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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Mario (American singer)
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Mario Dewar Barrett, known mononymously as Mario, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and model. He is known for his singles Just a Friend and Let Me Love You and he has released four studio albums, Mario, Turning Point, Go, and D. N. A. At the end of the 2000s decade, Mario was ranked by Billboard at number 98 on their Artist of the Decade list and his fifth studio album, Paradise Cove, is yet to be released. Mario grew up in Baltimore and other neighborhoods in Baltimore County. He lived with his grandmother, who raised him while his mother struggled with a drug addiction. Mario said at the age of four that he wanted to become a singer and his mother supported his dream and bought him a karaoke machine. Mario joined a group in Milford Mill Academy with the oldest son of comedian MoNique and best friend Jaye Brebnor. Barrett learned to play the piano and used that skill as the basis for his melodies and he was discovered at age eleven and signed by producer Troy Patterson, after singing Ill Make Love to You at a Coppin State College talent show. His musical influences include Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, Brian McKnight, Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson, Usher and his first introduction to the music industry was the Dr. Dolittle 2 movie soundtrack in 2001. He sang a cover of the Stevie Wonder song You and I at Clives Grammy party in 2002, in July 2001, Mario began recording his major-label debut album, titled Mario, which was nearly a year before the official release in March 2002. The albums lead single Just a Friend 2002, which was a cover of Biz Markies song, was an success, follow-up singles were Braid My Hair and Cmon. He was the act on the Scream Tour 3, which features the headliner, such as B2K, Marques Houston, Nick Cannon, Jhené Aiko. As of 2006, his album has sold over 700,000 copies. During this period, he became a draw in the teen market, after his debut album was released, Mario wanted to record an album that was more mature. He enlisted a number of producers to help him, such as Scott Storch. He released his album, Turning Point on December 7,2004. The album was successful than his first, mainly because of the hit single Let Me Love You. The single was written by Ne-Yo, other follow-up singles include How Could You co-written by J. Valentine, with a cameo appearance in the video by rapper Cassidy, Here I Go Again and Boom featuring Juvenile
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Turning Point (Mario album)
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Turning Point is the second studio album by American recording artist Mario, released by J Records in 2004. A R&B record with elements of soul and hip hop music, it involves a diverse roster of collaborators including Scott Storch, Lil Jon, The Underdogs, Carvin & Ivan. The first single from the album was Let Me Love You, the second single was a split single. In the US, How Could You, a written by Bay Area singer-songwriter J. Valentine, was released but in the UK. The fourth and final single from the album in the US was Boom, the album guests include Cassidy, Juvenile, Baby Cham and, for the official Let Me Love You remix, Jadakiss and T. I. In the UK, the received a Parental Advisory sticker. Due to the success of the album, it was released in a DualDisc edition, in support of the album, Mario supported R&B trio Destinys Child in their tour, Destiny Fulfilled. And Lovin It, as an act for the American leg. In an interview with MTV, Mario explained, One of the biggest reasons I wanted to do it is that I did want to stand out from everybody, I get to share it with the world. I been blessed to be in this situation, I just been pacing myself, working real hard on this album. Thats what my life is about now, my transition into manhood. Mario said, He did a lot of back in the day, youd be surprised, Mario said of the producers talents. He played me some stuff he did for Erykah Badu, for Lauryn Hill, when I went to Scott, we went in the studio and freestyled and came up with some great records. The interviewer stated, Storch also produced Call the Cops and the Let Me Love You remix with Jadakiss, Mario called on Lil Jon and Juvenile for Boom. Mario said, Its a straight club banger, theres another record called How Could You. I did that with the Underdogs and its a ballad about me being in a relationship with some shorty. She was doing things behind my back. Im telling her, Yo, how can you teach somebody the ghetto Kama Sutra and its a timeless record, real strong and powerful
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
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CD single
