Christina Aguilera - Bionic
Christina Aguilera claims that her personal experiences shape each album that she releases and that she captures those characteristics to use in her music. She has become an actress, a wife and a mother in the four years between Back to Basics and Bionic, so one might expect all kinds of changes in her music.
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Sade - Soldier of Love
In general, I’ve never been a huge fan of either R&B or soul, but Sade has always been the one exception that seems to transcend those genres…in the same way that Bob Marley rises above his reggae counterparts.
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Blakroc - Blakroc
Rock rap was certainly thrust into the mainstream when Run DMC teamed up with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way,” but even Blondie’s “Rapture” hinted at the eventual fusion of rap and rock.
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Chris Cornell - Scream
Chris Cornell thought that he would enlist Timbaland to do some remixes for his 2007 album, Carry On, but once the two got together they “accidentally the whole” new album.
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Jenny Wilson knows Hardships!
The second album from Swedish singer-songwriter Jenny Wilson doesn’t sound quite as upbeat and pop-like as her debut album Love and Youth. Aside from the deeper, soulful new sound, another key difference is that she now has a backing band instead of playing every instrument herself. Plus, this album is about the hardships of motherhood rather than love and youth.
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