Namie Amuro’s “PAST < FUTURE” was the top selling album this past week, with close to 331,000 units sold. At the age of 32, she has now become the first female solo artist to achieve #1 with an original album in her 10s, 20s, and 30s. She had three of them before her 20th birthday in 1997, followed by a couple more in 2000 and 2007. [...]

(Via Tokyograph.)

Ask me about the song that I’ve been humming a lot of lately and I’ll answer Owl City’s “Fireflies” — not! (*ahem* I’m a fan of The Postal Service.) The song that’s been stuck in my head the past week is Namie Amuro’s “The Meaning Of Us” from her newly released original album, “Past<Future” — Amuro’s first in two years.

The song is being featured as the theme song to the upcoming BeeTV drama “Onnatachi wa Nido Asabu” (the video clip above is from the drama). Unfortunately, the album hasn’t made it for sale on iTunes yet (although many of her other albums are on sale there) and being that her last album, 2008’s “Best Fiction,” isn’t up either (at the U.S. store), you’ll have to go the CD route for this one.

The Music Video for You KAN’T Do WHAT I DO! From Killa-mo 187’s new album “TWA-The White Album” Available now:

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Killamo 187 Presents the white album – holiday edition for free download till the the new
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Get in quick as this is a special christmas album and will be only availble for free for a short time – retail value of 29.99

The TerAwesome Tour takes a much needed stop in Baltimore at the OttoBar’s Christmas Party on Dec 22nd. Come party with us, it’ll be an UNsilent night! Go to www.theOttobar.com to win free tix to the party!!!

Oh.. and dont get lost we’ll miss you too much- 2549 N. Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21218

Romo – “I love the music, You love the music, I make the music You play the music, How could anyone ever hate the music? I’m giving it to you, just take the music”

Well, Romo, it’s a good thing that you give us the music, cause i would never never ever pay for this. I would probably not take another record of you even if you threatened me at gun point. How could anyone ever hate the music, you ask? Well perhaps cause you’ve released a horrible piece of curiously happy, obsolete, dancefloor garbage, worse than most you will hear on radio, best suited for a birthday party for twelve year olds.

“Hate me is what they seem to do, but as for a reason why none of them have got a clue”

Ive got a clue.  It’s cause your music is piss poor, because tracks like “Lady Luck” actually makes me angry. Because this is either a cynical attempt at making money of children, or consequence of you having the most inoffensive, nauseatingly boring taste in music that is possible. And because you still try to flog it off as grime, when you should probably be marketed as, i don’t know, a uk version of fresh prince. Not that you’re that good. And because, i guess in some vain attempt of getting the respect of the grime-scene you have totally destroyed a Dot Rotten beat. Doesnt matter if someone else makes another version of it now, you have destroyed it forever. You are a destroyer of music Romo.

Don’t download this.

http://www.herosh.com/download/1691996/Romo-Jam_Your_Hype_Promo__2009_.zip.html

Yo Killn It… Nuff Said.

Got a big weekend planned? … How to be TerAwesome

lesson #29  Leave your kids with their grandmothers or somebodies grandmothers house …. and come see us perform @ the LAVA Lounge on NOV 8th & NO RULE @ The Metro Gallery NOV 9th

You Can make it out to one right? ….. brought to you by HER Graphic

Check out our latest unofficial video for Rolling Stonez off of the TerAwesome Album/Mixtape

Il secondo eliminato della classe di Amici 9 è Giorgio.
Infatti, dopo l’uscita di settimana scorsa del cantautore Rosolino (sconfitto in una sfida), questa volta tocca al ballerino di hip pop Giorgio.

L’uscita è dovuta alla messa in discussione del banco da parte dello stesso insegnante di hip pop Kris. Gli altri componenti della commissione di danza hanno votato a sostegno delle posizioni di Kris e così per il giovane hippopoaro l’avventura termina qui.

