Articles for tag: Auto Tune, Autotune, Food Tv, Jazz Fusion

Is Auto Tune Ruining Music?

Is it any wonder with everything going high-tech in the last ten to fifteen years that music would inevitably be affected too? I am one of those people who is a music purist. You’ll find them in various genres of music, especially with classical, jazz, blues, and the early years of rock. A purist in ...

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TQ’s Paradise: Album Lacks Strong Writing, Production, Vocals

TQ is a Compton, California, singer whose primary claim to fame was his hit single, Westside. Since that point, TQ has been unsuccessful in reaching that same kind of success. He has had numerous solo deals. However, his one hit has overshadowed him. Now TQ is back with his newest album, Paradise. Can Paradise set ...

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Chris Brown’s Exclusive: Early Album Review

Two years ago, the world was getting its first glance at R&B; singer Chris Brown. After almost 2 million records sold Chris Brown is now back to take the industry by storm on his sophomore album, Exclusive. A lot has changed in the past two years as on his debut there was not the incredible ...

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Seriously, Lay Off Bob Dylan’s Voice

My mother is an interesting study of musical taste. She’s of the baby boomer generation. Born in 1955, she wasn’t quite old enough to partake in the counter-culture (not that her super-Conservative roots would open her up to that anyway), but she certainly was part of a generation that by and large put rock and ...

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Steam Powered Giraffe: Steampunk Performance Artists Making Ironic Commentary on Soulless State of the Auto-tune Generation

The sedated condition of contemporary pop music needs something to resuscitate it before it flatlines. Anyone for a dose of steampunk-flavored vaudeville performance art? Steam Powered Giraffe is damnably difficult to pigeonhole. Which does much to explain why this trio of robots are performing daily at the San Diego Zoo while Katy Perry sells out ...

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Cupid – Time for a Change: Early Album Review

Louisiana based R&B; Cupid is definitely a guilty pleasure. On his debut album Time For A Change, Cupid keeps the mood light with party anthems and dance tracks. Will the lack of depth hurt Cupid in the long run or is Time For A Change the guilty pleasure album of 2007? The first single off ...

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Top 10 Best Hip Hop Songs of the 90s

Check out the best hip hop songs of the 90s, the decade when we learned to get down and jump around. From high-octane dance tunes to hardcore rap hits, the many different genres of 90s hip hop songs here will take you back to a time when we heard some of the greatest voices of ...