I am Music

Country Music Reviews

2009-07-02T13:05:00.002-04:00

Some recent reviews of country music singles, by me, posted on the GeorgiaJukebox:

Eli Young Band - "Radio Waves"

Steve Holy - "Baby Don't Go"

Jason Michael Carrol - "Hurry Home"

Due West - "I Get That All the Time"

Montgomery Gentry - "Long Line of Losers"

Eli Young Band - "Guinevere"

Phil Vassar - "Bobbi With an I"

Trailer Choir - "Rockin' the Beer Gut"

Rascal Flatts - "Summer Nights"

Jack Ingram - "Barefoot and Crazy"

Jake Owen - "8 Second Ride"

Toby Keith - "Lost You Anyway"

Billy Currington - "People Are Crazy"

Darryl Worley - "Sounds Like Life to Me"

Third Eye Blind - "Away"

2009-05-01T10:53:00.003-04:00

New single from Third Eye Blind, off of their upcoming Ursa Major.

Third Eye Blind - "Away"

Lil' Wayne songs

2009-05-01T10:40:00.003-04:00

Recent Lil' Wayne features:

Rick Ross ft. Lil' Wayne, T-Pain, Kanye West - "Mayback Music 2"

Busta Rhymes ft. Lil' Wayne, Jadakiss - "Conglomerate"

Jadakiss ft. Lil' Wayne - "Death Wish"

Eminem - "3 a.m."

2009-05-01T10:35:00.001-04:00

New single from Eminem, from the highly anticipated Relapse, due out 15 May.

Enjoy.

Eminem - "3 a.m."

Nicole Scherzinger, Rihanna - "Dangerzone"

2009-05-01T10:30:00.002-04:00

New demo by Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls and Rihanna called "Dangerzone."

Nicole Scherzinger, Rihanna - "Dangerzone"

Lil' Wayne ft. Kevin Rudolf - "Spit"

2009-04-30T18:30:00.002-04:00

New song from Lil' Wayne, featuring Kevin Rudolf.

Dig.

Lil' Wayne ft. Kevin Rudolf - "Spit"

The Wreckers - "Strawberry Wine"

2009-04-30T18:28:00.002-04:00

New single from The Wreckers, though no album is scheduled for release.

Enjoy.

The Wreckers - "Strawberry Wine"

Dave Matthews Band - "Funny How It Is"

2009-04-30T18:22:00.003-04:00

First single from the upcoming Dave Matthews Band album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, due on 2 June.

Enjoy.

Dave Matthews Band - "Funny How It Is"

Incubus - "Black Heart Inertia"

2009-04-30T18:20:00.002-04:00

New single from the upcoming seventh studio album from Incubus.

Enjoy.

Incubus - "Black Heart Inertia"

Keith Urban - "Why It Feels So Long"

2009-03-24T10:26:00.002-04:00

New song from Keith Urban, from Defying Gravity, in stores 31 March.

Keith Urban - "Why It Feels So Long"

Ludacris - "Everybody Drunk As F***"

2009-03-24T10:16:00.003-04:00

New song from Ludacris, featuring Shawnna.

More drinkin' music, dig.

Ludacris ft. Shawnna - "Everybody Drunk As F***"

Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"

2009-03-24T10:12:00.002-04:00

New single from Kenny Chesney, in typical Kenny Chesney fashion. The man is prolific.

To be on his next Greatest Hits, due out in May.

Dig.

Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"

Rascal Flatts - "Forever"

2009-03-23T10:29:00.003-04:00

The second single from country band Rascal Flatts' upcoming Unstoppable, in stores 7 April.

Dig, I love these guys.

Rascal Flatts - "Forever"

Brad Paisley - "Then"

2009-03-23T10:24:00.003-04:00

Here is the first single from Brad Paisley's upcoming American Saturday Night, due in June.

Brad Paisley - "Then"

Toby Keith - "Lost You Anyway"

2009-03-23T10:20:00.002-04:00

Check out my review of Toby Keith's "Lost You Anyway" at TheGeorgiaJukebox.com.

It's the third single from his 2008 album, That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy.

Billy Currington - "People Are Crazy"

2009-03-13T08:44:00.003-04:00

Check out my review of Billy Currington's second single ("People Are Crazy") from his Oct. 2008 album, Little Bit of Everything, at TheGeorgiaJukebox.

and download the song here.

Akon, T.I., Snoop Dogg - "Day Dreaming"

2009-03-11T14:53:00.004-04:00

Best song of the week. Period.