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This article is about the 12cm single. Not to be confused with 8cm single, the standard in the Red Book for the term CD single. A CD single is a single in the form of a standard size compact disc. It is not to be confused with the Mini CD single, the format was introduced in the mid-1980s but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s. With the rise in digital downloads in the early 2010s, sales of CD singles have decreased, commercially released CD singles can vary in length from two songs up to six songs like an EP. Some contain multiple mixes of one or more songs, in the tradition of 12 vinyl singles, depending on the nation, there may be limits on the number of songs and total length for sales to count in singles charts. Containing four tracks, it had a limited print run. CD singles were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart in 1987, the Mini CD single format was originally created for use for singles in the late 1980s, but met with limited success, particularly in the US. The smaller CDs were more successful in Japan and have become more common in Europe. By 1989, the CD3 was in decline in the US and it was common in the 1990s for US record companies to release both a two-track CD and a multi-track maxi CD. In the UK, record companies would also release two CDs but, usually, these consisted of three tracks or more each. Pressure from record labels made singles charts in some countries become song charts, allowing album cuts to chart based only on airplay, without a single ever being released. At the end of the 1990s, the CD was the single format in the UK, but in the US. In Australia, the Herald Sun reported the CD single is set to become extinct, while CD singles no longer maintain their own section of the store, copies are still distributed but placed with the artists albums. That is predominantly the case for popular Australian artists such as Jessica Mauboy, Kylie Minogue and, most recently, Delta Goodrem, the ARIA Singles Chart are now predominantly compiled from legal downloads, and ARIA also stopped compiling their physical singles sales chart. On a Mission by Gabriella Cilmi was the last CD single to be stocked in Kmart, Target and Big W, sanity Entertainment, having resisted the decline for longer than the other major outlets, has also ceased selling CD singles. In Greece and Cyprus, the term CD single is used to describe a play in which there may be anywhere from three to six different tracks. These releases charted on the Greek Singles Chart with songs released as singles, in September 2003, there was talk of ringtones for mobile phones outstripping CD singles sales for the year 2004
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Contemporary R&B
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Contemporary R&B, also known as simply R&B, is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. The genre features a record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel. Electronic influences are becoming a trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness. Contemporary R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by such as Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Craig David, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston. That same year, Teddy Riley began producing R&B recordings that included hip hop influences and this combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed new jack swing and was applied to artists such as Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Al B. Guy, Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe, the style became less popular by the end of the 1990s, but later experienced a resurgence. In 1990 Mariah Carey released Vision of Love as her debut single and it was immensely popular peaking at number 1 in many worldwide charts including the Billboard Hot 100, and it propelled Mariahs carrier. The song is said to have popularized the use of melisma. During the mid-1990s, Whitney Houstons The Bodyguard, Original Soundtrack Album sold over 40 million copies becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Janet Jacksons self-titled fifth studio album janet. which came after her historic multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey recorded several Billboard Hot 100 No.1 hits, including One Sweet Day, Carey also released a remix of her 1995 single Fantasy, with Ol Dirty Bastard as a feature, a collaboration format that was unheard of at this point. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—Daydream, II and CrazySexyCool. In the late 1990s, neo soul, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by such as DAngelo, Erykah Badu. Hill and Missy Elliott further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles, beginning in 1995, the Grammy Awards enacted the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, with II by Boyz II Men becoming the first recipient. The award was received by TLC for CrazySexyCool in 1996, Tony Rich for Words in 1997, Erykah Badu for Baduizm in 1998. At the end of 1999, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson as the first, simultaneously, in the second half of the 1990s, The Neptunes and Timbaland set influential precedence on contemporary R&B and hip hop music. R&B acts such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, in 2001, Alicia Keys released Fallin as her debut single. It peaking at one on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Top 40
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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J Records
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J Records was an American major record label owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 2000 and was dissolved into RCA Records in 2011, olivia was the first artist to sign to J Records, but was later dropped due to poor album sales. In 2001, the label found success with its multi-platinum record inaugural release, Songs in A Minor, the album of Alicia Keys. The same year, Lyric signed to the label and became the first female group act under J Records, by late 2001, J Records attained another success with the platinum-selling debut album by O-Town. Later, established artists like DAngelo, Luther Vandross, Jamie Foxx, and Monica would join the J roster, in 2002, BMG bought a majority stake in the label. The same year, J Records began functioning under the RCA Music Group, where Davis had been appointed president and CEO, in August 2005, J Records operations were merged with Arista Records, although both labels continued to release their own product. During the summer of 2011, RCA Music Group underwent a restructuring which shuttered J along with sister labels Jive, RCA Records will now start releasing all RCA Music Group releases under RCA Records. com Interview with J Records A&R Peter Edge
