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    2 February Tuesday

    The Album Leaf

    A Chorus of Storytellers 

    ALO

    Man Of The World 

    Anchors

    Music From The Future 

    Toni Braxton

    Pulse 

    Disco Biscuits 

    Planet Anthem 

    Jamie Foxx

    Body 

    k.d. lang

    Recollection 

    Lifehouse 

    Smoke & Mirrors 

    Lightspeed Champion

    Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You

    Lil Wayne

    Rebirth 

    Midlake

    The Courage Of Others 

    Mount Eerie

    Black Wooden EP 

    Nneka

    Concrete Jungle 

    Priestess

    Prior to the Fire 

    Toro Y Moi

    Causers Of This 

    We Are Wolves

    Invisible Violence 

    Rob Zombie

    Hellbilly Deluxe II 

     

     

     

    9 February Tuesday

    Canibus

    Melatonin Magik 

    DJ Rap

    Synthesis 

    HIM

    Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice 

    Hot Chip

    One Left Stand 

    Massive Attack

    Heligoland 

    Fear Factory

    Mechanize 

    Allison Moorer

    Crows 

    Pantha Du Prince

    Black Noise 

    Pierced Arrows

    Descending Shadows 

    Redman

    Reggie Noble 9 1/2 

    Sade

    Soldier Of Love 

    Scott-Heron, Gil

    Im New Here 

    Uffie

    MCs Can Kiss EP 

    Watson Twins

    Talking To You, Talking To Me 

    Yeasayer

    Odd Blood 

    You Say Party! We Say Die!

    XXXX 

    Young Jeezy

    Thug Motivation 103 

     

     

     

    15 February Monday 

    Peter Gabriel 

    Scratch My Back 

     

    16 February Tuesday

    Raheem DeVaughn

    The Love & War Masterpeace 

    Freeway and Jake One

    The Stimulus Package 

    Field Music

    Field Music (Measure) 

    The Game

    The R.E.D. Album 

    Adam Green

    Minor Love 

    Jessica Harp

    A Woman Needs 

    Juliana Hatfield

    Peace And Love

    Lightspeed Champion

    Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You 

    Lusine

    Twilight 

    James Otto 

    James Otto 

    Ike Reilly

    Hard Luck Stories 

    Robert Pollard

    We All Got Out of the Army 

    Story Of The Year

    Constant 

    The Game 

    The R.E.D. Album 

    Tindersticks 

    Falling Down a Mountain 

    Usher 

    Raymond v. Raymond 

    Wu-Tang

    Return of the & Friends 

     

     

    23 February Tuesday

    Alkaline Trio

    This Addiction 

    All Time High

    Friends In High Places 

    David Broza

    Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt

    Michelle Branch

    Everything Comes And Goes 

    Brian Jonestwon Massacre 

    Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? 

    Cassidy

    Problem Is Back 

    Fan Death

    A Coin For The Well [EP] 

    David Byrne and Fatboy Slim

    Here Lies Love 

    DJ Khaled

    Victory

    Fan Death

    A Coin For The Well EP 

    Fang Island

    Fang Island 

    Free Energy 

    Stuck on Nothing 

    Jaga Jazzist 

    One Armed Bandit 

    K-OS

    Yes! 

    Lifehouse 

    Smoke & Mirrors 

    Daniel Merriweather

    Love & War 

    Holly Miranda

    The Magician’s Private Library

    Kidz In The Hall

    Land Of Make Believe 

    N.A.M.B.

    BMAN 

    The New Loud

    Can’t Stop Not Knowing [EP] 

    Past Lives

    Tapestry Of Webs 

    Phantom Communique 

    The Wolf And The Sheep 

    Quasi

    American Gong 

    The Radio Dept.

