Urban Music 2000 - New Music Releases - Week of December 2, 2008

John Legend - Evolver

The album Evolver features superstars Kanye West, Andre 3000 and Estelle. The album's first single 'Green Light' impacted Urban & Rhythm formats August 19th, 2008.

1. Right Now (Na Na Na)
2. Beautiful
3. Keep You
4. Troublemaker
5. We Don't Care
6. I'm So Paid
7. Holla Holla
8. Against The Grain
9. Be With You
10. Sunny Day
11. Birthmark
12. Over The Edge
13. Freedom

The versatile musical dichotomy is always at the heart of each Akon album. It could be a metaphor for the man himself. On one hand there is an extrovert whose tireless devotion is entertaining crowds and fan interaction has caused both adorations and misunderstandings. On the other, a serious businessman who has quickly built an empire that includes a record label, fashion line and charity foundation. In short, an open artist who regrets nothing, but constantly is learning from past experiences.

Emeritus. The name says it all. This may possibly be the last studio album from the hip hop legend known as Scarface. Scarface is every true hip hop lovers' favorite artist. The lyricist extraordinaire. It will be a sad moment in music when Scarface puts down his microphone, however, as the meaning of Emeritus says, he will still retain his title. This is the explicit edition.

1. Intro
2. High Powered
3. Forgot About Me
4. Can't Get Right
5. Still Here
6. It's Not A Game
7. Who Are They
8. Soldier Story
9. Redemption
10. High Note
11. We Need You
12. Unexpected
13. Emeritus
14. Outro

Cadillac Records stars Beyonce, Mof Def, Jeffrey Wright and Adrien Brody with the soundtrack featuring Beyonce, Mof Def, Columbus Short, Mary Mary, Raphael Saadiq, Solange, Little Walter and Nas with Olu Dara. The movie is about Leonard Chess who co-founded Chess Records, the pre-eminent blues label of the Fifties and Sixties, with his brother Phil. They formed Aristocrat Records in 1947 and the Chess label two years later with a mind-boggling flood of Blues, R&B plus Rock'N'Roll talent- Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon, Etta James and Little Walter. Phil focused on jazz while Leonard Chess honed in on roots music, making Chess the greatest repository of Black music at mid-century.

1. I'm A Man
2. At Last
3. No Particular Place To Go
4. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
5. Once In A Lifetime
6. Let's Take A Walk
7. 6 O'Clock Blues
8. Nadine
9. The Sound
10. Last Night
11. I'd Rather Go Blind
12. My Babe
13. Bridging The Gap