Watch No Doubt performing "Spiderwebs" :

Watch No Doubt performing "Don’t Speak" after the jump…

I love Gwen Stefani and I’ve accpeted that she really doesn’t sound that good live, heh. Nevertheless, she rocks. However, ithe performance just felt a little awkward and her hair looked a bit silly like that. I’m an advocate for Women beign Hot Mommas and all that. But there comes a point when a performer should show some maturity. I guess I was asking a more evolved approach form the group now since let’s face it, they’re not in their 20’s anymore.

New Kids On The Block is successful with their reunion because they’ve shown maturity in their looks, performance and their new album. I’m not getting the same feeling with No Doubt. Gwen Stefani looked like she was over compensating and frankly, a bit awkward. Having said all that, I’d still buy their new album because I’m a fan and I would like to find out how this new one is comapred to their old ones.

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It’s Alright, It’s Ok by Ashley Tisdale came out a few a week ago or so but I didn’t rush into listening to it or watching the video. I’m not a fan, sorry. She’s a beautiful girl, don’t get me wrong but I already like Miley Cyrus, I don’t think my ears can handle any more nasal way of singing, heh. But I finally listened to Ashley’s single today and well, I wish I stuck to my guns and just didn’t even venture out there. What’s done is done though.

All I can say is that Ashley’s voice sounded too much of a scream or a shriek. I actually prefer Vanessa Hudgen’s sound. She happens to be Ashley’s co-star in the High School Musical phenomenon aka Zac Efron’s girlfriend. In summation, my ears are still ringing from listening to Ashley. No offense hun.

It’s Alright, It’s Ok is off of Ashley Tisdale’s upcoming album Guilty Pleasure that’s due out on June 16th.

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Love Sex Magic is written by Justin Timberlake, James Fauntleroy, Robin Tadross, Mike Elizondo, and Ciara. The song is off of Ciara’s third studio album, Fantasy Ride. If you pay attention to the song, it actually sounds like "Rock Your Body" from Justin Timberlake’s Justified album.

Love Sex Magic is very sexy, raunchy, risque. The beginning pretty much spells foreplay. This is also the video where it shows Ciara licking Justin’s ears. Ciara described the video as inspired by Le Crazy Horse de Paris (Crazy Horse Cabaret). A Parisian cabaret performed by female dancers in a venue for artists, magicians, mimes and jugglers.

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What do you think of the song and video? Fergie called it "to the left" in the sense that there’s no usual catchy chorus or romantic connotation to reel in the listeners. The latter being the "formula" found in the top 40 songs. It is I guess different from what they have released throughout the years. The video is interesting. If it isn’t that obvious, it has tech and futuristic vibe into it. It’s more socially relevant in a way which is cool.

I am looking forward to hearing the whole album. You?

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So I popped the CD in and put it on replay pretty much throughout the day. My first impression after the 1 cycle is that the album is Cohesive. How so? It’s definitely a dance album. You will dance from the first track "Just Dance" all the way to the last track "Summerboy". All the songs have a nice beat into it. To be honest, the songs all sound the same which is why I call it cohesive. Having said that, I still like it. There is just something into every song pretty much sounding all the similar yet making me want to shake my hips and throw my hands up in the air through all of them. NICE. I’d probably get in trouble for saying this but while Lady Gaga could pass as Christina Aguilera’s twin, there were some songs on the 14-track album where I thought I was listening to Jennifer Lopez.

There’s a slightly ballad-sound in the song "EH, EH (Nothing Else I can Say)" but overall The Fame is a dance-club album that would appeal to anyone who well, loves to dance. It’s a great work-out CD to listen to that’s for sure.

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The song is very good, the acoustic guitar that Taylor Swift played herself was also good. Miley Cyrus was ok. She sounded like she was yelling. She was also making a lot of strained facial expressions. I like Miley Cyrus but she wasn’t that impressive last night. I wish they did something else.

It was their first time performing at the Grammy’s, that’s all they could think of to do? C’mon now. Miley could’ve done an elaborate set with 2 or 3 of her songs and Taylor could’ve done the same thing with her own 2-3 hits. It could’ve been like a Young Pop Music Star on one stage, and a Young Country Music Star on the other side of the stage. That would’ve been much better in my opinion. This duet that I myself was looking forward to was a letdown considering it was the Grammy’s. You know, where big things should happen.

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Here’s the video of Kelly Clarkson’s hit single "My Life Would Suck Without You". Videos from all over the places have been posted then yanked off hours later but My Play is usually generous with their Artist’s videos so this would probably stay .

"My Life Would Suck Without You" jumped on to the #1 spot on weeks time in Billboard’s charts. It’s also # 1 in digital downloads. "All I Ever Wanted" will be out on March 10th.

What do you think? I like it. The beginning is so cute and romantic. Then it becomes irritating, annoying, dysfunctional, yet truthful. It portrays something real in any relationships that I’m sure any of us have experienced in life. It shows what really matters in life. Being a pain in the butt or work things out because in the end, Your Life Would Suck Without Him/Her. Good job Kelly!

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Pop Artist’s Name : Hikaru Utada

Album : Not yet titled. Release date is on March 24th, 2009 under The Island Def Jam Music Group. 10 songs written by Hikaru Utada, produced by Stargate (Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Beyonce) and Tricky (Britney Spears, Madonna, Mariah Carey)

Single : Come Back to Me (Radio and iTunes : February 9th)

Sound : A mixture of Leona Lewis and the Quintessential Pop Music

Biography : Hikaru Utada was born and raised in Manhattan NYC. Her Father is Utada Teruzane, an accomplished musician and producer. Her mother is Keiko Fuji, a successful Japanese enka (ballad) singer. Hikaru studied at Columbia University. She wrote and recorded her first song by age 11. She signed on with EMI and released a Japanese album after she graduated Junior High School. She is one of the most successful and acclaimed pop singers in Japan with record sales of over 52 million under her belt.

What Utada thinks of her upcoming album : "I like to make music that’s multi-layered. You might just want to dance, without really diving into the lyrics. And then if you like words, you might notice the references I make to Captain Picard or Winona Ryder. Both things are equally important to me-to be catchy, so when you hear it on the radio it sticks out, and to have that depth."

Stargate comments : "Working with Utada was great. She walks in, has confidence about her, integrity, and a voice that you can’t believe. We were really blown away."

My verdict after listening to "Come Back To Me" : WOW! Big voice, soulful, clean, and full of emotion. I am looking forward to hearing more from this girl.

Listen to "Come Back To Me" by Utada  and let me know what you think.

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I must say that I am very impressed by Katy Perry’s acting ability. She looked really believable as the military girlfriend who is very much in love with her soldier, but is also weak to fight temptations. She sings about being disgusted by her infidelity. She cries about thinking about her Man the whole time. But then of course the soldier died in  combat.

I love the period scenes from the video. It totally matched Katy Perry’s beauty and fashion sense.

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The new video for Leona Lewis’s new single, "I Will Be" off of her successful debut album, SPIRIT is out. The video features Gossip Girl hottie, Chace Crawford. Unfortunately, the video is unembedable so I can only post the link to it. Watch Leona Lewis’ "I Will Be Video" at YouTube.

The video is like a movie. Leona and Chase had some dialogues. With a bag full of cash. Ooh. Leona has been up to something naughty, huh? If you check out the video stills I posted a few weeks ago, you’d pretty much know what the story is. Alright go aatch Leona Lewis’ "I Will Be Video" at YouTube and let me know what you think.

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