    Clinging to a Scheme

    The Rocket Summer 

    Of Men And Angels 

    Shout Out Louds

    Work 

    The Streets

    Computers And Blues 

    Toro Y Moi

    Causers Of This 

    Butch Walker

    I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart 

    Xiu Xiu

    Dear God, I Hate Myself 

     

     

    2 March Tuesday

    autokratz

    Animal 

    Benjy Davis Project

    Lost Souls Like Us 

    Groove Armada

    Black Light 

    Jamie Cullum

    The Pursuit 

    Jamie Foxx

    Body 

    Little Boots

    Hands 

    Natalie Merchant

    Leave Your Sleep 

    Mumford & Sons

    Sigh No More

    Rogue Wave

    Permalight 

    Sharam Jay

    In My Blood 

     

     

    9 March Tuesday

    Acrassicauda

    Only The Dead See The End Of The War 

    Alberta Cross

    Broken Side Of Time 

    Before Their Eyes

    Untouchable 

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    Beat The Devil’s Tattoo 

    Broken Bells [The Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse project]

    Broken Bells 

    Frightened Rabbit

    The Winter Of Mixed Drinks 

    Gorillaz

    Plastic Beach 

    jj

    jj n 3

    Liars

    Sisterworld 

    Monica

    Still Standing 

    The Morning Benders

    Big Echo 

    Numero Group

    Good God! Born Again Funk  

    Pavement

    Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement 

    Josh Rouse

    El Turista 

    Standard Fare

    The Novelle Beat 

    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

    The Brutalist Bricks 

    Titus Andronicus

    The Monitor 

    Wu Tang: Method Rae & Ghost

    3 The Hard Way 

     

     

    16 March Tuesday

    Chamillionaire

    Songs Grom The Heart 

    Close Your Eyes

    [Title TBA]  

    Drive By Truckers

    The Big To-Do 

    Tom McRae

    The Alphabet of Hurricanes 

    Ludacris

    Battle Of The Sexes 

    Nas And Damien Marley

    Distant Relatives 

    The White Stripes

    Under Great White Northern Lights [Live] 

    The Whigs

    In The Dark 

     

    19 March  Friday 

    The Scorpions

    Sting In the Tail

     

    23 March Tuesday

    Autechre (Deluxe Edition)

    Oversteps 

    Justin Bieber

    My World Part 2 

    Jonsi Birgisson [of Sigur Ros]

    Go 

    Cam’ron

    The U.N. – Gunz N’ Butta 

    The Dillinger Escape Plan 

    Option Paralysis 

    Goldfrapp

    Head First

    Jane Krakowski

    Live At Feinstein’s At The Regency 

    Love Is All

    Two Thousand And Ten Injuries 

    Neon Trees

    Habits 

    Redman

    Reggie Noble 9 1/2 

    Bettie Serveert

    Pharmacy of Love 

    She & Him

    Volume Two 

    Social Code

    Rock ‘N’ Roll

    Quadron

    self-titled 

     

    30 March Tuesday

    Angus & Julia Stone

    Down The Way 

    Erykah Badu

    New Amerykah, Part II: Return Of The Ankh 

    Black Francis (aka Frank Black) 

    NonStopErotik

    Blues Explosion

    Dirty Shirt Rock N’ Roll: The First Ten Years

    The Revere

    The Great City [digital release] 

    Trina

    Amazin’ 

    Blues Explosion

    Dirty Shirt Rock N’ Roll: The First Ten Years 

       

     

    6 April Tuesday

    Growing

    PUMPS 

    The Kissaway Trail

    Sleep Mountain 

    Peter Wolf

    Midnight Souvenirs

    Three Six Mafia

    Laws of Power 

    Lali Puna

    Our Inventions

     

    13 April Tuesday

    Jeff Beck

    Emotion & Commotion 

     

    20 April Tuesday

    Flying Lotus

    Cosmogramma 

    Rocky Erikson (13th Floor Elevators)

    True Love Cast Out All Evil

    King Britt

    Intricate Beauty 

     

    27 April Tuesday

    Melissa Etheridge

    Fearless Love 

    Deftones

    [Title TBA]   

       

     

    4 May Tuesday 

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

    I Learned the Hard Way 

    New Pornographers

    Together  

     
  • Jennifer Lopez – ‘Love’

    Album Preview: Jennifer Lopez – ‘Love?’


    If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Jennifer Lopez sticks to her hitmaking formula on her seventh studio album Love? While it’s not due until April, Rap-Up.com was one of the first media outlets to hear nine tracks from the superstar’s dance floor-ready project, four months prior to its release. J.Lo’s first album since becoming a mother features contributions from heavy hitters including Danja, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Neptunes (“Fresh Out the Oven”), Stargate (“Story of My Life”), Tricky Stewart and The-Dream (“Louboutins”), and Wynter Gordon.