Giorgio era stato scelto da Maura Paparo che, però, vista la gravidanza, ha lasciato la cattedra di hip pop a Kris. Fin dai primi giorni, il nuovo insegnante non si è mostrato pienamente convinto dallo studente. Infatti, come ricordato oggi argomentando la messa in discussione, lo ritiene troppo acerbo e ad un livello non sufficiente per la situazione corrente. Fuori dalla scuola, secondo lui, vi sono elementi migliori che darebbero una maggiore voce all’hip pop.

Quella di Giorgio non è l’unica messa in discussione della giornata. Infatti anche la ballerina Maddalena (che non si è finora distinta per grande brio e pare perennemente “addormentata”) è stata messa in discussione dalla Celentano.
Fortemente voluta da Steve, almeno lei sembrerebbe avere qualche prof che la sostiene (o almeno l’ha sostenuta fino ad ora). Domani il verdetto.

DJ Khaled(intro)

This is 4 the hood
This is 4-tha ghetto
This 4 dem n**** gettin dat money (bird call)
That Cash Money, that 100 million Dollar money
N**** we got money
We the best

Rick Ross
Rydin big, getting mine
2 microwaves cook a brick at a time
Bandanna on the handle ready 4 the whip (whip it)
When I wet it while it’s soft watch it disappear (boss)
I disappear in the middle of the night
When I reappear bet the boss looks so bright (so bright)
4 life (4 life) dope boi (dope boi) mo strips (O boi)
Rydin low, getting high
80 round drums lets u know the time
When u c the maybach n***** know its mine
Rydin on two 4’s im ahead of my time (watch)
1 of a kind, another 1 on my mind
Phone bill 4 grand is you hoe on the line
In the hood hoe n***** act funny
Only real n***** can touch cash money

Chorus
I spent about 100million dollars, 100 million dollars, 100 million dollars
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto

Birdman
#1
Everyday a new whip homie
So you know I get my shine on
Flip after we flip homie
So you know I get my grind on (bird call)
Birdman daddy, pullin up
In the brand new caddy
Got money living lavish
Got bitches shippin packages
Move them thangs, get then thangs
Switch that lane, get that chain
Flip them thang, get your money homie
homie do your thang (get your roll on)
See I got like 10 times (bird call)
Spent money got like 10 times (bird call)
Flip that got it like 10 times (bird call)
Got money like 10 mo times

Chorus
I spent about 100 million dollars
100 million dollars, 100 million dollars
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto

Jeezy
I from the ghetto, bottom, tha hood, da slum
Its money out here what you trying to get sum
Cool like Dre, A like K
When you talk about me better watch what you u say
Don’t ever keep them thangs where you lay
Because them p***y as n**** sho the feds where u stay
You thought your dog said he was a G
Sound like another codefendant to me (Ha, Ha)
Stop it I really don’t like him
Run and get everybody inedited
Saw da s**t coming
You thought I was psychic
F**k around and fight it

Lil Wayne
I all night it (all night it)
I everyday it (everyday it)
When it comes to my dudes
I over pay it (paid it)
Rated hood b***h
Bitch im hood
I aint asshole but im on sum hood s**t
I wish I would switch
I don’t know how
Blood gang swarm like a red ant pile
Mean mug, like I can’t smile
Like my grill didn’t cost 100 thou

Chorus
I spent about 100 million dollars, 100 million dollars, 100 million dollars
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
And I came from the ghetto, ghetto
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto, throw your hood up
If your ghetto

DJ khaled(outro)
Cash money millionaires (bird call)
Cash money billionaires
Cash money trillionaires (bird call)
We rich, we never goin to stop never
We got money (bird call)

TerAwesome Tour Hits Baltimore

Come Rock out with us!!!!!!

Weds Oct 14 @ 1023 Club/Red Square 1023 N Charles Street

“Diva Productions presents Girlz Rock & Rule” doors open at 9pm.