New mixtape track produced by DJ Drama, with Akon, T.I., and Snoop Dogg.

Dig it.

Akon, Snoop Dogg, T.I. - "Day Dreaming"

Gorilla Zoe - "Don't Feed Da Animals"

2009-03-11T14:45:00.003-04:00

Second album from Boyz N Da Hood member Gorilla Zoe, Don't Feed Da Animals, in stores 17 March.

Dig.

Gorilla Zoe - Don't Feed Da Animals

Pussycat Dolls - "Jai Ho" [live - video]

2009-03-11T14:39:00.002-04:00

Pussycat Dolls performance from Jimmy Fallon Live.

It's the Oscar-winning song from Slumdog Millionaire, "Jai Ho."

Dig.

Gloriana - "Wild at Heart"

2009-03-11T12:41:00.002-04:00

New country band, all over country radio and TV right now.

Reminiscent of a younger Little Big Town, with a little less talent and vocal range. Catchy song though for their first single.

Dig it.

Gloriana - "Wild at Heart"

Darryl Worley - "Sounds Like Life to Me"

2009-03-10T20:46:00.003-04:00

See my review of Darryl Worley's new single "Sounds Like Life to Me" at TheGeorgiaJukebox.com.

and download the song here.

Dig.

Third Eye Blind - "Non Dairy Creamer"

2009-03-10T17:23:00.002-04:00

Not a new song, but one of my favorites from 2008:

The first single from Third Eye Blind's upcoming fourth studio album, Ursa Major, due in April. Dig it.

Third Eye Blind - "Non Dairy Creamer"

Darryl Worley - "Sounds Like Life to Me"

2009-03-10T09:29:00.001-04:00

New single from Darryl Worley, to be released on his upcoming 2009 album (no release date set yet).

Good song, so dig it.

Darryl Worley - "Sounds Like Life to Me"

Carrie Underwood - "Home Sweet Home"

2009-03-10T09:16:00.002-04:00

New single by Carrie Underwood, originally recorded by Motley Crue. To be premeired on American Idol on Wednesday.

Dig.

Carrie Underwood - "Home Sweet Home"

Taylor Swift - "Crazier"

2009-03-09T11:01:00.003-04:00

New song from Taylor Swift, from the upcoming Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack.

Taylor Swift - "Crazier"

Keri Hilson ft. Akon - "Mic Check"

2009-03-09T10:15:00.003-04:00

New song, from her upcoming album, due out 31 March.

Featuring Akon, beats by Timbaland.

Keri Hilson Ft. Akon - "Mic Check"

New country singles

2009-03-07T13:24:00.004-05:00

Expect new singles from Brad Paisley ("Then"), Kenny Chesney ("Out Last Night" - clip here), Keith Urban ("Kiss a Girl"), and Luke Bryan ("Sorority Girls") within the upcoming days.

As well as new material from Tim McGraw, eventually.

For now, new single from Gretchen Wilson.

Dig.

Gretchen Wilson - "The Earrings Song"

Flo-Rida - "Sugar"

2009-03-07T13:17:00.002-05:00

New single from Flo-rida, to be on his 31 March sophomore album, R.O.O.T.S.

Dig.

Flo-Ride ft. Wynter - "Sugar"

U2 - "I'll Go Crazy..." [live - video]

2009-03-07T13:02:00.002-05:00

Live at Fordham University, new rocker from U2, from their new album No Line on the Horizon.

"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"

Dig it.

Upcoming albums

2009-03-06T11:18:00.006-05:00

10 March

Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted

17 March

Gorilla Zoe - Don't Feed Da Animals

24 March

Martina McBride - Shine

John Rich - Son of a Preacher Man

Eric Church - Carolina

31 March

Keith Urban - Defying Gravity

Royce da 5'9'' - Street Hop

Flo-Rida - R.O.O.T.S.

7 April

Rascall Flatts - Unstoppable

Jason Aldean - Wide Open

Emerson Drive - I Believe

19 May

Eminem - Relapse

30 June

Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night

Dec

Eminem - Relapse II

New Found Glory - "Not Without a Fight"

2009-03-06T11:13:00.003-05:00

New album, due out 17 March.

New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight

Keri Hilson ft. Lil' Wayne, T-Pain - "Turnin' Me On (Remix)"

2009-03-04T14:07:00.004-05:00

Another hot Keri Hilson song, featuring Lil' Wayne and T-Pain. Off of her new album In a Perfect World..., to be released 24 March.

Dig it.

