Friday, July 13, 2007
Random Bits Random bits -- July 13, 2007
Posted by Mosi Reeves on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 4:31 PM
Here are a few items related to the wonderful world of Atlanta music -- and sometimes Athens, too!
First off, Warm in the Wake's American Prehistoric is awesome. If there's any justice in the world, it will become the next rock group to break out of Atlanta. American Prehistoric comes out via Livewire Recordings Aug. 28, and you should definitely pick up a copy. In the meantime you can content yourself with this Jan. 22, 2004, Warm in the Wake Profile by Kevin Forest Moreau.
Keri Hilson's single with Timbaland, "The Way I Are," is in the Billboard Top 10 and the soundtrack to a McDonald's commercial about rollerskating. I didn't know she was from Atlanta, however, until MTV.com ran a feature on her last week. You can read the story here.
More evidence that ATL has the music world on lock: Six of the current top 10 Billboard singles involve local musicians. In addition to the Timbaland/Keri Hilson collabo, there's Akon (T-Pain's "Bartender"), T.I. ("Big Things Poppin'"), Yung Joc (T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank") and Shop Boyz ("Party like a Rockstar"). Rihanna's "Umbrella" was co-produced by Chicago transplant C. Tricky Stewart.
As expected, T.I.'s new album, T.I. vs. T.I.P., opened at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. The album has mostly drawn mixed reviews. Metacritic.com, a site that compiles album reviews from several major publications, tallied a cumulative score of 60. In related news, MTV.com reports that T.I. smacked a fan who threw an object at him during the 2007 ESPY Awards, ESPN's self-congratulatory confluence of sports and celebrities.
The body of KRS-One's stepson, Randy Hubbard Parker, was discovered in his Atlanta apartment last weekend. He apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I don't know if KRS-One himself still has a residence here -- he was reportedly out of the country at the time -- but condolences go out to him and his family.
No dead clubs this week, at least none that I know of.
New clubs: Luckie Food Lounge, 375 Luckie St.
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Warm in the Wake has another album out, it\\\'s called Gold Dust Trail, it\\\'s got their song, \\\'Tame Thoughts\\\' on it. Definitely worth the $8!
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