Featured Artists: Jay Z + Rogue Wave + Chris Brown

Jay Z
rocafella.com
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Snippet Bio: CEO, rapper, entrepreneur, and multi-Grammy award winner Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) is back one more time from his short-lived retirement from music-making with American Gangster, inspired by the film of the same name starring Denzel Washington and directed by Ridley Scott.

Rogue Wave
roguewavemusic.com
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Snippet Bio: Rogue Wave was formed in 2002 when Zach Rogue took off from his San Francisco home, headed for New York, and came home with nearly a full album’s worth of songs recorded. Rogue then quit his post in his previous group, the Desoto Reds, and finished the album, which was released on Rogue’s own Responsive label under the title of Out of the Shadow.

Chris Brown
thechrisbrownfanclub.com
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Snippet Bio: Pop-oriented R&B vocalist Chris Brown debuted with the Scott Storch-produced “Run It!” and became the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard singles chart.

Featured Artists: Natasha Bedingfield + Wisin y Yandel

Natasha Bedingfield
natashabedingfield.com
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Snippet Bio: Originally from New Zealand, Natasha Bedingfield grew up in southeast London, where she and her siblings were raised around music. By their teens, Natasha, brother Daniel, and sister Nikola had formed an R&B-based singing group. It didn’t last, but the experience encouraged the Bedingfields to keep pursuing music.

Wisin y Yandel
wisinyandelpr.com
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Snippet Bio: Though Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel (born Juan Morera and Llandel Vegilla) were around for some time (their debut album, Reyes del Nuevo Milenio, was released in 2000) and gained fans and recognition with records like 2004’s De Otra Manera and 2005’s Mi Vida: La Pelicula, it wasn’t until Pa’l Mundo hit the number one Latin album spot on the Billboard charts that they began to be recognized outside the Spanish-speaking community.

Featured Artists: Little Brother & Underworld

Little Brother
hallofjustus.com
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Snippet Bio: art of the new-millennium resurgence of alternative rap, Little Brother’s inspirations were atypical for Southern hip hop: classic Native Tongues outfits like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as more recent torch-bearers like the Roots and Black Star.

Underworld
underworldlive.com
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Snippet Bio: Vocalist Karl Hyde and guitarist Rick Smith formed Underworld in the early ’80s during the new wave explosion. After a couple of unsuccessful albums, the duo hit it big after adding a young DJ named Darren Emerson to the mix. The trio’s debut album, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, appeared in late 1993 to critical acclaim and was released in the U.S. by TVT records in 1995.

On The Road: In This Moment

In This Moment is one of my favorite bands in Metal right now. There album has been out for a little over 9 months and has already made a huge presence. The band is on the road with Ozzie and Rob Zombie at many cities all over the US! Here are some of the Dates after the jump.

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Featured Artists: The Pipettes, cafe tacvba & in this moment

The Pipettes
thepipettes.co.uk
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Snippet Bio:With matching polka-dot dresses and seamless ’60s-inspired choreography, Brighton, England’s girl group the Pipettes came together in 2004. Local promoter Monster Bobby wanted to bring the classic Spector-esque sound to the new millennium masses, thus recruiting Becki, Julia, and Rose to complete his pop twist package.

Cafe Tacvba (Artist of the Week)
cafetacuba.com.mx
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Snippet Bio:Café Tacvba is a Grammy and Latin Grammy winning group from Mexico often credited as the preeminent band to have arisen from the rock en español movement of the early ’90s. Comprised of Rubén Albarrán (vocals, guitar), Emmanuel del Real (keyboards, programming, acoustic guitar, piano, vocals), Joselo Rangel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals), and Enrique Rangel (bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals).

In This Moment (On the Road)
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Snippet Bio: Born of a chance meeting and the innate musical rapport established between vocalist Maria Brink and lead guitarist Chris Howorth, In This Moment quickly grew from local cult favorites performing in Los Angeles clubs to a MySpace phenomenon before landing a deal with Century Media Records.