It took 25 years, but the now-unmasked Kiss frontman hands over a second solo set packed with awesomely anachronistic arena rock anthems. It’s refreshing to hear him rhyme “see you” with “deja vu” on the tear-stained “Wake Up Screaming,” which sounds like a steroidified mix of Kelly Clarkson and Alice Cooper circa 1989. His […]
Shareefa wears her heart on more than just her sleeve on this intimate debut. As a teen, the troubled vocalist got mixed up with the wrong crowd, eventually landing in prison. But luckily, she turns those unfortunate events into candidly gripping tales about treacherous men (”U Told Me”) and vindictive females (”Phony”) while exposing […]
“Jay-Z can do better” has been the consensus about the rapper’s comeback single, “Show Me What You Got,” from forthcoming “Kingdom Come.” But the record is intended to whet appetites, and that it has done — it leaked online earlier this month, and urban radio went berserk. Clearly, Jay-Z could have released an awful single […]
Singer/songwriter Michelle Branch may have distinguished herself as a pop rocker, but with the Wreckers it sounds as if she has found a second vocation as a honky-tonk angel. Teaming with backup singer/co-writer Jessica Harp to form the duo was a stroke of genius. Their debut single, “Leave the Pieces,” was a No. 1 country […]
For about three years, Tyrese has been MIA from R&B while focusing on his acting career, starring in the films “Four Brothers” and “Waist Deep,” to name a couple. While the singer/ex-model’s upcoming double-disc “Alter Ego” finds him moonlighting as rapper Black Ty, singing is still his bread and butter. (Check his catchy hook on […]
“American Idol” alum Pickler makes a run at the country format with this lively little uptempo number. She penned the tune with hit writers Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Karyn Rochelle. The result is a frisky anthem about a woman not just surviving but thriving as she leaves her ex in the dust and steps […]
What do you get when you mesh Barry Manilow with an inspired set of retro songs perfectly suited to 50-year-old women? Massive nirvana. Fans already lapped up the master interpreter’s “The Greatest Songs of the Fifties” — an album not even particularly attuned to his primary fan base. Upcoming “The Greatest Songs of the Sixties,” […]
In advance of forthcoming double best-of set “Stop the Clocks,” bad boys of British rock Oasis release fan favorite “Acquiesce.” Arguably its greatest B-side to date, originally on 1995’s U.K. single “Some Might Say,” the anthemic track is quite simply a song about friendship, though its powerhouse sound could swell not only bars and football […]
Natalie Grant’s “Awaken” has been a goldmine for hits on Christian and adult contemporary radio, with “The Real Me,” “What Are You Waiting For,” “Held” and “Live 4 Today” all revealing different hues of the talented singer’s musical palette. The gospel-tinged title track is a melodic diamond, bursting with optimism, steamrolling tempo and a firehouse […]
New Jersey band Ra took a major-label spin a few years ago, made a small splash with two albums and disappeared. But the sun is starting to rise again at radio for the hard rock band, as new single “Don’t Turn Away” holds on to the Mainstream Rock chart at No. 36. The midtempo studio […]
(chorus)
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me.
It’s only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time in England
Has sent me aimlessly,
On foot or by the help of […]
(f/ jay-z)
hehehe yeah b,
talk yo shit heheh (partner let me upgrade u)
how u gon upgrade me
i retired at number 1
u know i used to beat that block
now i be’s the block (partner let me upgrade u)
(verse 1)
i hear you be the block
but im the lights that keep the streets on
notice u the type that like […]
Say your prayers little one
Dont forget, my son
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit light
Enter night
Take my hand
Off to never never land
Somethings wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they arent of snow white
Dreams of war, dreams of liars
Dreams of dragons […]
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And Im waiting […]