Were going to be jamming until 2am

$5 to rock out and $8 for anyone under 21

Must 18 and over

Tickets available online!!!!

http://www.wantickets.com/affiliates/EventDetail.aspx?id=840&e_id=76930

This is our first live performance since the release of our Mixtape/Album TerAwesome

Our show set starts between 1130pm and 1am

This is definitely a show you don’t want to miss!

With a special performance featuring Elise Major on guitar!!!

Come party with the GET EM MAMIS!!!

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Where else would you be on a Wednesday night??

I was going through some older pictures and came across this:

You can’t be too redundant these days I suppose. I guess having stuff misspelled on your car is cool too. I made a very weak attempt at a google search for “stickey” and didn’t come up with much. I figure it’s either about drugs or cars. I should probably start listening to more hip hop. Are they still calling it hip hop? Rap? Hip pop? Maybe I’ll just read all the lyrics to every gangsta rap song ever and yell them loudly out on the streets of NY. Well…goodnight.

In the past month Hip Hops most talked about and anticipated Group THE GET EM MAMIS have manage to make the entire world Party to their sounds with the release of  their mixtape “TerAwesome” . It was made available on RCRDLBL.COM for Free Download on September 8, 2009 and the noise has only became LOUDER!

The blogging world continued to Rave over the release of  their album worthy mixtape TerAwesome, having the G.E.M.’s appear on almost every site imaginable.  BF2D.Net’s French Music Editor gave TerAwesome 4 Stars and wrote

“Amateurs de Kid Sister et autres femmes au flow révolutionnaire, j’ai trouvé votre nouvelle dope. Get Em Mamis, un duo de deux américaines qui débitent plus vite que leurs ombres et qui ont récemment tapé une mixtape plutôt furieuse. Un mélange de ghetto tech et de hiphop qui fait largement patienter pour l’album de Kid Sister censé arriver le 6 octobre !”

With all the buzz on websites , magazines and blogs Baltimore G.E.M.’s caught the ear of  The Music Editor at Playboy Magazine.  They were more than honored to be featured in Playboy’s Magazine Music Section soon after the release where  music editor Tim Mohr wrote,

“Baltimore can count on female rap duo Get Em Mamis to take advantage of this golden moment. The pair rock harder than Yo Majesty…. and just dropped their own debut LP, TerAwesome.”

Get Em Mamis Playboy.Com Music Feature

The bands ability to cater to almost every music genre has allowed them to appeal to the world of Hip-Hop, French Pop, R&B, and even The Fashion Industry took notice of their catchy RUNWAY single “WorK”. Bust Magazine wrote

“In case you’ve never heard of them before, here’s a little tidbit they proudly display on their MySpace page: last year Rolling Stone ranked their song ‘Cold Summer’ higher than Lil Wayne’s ‘A Milli’ on the Singles of the Year list. Are you skeptical? Don’t be ashamed, so were we. But not for long — if the Mamis don’t have you dancing at your desk within five seconds then maybe you should just stick to Kenny G.”

The Get Em Mamis continue to stay focused on thier dream and is currently preparing to start touring Ocober 14, 2009. The TerAwesome Tour First stop will be for The Baltimore Music Conference “Girls Who Rock and Rule” show! They will be also making stops in Philly, New York, LA,  DC, and more dates are being added. For more details or took book them for your show email Taylor Washington- GetTheMamis@Gmail.om or visit them on MYSPACE.

What does the future hold you ask? International Appearances, Clothing Line for Trends and Accessories,  New Music New Videos and Continued Greatness is all in the plan but you have to Stay Tuned to the World  Baltimore’s G.E.M.’s like to call

TERAWESOME.

We will be giving advise , support, and answering your questions that you may have about the industry. If you are an artist from the DMV we encourage you to come out and Be apart of this event. See Ya There!!!