Keri Hilson ft. Lil' Wayne, T-Pain - "Turnin' Me On (Remix)"

Kanye West - VH1 Storytellers

2009-03-04T12:24:00.004-05:00

New videos from Kanye's recently filmed VH1 storytellers sessions.

Voice box or not, Kanye is a performer.

Here's "See You In My Nightmares" and "Amazing" from 2008's 808s and Heartbreaks. Dig it.

Taylor Swift - "Stripped: Raw & Real"

2009-03-04T10:10:00.003-05:00

New live country EP by Taylor Swift.

Dig it.

Taylor Swift - Stripped: Raw and Real

1. Love Story
2. Change
3. Fearless
4. Teardrops On My Guitar
5. Beautiful Eyes
6. Picture To Burn
7. Should've Said No
8. Untouchable (Luna Halo)
9. Interview

Lil' Wayne - "Rock Star" [music video]

2009-03-04T09:55:00.001-05:00

New rock video from Lil' Wayne. "Rock Star" from his upcoming album.

Dig it (if you're into that kid of thing).

Rihanna - "Whipping My Hair"

2009-03-04T09:45:00.003-05:00

New.... post-Chris Brown-beat down.

Dig it.

Rihanna - "Whipping My Hair"

Keri Hilson ft. Ne-Yo, Kanye West - "Knock You Down"

2009-03-04T09:38:00.004-05:00

New single. A little bit of Ne-Yo and a little bit of Kanye West. Song by Keri Hilson.

Dig it.

Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West, Ne-Yo - "Knock You Down"

Keith Urban - album cover

2009-03-02T22:39:00.001-05:00

The cover to Keith Urban's upcoming Defying Gravity, in stores 31 March.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

2009-03-02T22:35:00.004-05:00

New rap singles from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, from upcoming album Uni-5, due sometime in 2009.

To be their first album featuring all five members in over a decade.

Enjoy.

Bone Thugs - "The Game Ain't Ready"

Bone Thugs - "'Nuff Respect"

John Rich - "Shuttin' Detroit Down"

2009-03-02T22:30:00.002-05:00

New country single by Big & Rich singer/songwriter John Rich, lamenting the sad economic state of the country, especially the Motor City. From Son of a Preacher Man, in stores 24 March.

John Rich - "Shuttin' Detroit Down"

Enjoy.

Pat Green - "What I'm For"

2009-02-26T15:57:00.003-05:00

In country music since 1995, including hit "Wave on Wave," Pat Green's highest charting album was 2009's What I'm For.

It's best three songs, as good as anything on country radio right now. Enjoy.

Pat Green - "Country Star"

Pat Green - "Footsteps of Our Fathers"

Pat Green - "Lucky"

John Legend - "Lay Your Head Down"

2009-02-26T15:50:00.003-05:00

A recent (2/25) unreleased recording by John Legend.

Soulful.

Enjoy.

John Legend - "Lay Your Head Down"

Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" and "Life In Technicolor II"

2009-02-26T15:39:00.004-05:00

Two recent acoustic video performance of their 2008, grammy-winning single "Viva La Vida" and "Life In Technicolor II."

Just Chris Martin a piano and a guitar. Enjoy.

New Rap Songs

2009-02-25T15:54:00.006-05:00

New mixtape single from T-Pain and Kanye West, with Mr. West back to rapping, sans the Auto tune and 808s.

T-Pain ft. Kanye West - "Flight School"

Also, new demo single from Dr. Dre, with T.I. and Nas.

(rumored to be from Detox, but who really cares anymore?)

Dr. Dre ft. T.I., Nas - "Topless"

Also, one of many Paper Trail outtakes and alternates leaked recently.

T.I. ft. Akon - "Hero"

Enjoy.

U2 - "No Line on the Horizon"

2009-02-25T15:45:00.005-05:00

A decidedly-more rockin album than the previous two releases by Belfast's beloved sons, U2 March 2009 No Line on the Horizon features a little less Bono and a little more Edge than fans may be used to.

Enjoy.

U2 - No Line on the Horizon

Blog Info

2009-02-25T15:37:00.004-05:00

The purpose of dabbling in this blog, and blogging in general, is to share with friends, internet users, family, whoever, the music that provides such a large part of my life.

(Oh, and money, of course. I'm yet too see how profitable this venture will become.)

So, that being said, check this damn thing every day. Let me know if there are any songs, albums, videos - out or upcoming - that you would like to see. And i'll find them.

Also...

