Bad Meets Evil, an explosive duo!

This week, I will talk about a band which does a type of music that I didn’t write about yet. It’s Bad Meets Evil! It consists of the rappers Royce da 5'9" (Bad) and Eminem (Evil), so you can guess, they do hip hop music.

http://www.badmeetsevil.net/ 

The two rappers grew up in Detroit and had mutual friends, but it’s at a show of Usher in 1997 that they really met each other. They decided to form a group, encouraged by the people around them and because of their chemistry.

They did many tracks, but, in 2001, Eminem work on an album with Dr. Dre’s. A conflict appeared between Royce's manager and Dr. Dre’s, which dissolved the duo in 2002. Later, an altercation between Eminem and Royce cut off any connections between them. Finally, they reconciled in 2006 after the death of their mutual friend and rapper Proof. In 2008, they officially worked again together and, in 2010, a project started to come alive. They finally released the album “Hell: The Sequel” in 2011.

If you listen to a song of 1999, for example “Scary Movies”, and to a song of 2011, for example “Fast Lane”, you can see a big difference. Their music evolved with their careers and experiences and, in my opinion, it’s a great fact!

Maybe you don’t know the songs that I named before, but you probably know the song “Lighters” with Bruno Mars. It’s my favourite song of them! There are also “Bad Meets Evil” and “Fast Lane” which have very interesting sounds!

Which song of this duo do you prefer?

Do you know other ones that you could make me discover?

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Hedley, My Favourite Band!

This week, I will talk about a Canadian pop-rock band that I was supposed to see in their show during the spring break. I want to talk about Hedley! And for people who care about it, the show was canceled because of Jacob’s illness and is reported to June 1^st 2012.

http://www.hedleyonline.com/ 

The current band was formed in 2004 in British-Columbia. Its members are (In order on the picture)Chris Crippin,Dave Rosin Jacob Hoggart (lead singer) and Tommy Mac.

I said “current band”, because originally the band was formed of Jacob Hoggard, Kevin Giesbrecht, Kevin Heeres, Ryan Federau and Brandon McKay. The old band bet Jacob $150 that he couldn’t finish into the top three for Canadian Idol. Jacob succeed the challenge, being in the top three, and he had to tell his fan to stop to vote for him, because he wanted to go out of the competition to continue with Hedley. Unfortunately, his friends of Hedley had put aside the band to concentrate them on their future. At this moment, Tommy Mac, Dave Rosin and Chris Crippin, who wanted to form a band and searched a singer, heard about Jacob, because of the TV show. He joined him and the band was formed!

Hedley released four albums to date. There is “Hedley” (2005), “Famous Last Words” (2007), “The Show Must Go” (2009-2010) and “Storms” (2011). They have so many hits, beginning by On My Own and Gunnin’(2005), passing by For The Nights I Can't Remember and Never Too Late (2007), continuing with Cha-Ching, Don't Talk to Strangers and Perfect (2009), now with One life and Invincible (2011) and there are many more! They were nominated and won awards repeatedly since 2004.

Hedley is, by far, my favorite band! I love their music and the energy they have. According to me, their album Storms is their better to date. My favourite songs of them are Perfect, Invincible and One Life.

And you, do you like this band?

Which album is your favourite?

Which songs do you prefer?

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fun., a Name Which Says Everything!

No, there's no mistake in the title! There is a dot and no capital letter, because, this time, I will talk about “fun.”; but not “fun” like “happiness”. 

"fun." is the name of a band formed in the winter of 2008 in New York. Its members are Nate Ruess (lead vocals), Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff. Before 2008, they were in three different bands (respectively The Format, Anathallo and Steel Train). This band was an idea of Nate who already knew the two others and asked them to join him for his project. They took one week to work together and the result was very positive!

 http://www.myspace.com/fun/music

Their sound is a mix of indie, pop and rock music. They released two albums. There are “Aim and Ignite” in 2009 and “Some Nights” in February, 2012. Maybe you already know their new song “We Are Young”! If you like it, I suggest you to go to listen to their other songs. For example, there are “Walking the Dog”, “Some Nights” and “C’mon” (with Panic! At the Disco) that I really like and, if you prefer slower songs, there are “Take Your Time” and “Glamber”.

I hope I make you discover a new band!

Give me your feeling about them.

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