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Epic Records
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Epic Records is an American record company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 and it later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres, including pop, R&B, rock and hip hop. Historically, the label has housed popular acts such as Boston, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Anastacia, and Sly & the Family Stone. Along with Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainments three main record labels, L. A. Reid has served as chairman and CEO of Epic since July 2011. Sylvia Rhone was appointed president in March 2014, Epic Records was launched in 1953 by Columbia Records for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe, pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records were transferred to Epic which made Okeh a rhythm and blues label. Epics bright-yellow, black, and blue became a familiar trademark for many jazz. By 1960, the musical base had been expanded to include all genres. This was done in part to prevent the roster of Columbia Records from being overstuffed with newer artists, subsequently, Epic became better known for its signing of newer, fledgling acts. By the end of the 1960s, Epic earned its first gold records and had evolved into a formidable hit-making force in rock and roll, R&B and country music. Among its many acts, it included Roy Hamilton, Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Tammy Wynette, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Lulu, July, Helen Shapiro and Jeff Beck. Also during the 1960s, Epic oversaw the smaller subsidiary CBS labels including Okeh Records, in 1968, Epic recordings began being distributed in the UK by CBS after the distribution deal with EMI expired that year, Epic itself launched in England around 1971. Epic was involved in a trade of artists. Graham Nash was signed to Epic because of his membership in The Hollies, when the newly formed Crosby, Stills & Nash wanted to sign with Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün worked out a deal with Clive Davis whereby Richie Furays new band Poco would sign with Epic. Also contributing to the success was its distribution of Philadelphia International Records. Sony bought CBS Records in 1987, and the company was renamed Sony Music in 1991. In 2004, Sony merged with another powerhouse music distributor, BMG, bringing labels such as RCA, Arista, Columbia, Epic, Jive, in February 2009, singer and songwriter Amanda Ghost was appointed president of Epic Records. Later in the year, Sony BMG Music merged Epic and Columbias operations, Sony BMGs Legacy Recordings reissues the companys classic and catalog titles
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Jay Mason Jr. is an American record producer, songwriter and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for performers in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears. Dre and Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton and Mary J. Blige, Mason Jr. was born into a musical family. His father, noted jazz drummer Harvey Mason, Sr. and mother, Sally Mason, Harvey moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child and followed his father to many recording sessions with such greats as Quincy Jones, The Brothers Johnson and Herbie Hancock. Mason Jr. penned his first song at the age of eight for Grover Washington Jr. titled Love Makes It Better, after attending the University of Arizona on a basketball scholarship from 1986–1990 and playing in the 1988 Final Four, he began working as a songwriter/record producer. Some early work included tracks for British pop artist Michelle Gayles album Sensational in 1997 and he co-produced the jazz album Ratamacue with his father, Harvey Mason in 1997. In addition he worked with Mason Sr. s group Fourplay, in 1997, Mason Jr. also penned the track Truthfully which caught the attention of record producer, Rodney Jerkins. The track was produced for Brandys 1998 album Never Say Never, in 2000, Mason Jr. co-wrote the track I Like Them Girls with Damon Thomas for Tyreses album 2000 Watts. The success of song led to a partnership and the formation of Underdog Entertainment. In 2001, he collaborated with British designer and former member of the Spice Girls Victoria Beckham on her album including tracks like Girlfriend. In 2004, The Underdogs signed a deal through BMG under Clive Davis and created Underdog Music Publishing. In 2006, The Underdogs produced the soundtrack to the motion picture “Dreamgirls” which won the Critics Choice Award in 2007 for best movie soundtrack. After a three year hiatus, The Underdogs reunited in 2011 to produce Up 2 You for Chris Browns album F. A. M. E, the Underdogs wrote and produced the song The Living Proof performed by Mary J. Blige for the movie The Help. The Underdogs wrote and produced the single from Chris Browns album Fortune titled Turn Up the Music. In 2012 The Underdogs produced the vocals for the film Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. In 2014, they produced South Korean girl group Girls Generations hit Mr. Mr. & its labelmate Exos Overdose, as well as the music for biopic Get on Up about the life of James Brown. In 2015, The Underdogs produced the music for the sequel to the widely successful Pitch Perfect movie, Pitch Perfect 2, Mason Jr. formed his independent company Harvey Mason Media in 2008. It encompasses his film and record productions, music publishing, and he produced the title track I Look To You along with Tricky Stewart and the cover of Song for You along with Stargate for Whitney Houstons 2009 album I Look To You
