Rave to Rock

Today, Tuesday July 7,2009, Michael Jackson will have a memorial at the Staples Center in L.A. Staples gave away their tickets to fans through a raffle system. Some people tried to profit from this by having ads on E-bay and Craigslist but they were banned and shut down the ads.

Jackson’s entire family will attend as well as Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Usher, and Lionel Richie to name a few. It will be broadcasted worldwide.

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Michael Jackson passed away due to cardiac arrest on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Ambulance paramedics were unable to resuscitate Michael on the way to the hospital. Further autopsy will identify the reason behind cardiac arrest but family is wondering if he overdosed on Demerol.

Michael Jackson is being remembered across the world. Celebrities such as Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Flavor Flav and Corey Feldman are all devasted and shoked over Michael’s death. Michael Jackson is an icon in the music world. He will missed beyond belief.

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There has been much talk on Eminem’s latest album, Relapse, and a lot of it is hatred. Most of the album is filled with hatred as anyone could guess. It’s Eminem – he rants and raves on any song. But, Eminem comes from a hard place. It’s been five years since his last album and during the hiatus, he has been hooked on sleeping pills like Lunesta, Ambien, Vicodin, and Valium. He is no longer on drugs and his album reflects this. Relapse takes a punch at himself, Eminem, something he knows best to do. The beats are catchy, thanks to Dr. Dre’s beat production.

Although Eminem is primarily a rap artist, it is catchy and is mainstreamed onto popular radio stations. Here’s the track listing:

1. Dr. West
2. 3 a.m.
3. My Mom
4. Insane
5. Bagpipes from Baghdad
6. Hello
7. Tonya
8. Same Song & Dance
9. We Made You
10. Medicine Ball
11. Paul
12. Stay Wide Awake
13. Old Time’s Sake
14. Must Be the Ganga
15. Mr. Mathers
16. Deja Vu
17. Beautiful
18. Crack a Bottle
19. Steve Berman
20. Underground

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On Father’s Day, Canada’s MuchMusic held the 2009 Video Awards in Toronto. Many headline celebs showed up including Lady Gaga, Jonas Brothers, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas, Brody Jenner, Taylor Lautner who plays Jacob from the movie Twilight, and Girlicious.

To start off the show, Jonas Brothers preformed in the middle of downtown Toronto. They were also co-hosts to the show. Other big performances include Lady Gaga who performed two hits, “Love Game” and “Poker Face” and Black Eyed Peas who performed their chart topping “Boom Boom Pow”.

There were many winners at the MuchMusic Video Awards last night. Here’s the lowdown:

International Video Artist
Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”

Most Watched Video
Girlicious’ “Stupid S*”

Fav International Video
Jonas Brothers

Fav New Artist
The Midway State

Ur Fav Video
Simple Plan’s “Save You”

International Video Canadian
Billy Talent’s Rusted from the rain”

Video Of The Year
Nickleback’s “Gotta be somebody”

International Video Group
Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom boom pow”

Posted in: Pop Music, Rock Music by Katie / Tags: black eyed peas, brody jenner, canada, lady gaga, muchmusic, nickleback, toronto

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Courtney Love has been noted for making a solo album, Nobody’s Daughter, for years, but it turns out that she will be releasing an album under her band, HOLE.

This outrageous rocker’s style is classic rock. Similar music styles range from Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, to Stone Temple Pilots. We are sure to hear the essence of HOLE once her album comes out.

HOLE original members will not all be reunited for this upcoming album. The only two that are original to the old HOLE is Courtney Love and bassist Melissa auf der Mauer. She will be working alongside other artists to ensure world success in her work.

Posted in: Rap Music by Katie / Tags: courtney love, hole, melissa auf der Mauer, music, nobody's daughter

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