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Archive for November 5th, 2007
Beyonce and Jay-Z Pair Up
Posted in Beyonce Knowles, Duet, JAY-Z, Las Vegas, Life Style, Music, Music People, Party, Performance, Photography, R&B, Rap Music, Singers, Song, Tickets Sale on the November 5, 2007
For the umpteenth time since they first paired up for the 2003 hit ‘Crazy in Love’ real-life musicians and lovers Jay-Z and Beyonce are teaming up. And it’s also shaping up to be the hottest ticket for the New Year’s Eve weekend.
Life & Style magazine is reporting that the first couple of hip hop will perform together around 12:30 am on December 30 for the Las Vegas opening of Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club. A friend of the couple reveals that the 37-year old rapper “wants his club to be the ultimate in entertainment. He knows the buzz is going to be huge.”
The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks
Posted in Album Release, Celebs, Garth Brooks, Music, Music People, New LP, New Single, News, Singers, Song on the November 5, 2007
In a way, it’s like Garth Brooks never retired. He may have stopped touring and releasing new music, but he kept repackaging and reissuing his older albums, striking up an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart highlighted by a second box set called The Limited Series in 2006.
Where previous Garth repackagings could seem a little unnecessary — it’s not quite clear just how many of his fans needed that second Limited Series anyway — The Ultimate Hits actually fills in a needed gap within his catalog, as Brooks hasn’t had a hit compilation since his first, the 1994 The Hits. That disc was a “limited edition” at least in theory — there were so many copies pressed it wasn’t exactly rare — and out of print since the mid-’90s, so it wasn’t available in most retail stores, plus it didn’t cover all the hits he had between its release and his retirement.
The Ultimate Hits does exactly that, containing all 18 tracks from The Hits (albeit not in the same sequencing), adding 12 hits that he had in the last half of the ’90s, along with four new songs highlighted by a cover of Huey Lewis & the News’ “Workin’ for a Livin’.” The new songs are a nice touch, but the real purpose of this set is to offer casual fans a way to get all of Brooks’ best-known hits in one package, and in that regard The Ultimate Hits not only succeeds, it’s long overdue.