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Let Me Love You (Mario song)
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Let Me Love You is a song by American singer Mario, from his second studio album, Turning Point. It was written by Ne-Yo, and produced by Scott Storch, the remix of the song, also produced by Storch, contains rapped verses from Jadakiss and T. I. The song was an instant hit, garnering Mario a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2006, in 2008, it was ranked at number 45 on Billboards All-Time Top 100 Hot 100 singles during the first 50 years of the chart. It was the eighth most successful single of the according to the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade chart released in December 2009. In 2013, it was ranked at number 53 on Billboards All-Time Top 100 Hot 100 singles during the first 55 years of the chart. Let Me Love You is a moderate R&B ballad in the Dorian mode and it is written in common time. The song was written by Ne-Yo, and features him singing backing vocals in two-part harmony, jon Parales from The New York Times commented that Let Me Love You looks back to another 1980s blockbuster, lifting its keyboard sound from Tina Turners Whats Love Got to Do with It. In 2004, Let Me Love You was nominated for a Vibe Award for Best R&B Song, in 2006, Mario was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance with Let Me Love You. He also received an MTV Australia Awards nomination for Best R&B music video for Let Me Love You. Let Me Love You held the position on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks from January to February 2005. It also reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, internationally, it reached the number-one position on the singles charts in Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, making it Marios biggest hit to date in the UK. The single also holds the honor of being one of the highest-selling ringtones with 1.6 million downloads, the music video was directed by Little X. Charlotte Church covered the song as a B-side to her Call My Name single. The cast of Glee covered the song in the season 3 episode Heart, zayn Malik from One Direction sang the song at his audition for The X Factor in 2010. Austin Mahone and Justin Bieber each covered the song at the start of their careers, indonesian singer Dhika Moela covered the song in 2014. Mario and Zendaya performed the song on ABCs Greatest Hits in 2016, country pop artist Chris Lane recorded a cover version of the song for his debut studio album, Girl Problems. The Voice Nigeria contestants Chike and Patrick from team Patoranking did a version of the song for their battle round in 2016. U. S. CD single Let Me Love You Let Me Love You Let Me Love You Let Me Love You U. S. com Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Here I Go Again (Mario song)
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Here I Go Again is a R&B single by Mario. It is the single from his second studio album Turning Point. The single was released on May 2005 and it was produced by Drama Family Ent. and Ron Neff-U Feemster. The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 11, the official remix of the song produced by Blacksmith and another remix was produced by Mauve. The song was used to promote the 2011 video game, Need for Speed, The Run, but it does not appear in the actual game. From Contactmusic. com there are two different reviews one from Candice Finney that stats, This track is so funky and so better than his first outing with “Let me love you”. Mario has come back with a sort of Michael Jackson style tune with hints of Usher’s “Bad Boy” track. I mean he can dance like them. What I love about this song is that it kicks ass, its pure R&B. Talking about yet another girl, this track is more likely to do brilliantly in the charts, he’s a good – looking lad. I actually predict this track to have a number one, other from JAZZILY that rates the single three out of five stars saying Rocking back with his second single ‘Here I Go Again’ is another ‘Turning Point’ for Mario, however it works. ‘Here I Go Again’ dynamic co-mingling of R&B with the edginess of pop rock, mario’s voice beautifully overpowers the songs subtle, yet harsh guitar sound making it an exciting diverse sound. The video was directed by Ray Kay, Costumed designed by June Ambrose and starred model and R&B singer Cassie, on the week of,7 April 2005 the music video premiered on MTV. Mario alternately confronts and romances a woman in Here I Go Again. The couples tumultuous relationship plays out in locations as the streets of New York City, on a rooftop, in a taxi. Also included are a few choreographed dance set-ups
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Billboard Hot 100