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I don’t want to sound like a grumpy old man, but I can’t stand when people play their music so loud that even when my windows are UP I can hear the music through it. It’s so loud that when you look out the window the car that the music is coming from is halfway down the road to the next block. It’s the worst kind of music you can imagine. It’s Hip-Pop. Not to be confused with HIP-HOP! I know Hip-Hop. I grew up with REAL Hip-Hop like: A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Diamond D, Run DMC, etc. The stuff that is PASSED OFF AS Hip-Hop is nothing but a bunch of lame ass beats with so much negativity that even electrons revolving around protons and electrons are like what fucking quantum universe is THIS from?

I know it’s a holiday weekend. I know many people have the day off tomorrow. I know I do, but then again I’m courteous; I think of other people. I think about the person who has to wake up at 4:00 AM every morning to clean up some other person’s crap. Or the person that wakes up and has to take car of an elderly person… or whatever the story could be. The fact is people still work…even on holidays. Not everyone had today off or even tomorrow off.

So I called 311, (NYC’s Non-Emergency Hotline). Within 5 minutes of my call the noise stopped INSTANTLY.

I just want to emphasize that I am in no way a HATER. I would never tell someone to NOT listen to their music or express themselves in a different capacity other than what they like. I do however draw the line somewhere.

I suppose the litmus test is if I can close my window and STILL hear your music…I’m definitely going to call someone about it.

I found this a while ago, I love this video. Everything in this video is TerAwesome. Id love to make something like this for our joint “Planet Swag” and have maybe Kanye West direct it. Anyway. Enjoy.

Adam Tensta ft. Sophia Somajo – Before U Know It

All translations credit goes to no1chronoptimist@ygladies.

Thank You (: The user has only posted Part 1 and has said that the next part will be translated and posted within a week.

10asia (10): As soon as “I Don’t Care” was released, the response was very favourable.

CL: Our practice time is getting longer [nowadays]. We’re focusing on practice because we figured expectations be raised after “I Don’t Care”.

10: It is known that even during your activities [following a release], there’s a lot of rehearsal time and not many stage schedules. Don’t you want to do more [public] activities?
CL: We’re still lacking in practice time. Because we spent several years only in a practice room, it feels odd if we don’t practice.

10: Does the company (YG Entertainment) make you practice that much? (Laughs.)
CL: We feel the need to. There are times when we forget everything that we practiced and just play on stage, [but] then mess up the choreography.

10: The stage must be enjoyable for you.
CL: It’s fun. Because you lose your mind a little when the music comes on.
All: Hahahahahaha.
Dara: It’s most nerve-wracking right before going up on stage.
Minzy: I don’t have a lot of stage experience yet so it’s amazing.

10: What advice do the unnis (older girls) give Minzy.
CL: We’re not in the position to give advice either. (Laughs.)
Minzy: They say let’s work hard together.

10: Minzy begins the first part of “I Don’t Care”. You must have felt a sense of responsibility about the opening.
Minzy: There was a bit of that. Because if the first button is threaded well, everything [else] falls into place (Korean idiom).

10: You just used a teen girl’s voice rather than a unique way of singing [in that song]. What was the reason for that direction?
Minzy: I just let out the voice that I have. Since my actual voice is young.

10: How do you understand the lyrics to “I Don’t Care”?
Minzy: It is extremely difficult. I try to get pull it out by imagining what I can. Watching dramas with my mom when I was young helped too.
CL: It’s a song that can be a warning message from girls to guys; it’s also a song that can be advice from girls to girls. That’s why we tried to communicate the lyrics as precisely as possible. As we were sincerely delivering a message.
Bom: Teddy oppa (the song’s lyricst and composer) said he’d like it if our voice tones were sharp so we put in effort to do so.

10: What do you think about while singing?
CL : To be honest I haven’t had any unique experiences, so on stage I just express the feelings that I felt while watching a movie or listening to music. When you spend several years in a practice room, other experiences decrease, so I usually get the lyrics or feelings by listening to the music.
Bom: In “In the Club”, I liked the part that Dara sang so much that I asked [her] what she was thinking about and she said that she was just acting. That answer came and connected with my heart.

