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October 2014

Album Review: 1989 by Taylor Swift

October 29, 2014
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Taylor Swift announced to the world that the newly released 1989 was a straight up pop album. Few people probably thought she had ever been making something other than pop music. Swift’s song construction has always been pop, and apart from country instruments that were usually mixed in the background, most
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Album Review: DK3 by Danity Kane

October 28, 2014
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Fans of the MTV’s Making The Band series and Sean “Diddy” Combs produced band Danity Kane had a reason to rage like maniacs last year after four of the original members of the quintet reunited and had plans to regroup despite the drama that ultimately broke them up back in
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Single Review: “Baby Don’t Lie” by Gwen Stefani

October 20, 2014
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The new single from the leading lady of No Doubt has dropped today. For her comeback to the music scene as a soloist, Gwen Stefani enlisted Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco and Noel Zancanella to create a midtempo Pop number that, surprisingly, feels subpar. “Baby Don’t Lie” starts with a promising
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The Velvet Rope Therapy

October 11, 2014
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You may be asking yourself, “what the hell is the velvet rope therapy?”  Well, good thing you asked. The Velvet Rope is an album- a masterpiece is a more suitable description- that Janet Jackson released in 1997. I have a strong sense of relation to Janet. No, I don’t feel like we’re
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Spotlight: Mila J

October 3, 2014
Some of you may have heard this song on the radio around the same time a more known hit song called “The Worst” was being spun heavily through the airwaves earlier this year. It’s a case of two sisters sharing a moment in the spotlight. Yes, Jamila Akiko Chilombo, better known
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