Welcome Winter: Album Review

What better stocking suffer than a CD? Fits effortlessly in any stocking(s) so be sure to get: Amy Winehouse, T-pain, and Yelawolf because they surely aim to please!



T-Pain | reVOLVER (12/06/2011)

Teddy (Bend Your…) Pain, is just mind blowing. The “Auto-Tune King” has definitely evolved and you can confirm this thru his versatility, and from his ballets. Just about everyone and yes there mama collaborated with T-Pain like: Lily Allen, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown among others. On “Drowning Again”, you can definitely picture him singing “The Star Spangle Banner” at a future Super Bowl because you can tell the strength in his vocal pipes you can’t deny it—the boy can sing! Best-Bet Picks: “5 O’ Clock”, “Bang Band Pow Pow”, “Drowning Again”, “Look At Her Go”, and “Turn All The Lights On”.



Amy Winehouse | Lioness: Hidden Treasures (12/02/2011)

I have to be honest—I kept looking for the “wow factor” on this album and I didn’t quite get it. I think the features on the album and the versatility was to fill the void (which it didn’t). Don’t get me wrong there were a few tracks that where heartfelt merely because we lost an extraordinary talent too soon. Tracks like “Tears Dry”, brings the audience back to the jazzier side that we will never have the opportunity to witness. Best-Bet Picks: “Our Day Will Come”, “Valerie”, and “Tears Dry”.

Yelawolf | Radioactive (11/21/2011)

Folks are calling him the new “Slim Shady”, I’d agree he is no Limp Bizket or Vanilla Ice! Phenomenal world play, and great narrating as he rap’s his stories. “…happy birthday Alabama (drinks on me, for me, not you)..”, you can now be proud of something more than just the Civil War? Executively directed by Eminem, however, there were still a handful of collaborations with other elites such as: Gansta Boo, Lil Jon, Kid Rock and more. Best-Bet Picks: “Made in the U.S.A.”, “Let’s Roll”, “Growin’ Up In The Gutter”, “Hard White (Up In The club)”, and “Animal”.