10: Does your acting experience in the Philippines help when you sing, Sandara?
Dara: I consider myself to be acting when recording, filming a music video, or on the stage. [But] I’ve heard some talk that it’s slightly excessive, so I’m trying to control myself.

10: Your fans in the Philippines seem extremely proud.
Dara: And they monitor in real-time. I’m grateful that they send me presents too. Since I have so many friends and memories there, I feel like it’s my native home.

10: You entered YG after experiencing enormous popularity in the Philippines. Wasn’t your decision difficult?
Dara: My original dream was to be a singer, and I wanted to do proper music so it wasn’t a big worry. Although I’m aging (laughs), I think I was patient because it was for something that I wanted to do. There were times when I felt in a slump or lonely but I never thought of giving up.

10: Maybe it was because of your image during activities in the Philippines but it was surprising to see you digest the hip-hop ambiance.
Dara: I liked Jinusean sunbaes’ or 1TYM sunbaes’ songs a lot from a long time ago, but I never thought that I could do it. I wanted to enter YG because I liked its family-like atmosphere, but I saw when I came in that everybody listened to hip-hop music all the time. Seeing that, I got more and more into hip-hop, and wanted to wear hats or large men’s clothes such as baggy pants.

10: I heard that at YG, sunbaes (seniors) directly give lessons. Sunbaes like Se7en and Danny [join in to] help during practice; everyone gives us so much help.
CL: It’s not that there’s a separate lesson time that’s set, they just come find us and do it.

10: Which song do each of you like from the album?
Dara: “Pretty Boy”. It’s the song that can express my voice the prettiest. I like the lyrics too. This is also a story about a strong girl, and it distinctly shows each member’s individuality.
CL: I like “Let’s Go Party”. When that song first came out, I recorded the demo in English, solo. I’ve had a strange feeling [about it] since then. It’s an exciting yet sad song.

10: If one listens to the album, there’s a mix of song genres. Even just in “I Don’t Care” there’s a mix of reggae and hip-hop; how was it to absorb the song.
CL : I think that we’re doing hip-hop at the core. But just like you can see in the fashion these days, just because you do hip-hop doesn’t mean you wear baggy pants and a big t-shirt. I think hip-hop changes with the generation. Because currently in the States, Kanye West doesn’t wear big pants nor do old school hip-hop.

10: I heard that Bom liked Mariah Carey.
Bom: I really liked Mariah Carey and Beyonce. I like music with a beat too. And I want to rap. But I can’t actually rap well. That’s why it’s such good fortunate that I met Chae Lin (CL).

10: You must have felt like the group was complete when you met CL.
Bom: Before debuting as 2ne1, we did a rap feature for each other for fun and [she] was really impressive. Although there was a big age gap, I did think that we were well-suited to each other.

10: How did you get into music, CL? I heard that you got into YG by giving CEO Yang Hyun Suk a video clip with you rapping on it.
CL : Because my father listened to music a lot, I naturally listened to music a lot since I was young. Although my father liked diverse music, I only listened to hip-hop. As I entered YG, I realized that that wasn’t necessarily all. I broadened my mind while listening together to the music that sunbaes listen to, and [now] listen to a lot of diverse music. Nowadays I’ve come to listening to music by muscians such as MIA. I constantly listened to a lot of music before the debut. I’d sing at home with earphones in and then want to dance, so I learned a variety of dance too.

10: What kinds of dance?
CL: Ballet and jazz dance. Hip-hop wasn’t something I [took lessons for]; I just approached dancers and got to know them while translating when they [worked] with foreign dancers.

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Busta’s back with a Top 40/club friendly track. “World Go Round” seems to be a challenge to The Black Eyed Peas and Flo Rida for Hip-Pop music. Estelle sings the chorus but doesn’t really add that much to the song. I’m thinking she should’ve rapped a little…

I can’t help but compare every singer who comes out of Okinawa to Namie Amuro (who set the bar for female and male artists IMHO) and Meisa comes the closest in style and sound. The only question for me now is whether Meisa can pull it off live or not.