiasts stood Christopher Oroc, internationally acclaimed as DJ Babu of the world famous Beat...
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Slipknot Review: Welcome to our Neighborhood
posted on December 17, 2003
This past weekend, on Saturday, December 6th, four lucky US Slipknot fans made their way out to the Houdini Mansion in LA to meet the band, and hear the new music. The four contest winners (as picked previously from a RR US competition), were picked ...
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Juvenile To release Juve The Great
posted on December 16, 2003
New Orleans has a reputation as a breeding ground for raw, unbridled rap music and the city's artistic offspring make for intriguing and awe-inspiring players in the rap game. But of all of New Orleans' native sons none is more formidable than Juveni...
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Dope To release Group Therapy
posted on December 15, 2003
Dope is the brainchild of Edsel Dope, singer /songwriter and leader of the NYC based 4 piece. Just ask and he'll give you the best synopsis of Dope: "Dope is the most in your face rock band on the planet right now."
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Stacie Orrico To release (there?s gotta be) More To Live DVD Single
posted on December 15, 2003
Stacie Orrico is no ordinary sixteen-year old. Ordinary sixteen-year olds don't rack up gold sales figures with her debut release and no mass media buzz. Stacie did. Her first album, Genuine, bowed at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and has go...
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Musiq Soulstar Musiq
posted on December 15, 2003
Recording as usual, in his hometown of Philadelphia, Musiq with his writing partner Carvin Haggins and his producer Ivan Barias, the trio known as Car Mu I, have gone so far beyond the tag "neo-soul" on SOULSTAR, you almost forget their previous coll...
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David Banner David Banner Baptized in Dirty Water
posted on December 14, 2003
His rise to stardom was immediate, assertive and momentous, much like that of his namesake's. DAVID BANNER broke through the music industry's concrete boundaries with the force of a super hero, single handedly putting Mississippi on the map as a forc...
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Chimaira To release The Impossibility Of Reason
posted on December 14, 2003
If there is one band that possesses the essential elements necessary to break big in the heavy metal scene, it's Cleveland's Chimaira. With its blood-boiling new album The Impossibility Of Reason, Chimaira is postured to set a new standard: The New W...
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112 To release Hot & Wet
posted on December 13, 2003
Sports analogies run rampant when it comes to Atlanta vocal quartet 112, the underdog world champions of hip hop soul. From sexy club joints like "Only You," "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream" to the dreamiest of balladry like "Love Me," the pulsating ...
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Puddle of Mudd To release Life On Display
posted on December 13, 2003
Any listener to rock radio is familiar with the name Puddle Of Mudd by now, but many don't appreciate the sheer scale of success the band's debut album, 2001's Come Clean, achieved: over 5 million copies sold and spawning no less than 4 radio hits ("...
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Carl Thomas Carl Thomas
posted on December 13, 2003
After spending the last three years of his career traveling to towns big and small, meeting with and performing for people of all sorts, Carl Thomas has taken some profound social notes. "In the years since my last album, Emotional, there's been a lo...
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The Slackers The Slackers
posted on December 12, 2003
The Slackers are a seven piece band that hails from New York City. Formed in 1991, the band has been experimenting with mixes of ska, reggae, soul, swing, garage rock, and jazz for over 10 years. By following their muses of the Skatalites, the Beatl...
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Twista To release Kamikaze
posted on December 12, 2003
He's the man Ludacris, P. Diddy, Timbaland and Three 6 Mafia call when they need someone to take their records over the top. He's the MC whose style has been imitated by scores of rappers. He's the underground legend ready to return to the game he ...
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Joe Cocker Joe Cocker's Ultimate Collection
posted on December 11, 2003
After 19 original albums, decades of hit singles, and a career marked by truly classic records, Joe Cocker, one of rock?s most intense and passionate performers, has chosen 20 of his favorites for his most expansive career retrospective to date. Joe ...
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Boyz II Men Review: Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection
posted on December 11, 2003
The first Boyz II Men "best of" package, 2001's Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection, was a gold-certified hit. Now that single-CD, 13-selection album has been expanded to become the two-CD, 34-selection Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection-Deluxe Ed...
