Hocus Pocus ,

Les nantais d’Hocus Pocus ont toujours fait la différence. Leur rap jazzy, positif et intelligent occupe une place à part au sein du rap français. Place 54, leur second opus, vient confirmer cette originale singularité.

73 Touches, leur premier album, est sorti en 2005 mais a eu une longue carrière de rééditions, remixs et, surtout, de concerts. Un courant d’air provincial balayant les stéréotypes, une formule magique qui a très vite pris. Autour du charismatique auteur-rappeur 20Syl, les Hocus Pocus ont créé un son unique (10 ans d’existence quand même !) grâce, notamment, à l’emploi de vrais instruments et à de très fortes références aux mondes jazz, funk et soul. Leur identité a alors séduit un public dépassant largement le cercle des fans de rap. Hocus Pocus, c’est d’abord du bouche à oreille avec, dés 2002, leur tout premier 8 titres « Acoustic HipHop Quintet » qui s’est écoulé comme de petits pains, sans aucune promo. C’est aussi l’extraordinaire chance de compter dans leurs rang les fameux C2C, collectif de DJ’s double champion du monde. ….Read More

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The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) ,

is an American hip hop group based out of Los Angeles. The group is composed of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. Since their breakout album Elephunk in 2003, the group’s pop/dance-oriented style has sold an estimated 15 million records worldwide.
The group’s fifth studio album, The E.N.D. (“The Energy Never Dies”), was released on June 9, 2009. “Boom Boom Pow” was released on February 22 online and March 30 on iTunes. It has become the group’s first song to reach #1, where it has remained for 10 weeks, on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 1 in Australia, in Canada, and in the UK. The album has a more techno-funk beat rather than the usual hip/hop and R&B feeling of their previous albums.

The first promo single, “Imma Be,” was released for download on iTunes on May 19 in the US, entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 50 on the week ending June 6, 2009.

Group front man will.i.am told Billboard that The E.N.D. stands for “The Energy Never Dies”, which describes his model for a project that will be living and frequently updated throughout its designated cycle. “It’s a diary … of music that at any given time, depending on the inspiration, you can add to it,” the artist/producer/songwriter explains. “I’m trying to break away from the concept of an album. What is an album when you put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs? That’s not an album. There is no album anymore.” He describes the music as “a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful. We call it, like, electric static funk, something like that.

The second promo single “Alive” was released for Download on May 26.

The third promo single “Meet Me Halfway” was released for Download in the US on June 2.

They are scheduled as the opening act for U2 on the final dates of their 2009 American tour, with dates at Norman, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

After the release of The E.N.D., the Black Eyed Peas released “I Gotta Feeling” as the second official single from the album. “I Gotta Feeling” climbed to number one on the US iTunes chart replacing “Boom Boom Pow” which dropped to number two. ….Read More

Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.(Deluxe Edition)

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Joseph Foreman ,

(born July 29, 1974), better known by his stage name Afroman, is a Grammy nominated American comedy rapper who came to prominence with his singles “Because I Got High” and “Crazy Rap”. Initially unknown when beginning his career, his song “Because I Got High” circulated around the Internet before becoming a hit worldwide. He was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002.
Frobama: Head of State is the twelfth studio album released by Afroman on May 5th 2009. ….Read More

Afroman – Frobama Head Of The State

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