Wednesday, September 19, 2012

About Rap / Hip-Hop: 'Cruel Summer' Review

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From Henry Adaso, your Guide to Rap / Hip-Hop
Inside: My two pennies on the Kanye West-led G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Cruel Summer, a preview of Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city, and a new J. Cole song.

Preview: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
My calendar tells me we're five weeks away from Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city, so here's a preview to whet your appetite.... Read more

J. Cole - "I'm a Fool"
Sampling Cee-Lo's Grammy-winning "Fool for You," Cole hits on his personal life, larger social issues, and the foolish state of... Read more

Review: G.O.O.D. Music - 'Cruel Summer'
Cruel Summer binds up a feeling of grandness, wraps it in a pink macaroon and neatly stacks it in a gold-embossed chest topped with a.... Read more
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Friday, September 14, 2012

About Digital Music: Philips CitiScape Headphone Reviews

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From Mark Harris, your Guide to Digital Music

In this week's edition of the Digital Music newsletter:

  • Philips Aims to Add Style to Your Music Listening With its CitiScape Collection.
  • Slacker Radio Review.
  • Problems Streaming Music Videos in Windows Media Player?
  • How to Vary Playback Speed of a Song Without Changing Pitch.

Philips CitiScape Aims to Add Style to Your Music Listening

With the launch of their CitiScape collection, Philips aims to emphasize how important design and style is as well as high quality sound when using headphones. The global electronics giant has created a selection of fashionable headphones to enhance your digital music listening which have been... Read more


Slacker Radio Review

Slacker Radio is an online music service that you can use to listen to hundreds of compiled radio stations, or even create your own customized ones. With support for social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, you can also share your radio stations with friends and find out what they are listening to. Even though Slacker is essentially a subscription service, it offers a free basic account so that you can test drive its features before committing financially. To find out more, read this full Slacker Radio review to discover how it measures up to other Internet radio services like Pandora, Spotify, and others. Read more


Problems Streaming Music Videos in Windows Media Player?

Are you having problems playing video in windows media player? Do you have video stutter or constant buffering problems when streaming music videos for instance? If you've ruled out a slow Internet connection and the possibility of an overloaded website, then it could be as simple as optimizing the settings in WMP. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to easily tweak WMP to improve streaming video playback. Read more


How to Vary Playback Speed of a Song Without Changing Pitch

Do you want to find out how to change the playback speed of a song or video without changing the pitch? You can do this in Windows Media Player 12 and is useful for example if you are learning to play a musical instrument such as the guitar. You can also change the playback speed of videos too in WMP which can be a great aid in following educational videos where slow motion is needed to better understand a concept. Read more


 


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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

About Rap / Hip-Hop: Best of the 2000s

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From Henry Adaso, your Guide to Rap / Hip-Hop
Like the theme music to a good movie, the music of the 2000s underscore a unique decade in rap. These songs and albums signify the spirit of an era. Ladies and Gents, grab your iPods, rev up your DeLorean, and join me on a trip down memory lane.

100 Best Rap Albums of the 2000s
Counting down the 100 greatest rap albums of the 2000s... Read more

Top 50 Summer Rap Songs of the 2000s
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100 Best Rap Songs of the 2000s
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25 Worst Trends of the 2000s
Counting down the 25 most preposterous hip-hop trends of the 2000s.... Read more
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