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Asheru and Blue Black Review: 48 Months
posted on December 10, 2003
48 Months contains the early work of 7Heads cornerstone artist, Asheru, and his collaborator Blue Black. Recordings beginning in 1995 and ending in 1999, it is the four years or 48 months from their 1st recordings to the beginning of the Soon Come s...
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The Roc Files Review: The Roc Files
posted on December 9, 2003
From legendary artists Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek to hot up-and-comers Freeway and the Young Gunz, Roc-A-Fella Records has been lighting up the streets and the airwaves for nearly a decade. With a consistent string of classic tracks over t...
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Jay-Z Jay-Z's Last Effort
posted on December 9, 2003
"The Black Album" marks the completion of an unprecedented journey to hip hop supremacy, by the undisputed champion, Jay-Z. This highly anticipated CD features tracks by Pharell, Dr. Dre, Kanye West and Just Blaze, just to name a few. A victory lap o...
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George Benson To release Irreplaceable
posted on December 9, 2003
From jazz guitar legend to soul-pop vocalist extraordinaire, 8-time Grammy? winner George Benson has cultivated an international fan base as well as tremendous critical acclaim for three things: incomparable versatility, first-class execution in all ...
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John Lennon Review: Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
posted on December 8, 2003
Capitol Records will release the Lennon Legend DVD in the U.S. on November 18th, 2003. The remarkable document features never-before-seen footage from the Lennon/Ono archive, rare newsreel and private footage, 15 new and newly-remastered music videos...
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Kool G Rap To release Click Of Respect
posted on December 8, 2003
KOOL G RAP is one of the few true original gangstas left in hiphop. Possessing a New York state of mind and his trademark sound, the Queens-bred "Kool Genius of Rap" has brought authentic ghetto-grimy realness to the game since pop rappers wore polka...
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KMFDM Review: WWIII
posted on December 8, 2003
Want to know what the future holds? Three years ago, dullard insomniacs across America frittered away six bucks a minute on Miss Cleo's 1-900 fortune hotline. Around that same time, government security agencies routinely dismissed information about t...
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The Crystal Method To release Legion Of Boom
posted on December 5, 2003
There is something strangely familiar about the Bomb Shelter. While it has all the regular trappings of a high-end Los Angeles recording studio, first-time visitors to the room the Crystal Method have used to create their music over the past decade a...
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Martin L Gore To release Loverman E.P.?
posted on December 5, 2003
MARTIN L. GORE, songwriter and one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, will release his "LOVERMAN" EP2+ November 18 on Mute/Reprise Records. This package will include a live DVD filmed in Milan on GORE's recent tour and a bonus CD with two versi...
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Memphis Bleek Memphis Bleek: M.A.D.E. Man
posted on December 5, 2003
When you begin a bio with a classic quote from Rakim Allah you better know someone special is on the way. And when you're talking about hip-hop's boy wonder, the brother who "came of age" as the understudy to the game's greatest, "special" has been a...
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Hatebreed To release The Rise of Brutality
posted on December 4, 2003
They've written some of the most punishing riffs in history, shared stages with everyone from Ozzy to Murphy's Law and sold over 200,000 records, with virtually no promotion, prior to landing a major label deal. They've demolished recording studios, ...
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Timbaland and Magoo To release Under Construction Part II
posted on December 2, 2003
Labeling Timbaland (Timothy Mosely) as just a "producer" is shortsighted. And on the flip, labeling his partner in rhyme, Magoo (Melvin Barcliff), a mere sidekick would be another mistake. The two close friends are instrumental players in bringing th...
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Fun Lovin Criminals To release Welcome To Poppy?s
posted on December 2, 2003
Huey met Fast back in 1993 ? the two were employees at NYC's notorious Limelight club. Fast was already in a band - he and F-L-C's first drummer Steve-O had formed a techno group, Moses On Acid. Meanwhile, Huey who was spending a lot of time playin...
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