
The Brilliant Stupidity of The-Dream
“What rhyme with ‘asshole’? Asshole .” Thereby does Terius Nash, a/k/a deliciously absurd r&b semi-superstar The-Dream, deliver the best five consecutive words of 2010. A perfectly executed terrible joke—the hokey throat-clearing sound between the two “asshole”s seals it. And so it go…
My Love Lyrics
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Ultimate Collection $5.43 HOUSTON WHITNEY THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION… |
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Spirit $5.48 Winner of Britain’s “The X-Factor,” Leona Lewis debuts with a mix of pop and R&B. She is blessed with a vocal range that’s so versatile, in songs like “Better In Time,” that one may immediately compare her to Mariah Carey or Beyoncé Knowles, especially in “The First Time I Ever Saw You.” It’s not Lewis’s fault that her voice doesn’t distinguish her from these stars, but her producer, Simon Cowell… |
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Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits $11.52 These days she’s fodder for tabloid writers and late-night comics, but way back in the ’90s Mariah Carey ruled the charts. This two-disc collection offers up evidence why, for better or worse, Mariah’s five-octave, pop/R&B stylings set the diva standard. Greatest Hits culls its offerings from Carey’s five albums on Sony (she is now signed to Virgin), and you get all the facets of her platinum-plus… |
