Batman – Prince

Prince’s eleventh studio album was of course the soundtrack to the first ever Batman movie, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger. Legend has it, the movie’s director Tim Burton actually asked Prince to contribute the songs “1999″ and “Baby I’m A Star” to the film, but Prince decided to come up with something [...]

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E-Life – Mint Condition

What can I say about record number nine from the Mint Factory? First of all, it’s their second independent release, via Caged Bird/Image Entertainment. Second, it was released in April 2008, despite its 2007 date. I noticed they released it digitally before they put out a physical version of the album. And yeah, I could’ve [...]

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Time Traveller – Plantlife

When I first heard about Plantlife, I really thought they were a joke group, very much like Cypress Hill, most notably due to the fact that their lead singer sang in an unbelievably cocky voice, which was probably more whiney than anything else. The fact that they were being compared to Prince & Outkast also [...]

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Here I Stand – Usher

I’ve known about Usher Raymond since 1998. That was back when he was singing about wanting to leave the woman that he was with so that he could begin a new relationship with somebody else – or rather, the girl who played match maker for the young couple. Naturally, I thought that that was a [...]

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Home – Spearhead

I remember turning the TV on sometime in 1994 and seeing some guy with dreadlocks being interviewed on a now-defunct Australian music show called “Video Smash Hits.” Don’t ask me what he discussed though, because while I still remember this guy being featured on the show, I unfortunately tuned in while they were wrapping things [...]

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