    The follow-up to 2007’s Brave is scheduled for release around the same time as Lopez’s romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan, in theaters April 16. As the title implies, the album is a love roller coaster, taking you through the ups and downs of a relationship. Some of the tracks we previewed were not final mixes and may change between now and release, and more songs will be added. Check out our exclusive track-by-track breakdown.

    1. “Everybody’s Girl”
    Produced by Mike Caren, Written by Wynter Gordon

    It’s hard having a private life when you’re one of the most famous entertainers in the world. J.Lo questions whether her man is capable of loving her under the intense glare of the spotlight. “Can you love somebody when they’re everybody’s girl?” she asks over the slick uptempo production, while the hook repeats: “Can you love, can you love, can you love a girl?” One of the standout tracks, this could easily be a single.

    2. “What Is Love”
    Produced by D’Mile, Written by Wynter Gordon

    A version of this song leaked online earlier this year. The latest version has been mixed and hits harder with added drums. There is a “What Is Love (Part 2)” produced by Jean Baptiste that may or may not make the album.

    3. “Starting Over”
    Produced by Danja, Written by Wynter Gordon

    Jenny from the Block describes the hardships of getting back in the game after a breakup. “I’m afraid of starting over,” she sings over Danja’s fast-paced, galloping beat, while admitting she’s “still in love” with the man she left. “It’s like my whole existence he holds in his hands.”

    4. “This Cannot Be Love”
    Produced by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins

    The beginning sounds like the chords from another Darkchild joint, Brandy and Monica’s duet “The Boy Is Mine.” It quickly picks up the pace with an electro-pop beat and speedy hook (“This cannot be love, this can’t be love, this can’t be love,” she repeats). J.Lo wonders whether true love exists. “How could something that felt so right turn so wrong? … I need to know right now,” she demands. The production gets more aggressive towards the end.

    5. “One Love”
    Produced by D’Mile, Written by A-Plus

    “Took a shot with a bad boy from the block,” she croons on the leaked track. It won’t take long for listeners to make the connection to Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Mr. Wrong, he plays his part,” she says of her former music mogul boyfriend. But J.Lo is on to the next one, in search for that one true love of a lifetime. She counts her famous lovers by the numbers, #3 being Ben Affleck (“Came and swept me off my feet/ Went nowhere, but kept the ring/ Once again I’m lonely”) and her current husband Marc Anthony (“#4, you sang to me, but I’m not sure … Made me want to try once more and I couldn’t say no.”)

    6. “Keeper”
    Produced by Danja, Written by Britney Bereal and Luke Boyd

    After much searching, J.Lo finally finds Mr. Right. The beat is somewhat reminiscent of T.I.’s “Hell of a Life,” which Danja also produced. “You give me so much love, you keep it locked down,” she sings on the bouncy hook. “It doesn’t matter what they tell me … That boy’s a keeper.” One of our favorites. Danja contributed another track called “Love and War” that was not played.

    7. “Beautiful”
    Produced by Mike Caren, Written by Chris Sernel

    A guitar-driven ballad that sounds like it was made for a movie. In fact, it may be used during the end credits for The Back-Up Plan. “Some days I feel beautiful, just not today,” she sings on the Ryan Tedder-esque production.

    “Louboutins,” the first single helmed by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, as well as the Pitbull-assisted, Neptunes-produced buzz record “Fresh Out the Oven” will also be on the album.

    –D.L.

     
  • Sade – Soldier of Love

    Soldier of

    Soldier of Love

    ~ Sade

    Release Date: February 9, 2010


    Soldier of Love is only the sixth studio album the band Sade have released during their 25 year career, and the first since Lover’s Rock in 2000. For Sade herself, as the lynchpin of the group’s songwriting effort, it’s a simple matter of integrity and authenticity. “I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I’m not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.”

    The call went out in 2008 for the group to re-convene at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio, near Sade’s home in the countryside of south west England. It was the first time the four principals had met up since the Lover’s Rock tour wrapped in 2001. Bassist Paul Denman de-camped from Los Angeles, where he had been managing his teenage son’s punk band, Orange. Guitarist and sax player Stuart Matthewman interrupted his film soundtrack work in New York, and keyboardist Andrew Hale gave up his A&R consultancy.