-if you have no knowledge of these file uploading sites, let me know, i'll let you know how to use them

-if songs are deleted from downloading sites, let me know and I will re-up them

-leave comments, become a follower of the blog, tell people about, click the ads, whatever you want

Thanks,

from management.

Photo by Matt Fortuna.

Jason Aldean - "Wide Open"

2009-02-25T15:16:00.007-05:00

The highly anticipate second album from country-rocker Jason Aldean, Wide Open is set to release 7 April.

With first single "She's Country" already on airwaves, here's the full album six weeks in advance.

Enjoy.

Jason Aldean - Wide Open

Joe Budden - "In My Sleep"

2009-02-16T21:47:00.003-05:00

Joe Budden - "In My Sleep"

Off of his second studio album, Padded Room, in stores 24 February.

Enjoy.

The Fray - "You Found Me"

2009-02-15T12:22:00.003-05:00

The guy (Isaac Slade) can sing...
and write...
and play.
He's a triple threat.

Off of their self-titled second album. Enjoy.

Rascal Flatts - "Here Comes Goodbye"

2009-02-11T17:32:00.007-05:00

The not-so-new single from Rascal Flatts' upcoming album, Unstoppable, due to be released 7 April.

Enjoy.

Rascal Flatts - Here Comes Goodbye

(and yes, if you were wondering: Gary LeVox does have frosted tips..... like a Mini Wheat.)

Photo by Melissa Dale, Wikipedia Creative Commons

Vampire Weekend

2009-02-11T16:05:00.008-05:00

The best underground band of 2007, and one of the best albums of the same year. Here's a three-song sampler:

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Vampire Weekend - A Punk (The song from the beginning of Step Brothers.)

As reviewed by me in Detroit's Metro Times:

It isn’t the pop-harmony style, reminiscent of the Rascals, that make indie pop foursome Vampire Weekend special. And it isn’t the literate, new wave edge owing to Elvis Costello and Paul Simon that stands out, though it’s nice to hear a garage band owing to someone other than the Clash or the Who. No, it’s the who’d’ve-thunk-it Afro-pop syncopation that helped the band land their single “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” on Rolling Stone’s list of the best songs of 2007. Influenced by the three-chord percussion of a timeless African drum sound, they fuse Brit-rock with a clean-cut, upper-class sound (well, they did go to Columbia University) and even add some woodwinds. Don’t be confused by the sweaters or polos, these guys can play.

Enjoy the tunes.

Photo by Kekslover, Wikipedia Creative Commons

Rap Pack and the Grammy's

2009-02-09T21:35:00.001-05:00

If the four most charismatic - dare I say swagger-havin' - emcees in the rap world don't get you excited about the state of hip hop...

... maybe all four of them - Jay-Z, T.I., Lil' Wayne and Kanye West - on one stage, dressed as a modern day Rat Pack does.

Hell, if that doesn't do it, maybe Kanye's Lionel Ritchie haircut did..

Either way, here's their Grammy night blitz, with a very pregnant M.I.A. performing "Swagger Like Us" on her due date. Enjoy.

SLU 09 GA Live
by yardie4lifever2

(If not, here's Lil' Wayne and Robin Thicke with a tribute to the city - New Orleans - that spawned nearly all of popular music, American rock and roll, blues, rap, jazz, and syncopation, and the "George Bush hates black people" gem.

Off of Tha Carter III. "Tie My Hands" live at the Grammy's.

John Rich [Big & Rich] - Another You

2009-02-09T21:17:00.001-05:00

My first post with some actual music (expect much more):

This is John Rich (the little half of Big & Rich), the soft voice and songwriting talent of "Lost in This Moment." Not to mention "Sunshine and Summertime" (Faith Hill), "Come Crying to Me" (Lonestar), "Hicktown," "Amarillo Sky" and "Johnny Cash" (Jason Aldean).

This is his new single from his upcoming solo album, Son of a Preacher Man (borrowed from the title of the 1968 Dusty Springfield folk hit). Titled "Another You," it was followed by "Shuttin' Detroit Down," a protester lamenting the economic conditions in the motor city.

Enjoy.

John Rich - "Another You"

i am music

2009-02-08T17:00:00.001-05:00

My purpose:

(with a little help from rapper Common):

You can feel me all over alive,

I help culture survive,

I opened the eyes of many

Styles y'all wrote in the skies,

with your lows and highs,

open your mind to hear me

Wherever I go I create the setting

You know me from lessons or your pops collections

Whether whole or half stepping I'm a blessing

Yo I am music