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Former adult film star Heather
Hunter is now a rapper. She is set to release her debut CD The
Unexpected next month on Blo Records. She recently granted our
sister site Thabiz.com a full interview. Check
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Review-Billy Ocean
Ultimate Collection
Billy Ocean burst on to the music scene
in the early 80's with his hit single Caribbean Queen (No More
Love On The Run). The singer from Trinidad enjoyed what only
few artist could accomplish--success on both top 40 stations
and the R&B charts.
With it's solid track and memorable chorus "Caribbean Queen"
was one of the biggest hits of 1984. Many thought Billy might
go the one hit wonder route of another islander who had a big
hit and vanished, remembered Eddie Grant? The two have one thing
in common, they both lent hits to soundtracks for the Romancing
The Stone movies. Eddie sang the title track for the first installment
in the series and Billy Ocean lent the song "When The Going
Get's Tough" to the films sequel.
Billy Ocean Ultimate Collection does this artist great justice.
The 18 track collection was released by Jive Records in July
of 2004. This compilation has all the hits. It wasn't until
I picked this up that I realized just how many hits Billy had.
His ballads "Suddenly" and "There'll Be Sad Songs"
are modern classics. Then who can possibly forget his comical
song "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car." Nowadays
it's hard to believe such a quirky song would be a hit, but
this was the 80's around the same era of "Electric Youth"
and 'walk The Dinosaur." This song also appeared on the
soundtrack to the movie License To Drive.
If you are a Billy Ocean fan this 18 song collection will suit
you fine. If you only want the hits, you can't miss either.
The songs that weren't big hits are decent. The booklet is a
nice addition. Billy Ocean has almost been forgotten in music
history but he contributed several hit songs to the 80's. The
set is priced a little high but it's worth it if you are a fan.
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Teena Marie is back! The legendary songstress
who's 80's hits included the songs "Square Biz," and
"Lovergirl" is back with a brand new 2004 release.
Cash Money Classics will release Teena's album La Dona. The
lead single "Still In Love" is already in heavy rotation.
The album La Dona features appearances from other 80's artists
who have stayed in the game--Mc Lyte, Gerald Levert appear on
the album. The track "I Got You" reunited Teena and
icon Rick James. |
Listen to "Still In Love"
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were pioneers that created music that reached the masses.
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| Hip Hop & R&B music is much more than just
music. It is a culture that all of America began embracing in
the 1980's. Artist like Michael Jackson, Prince and Whitney Houston
saw their albums reach multi platinum status and they began to
hear their music played on mainstream top 40 radio, whereas in
the past many R&B artist were only heard on urban radio. |
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| In the mid 80's urban trends and styles such as break dancing
and ghetto blasters were common place on television. The Hip Hop
movie was born in the 1980's with films such as Breakin, Wild
Style, and Krush Groove. |
| In the late 80's rap music began to rise
in popularity and has yet to see a decline. Rap was so versatile
that many people felt that it was a style of music that would
go away. Rap, Hip Hop and R&B music has continued to thrive
and is a major part of American culture. |
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