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The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play and online streaming, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is available on a real-time basis. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, as of the issue for the week ending on April 15,2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,061 different number one hits. The current number one song is Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, prior to 1955, Billboard did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the era in 1955, three such charts existed, Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1936. This chart ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country, Most Played by Jockeys was Billboards original airplay chart. It ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. On the week ending November 12,1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time, the Top 100 combined all aspects of a singles performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay. The Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. The week ending July 28,1958 was the publication of the Most Played By Jockeys and Top 100 charts. On August 4,1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a songs popularity is measured in the United States, the Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to the calculation of the Hot 100. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of radio airplay with Arbitron listener data. Hot Singles Sales, the top selling singles compiled from a sample of retail store, mass merchant and internet sales reports collected, compiled. The chart is released weekly and measures sales of commercial singles. With the decline in sales of singles in the US
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ARIA Charts
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The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia, ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australias national charts since 1974. The Go-Set charts were Australias first national singles and albums charts published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974, succeeding Go-Set, the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australias national charts from 1940–1974 in a retrospective fashion using state based data, in mid 1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, ARIA began compiling its own charts in-house from the chart dated week ending 26 June 1988. Various artists compilation albums were included in the albums chart, as they had been on the Kent Report chart, until 2 July 1989. The ARIA Report, detailing the top 100 singles and albums charts, was first available via subscription in January 1990, the printed top 50 chart ceased publication in June 1998, but resumed publication later in the year. The printed top 50 chart again ceased publication at the end of 2000, the ARIA charts are based on data collected from physical and digital retailers in Australia. Data of physical sales come from such as Sanity and JB Hi-Fi, while data of digital sales come from online retailers such as iTunes, Bandit FM, GetMusic. Since 17 February 1997, all physical sales data contributing towards the chart has been recorded electronically at point of sale. In March 1991, Do the Bartman by The Simpsons was the first single to reach #1 in Australia that was not available on 7 inch vinyl, but cassingle only. Starting from 8 October 2006, due to low physical single sales at the time, in 2006, it was announced that the Brazin retailing group, comprising major retailers HMV, Sanity and Virgin music/DVD stores would no longer contribute sales data to the ARIA charts. However, after an absence, Brazin reportedly re-commenced contributing sales figures to the ARIA Charts on 26 November 2006. The ARIA website publishes the top 50 singles and albums charts, top 40 digital tracks chart, the ARIA Report lists all charts in full and is available via paid e-mail subscription each week. These reports are uploaded to the Pandora Archive periodically, on 5 February 2006, the ARIA Chart Show was a radio program launched on the Nova network and broadcast throughout Australia, playing the official ARIA top 50 singles. The live music program was hosted by Jabba each Sunday afternoon at 3, the show was aired before the top 50 chart, dated for the following Monday, is published on the ARIA website at 6,00 pm. The charts were published online at 6,00 pm each Sunday. The diamond certification was created for albums in November 2015 to mark 500,000 sales/shipments, for music DVDs, a gold accreditation originally represented 7,500 copies shipped, with a platinum accreditation representing 15,000 units shipped. co. uk
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Dr. Dre
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Andre Romelle Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, Dre was previously the co-owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, Knoc-turnal,50 Cent, The Game and Kendrick Lamar. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, in 1996, he left Death Row Records to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. He produced an album titled Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1996. During the 2000s, he focused on production for other artists, Dr. Dre signed Eminem in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2002 to his record label respectively, while contributing production on their albums. He has won six Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Dr. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day. Rolling Stone ranked Dre at 56 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time, Young was born in Compton, California, the first child of Theodore and Verna Young. His middle name, Romelle, is derived from his fathers amateur R&B singing group and his parents married in 1964, separated in 1968, and divorced in 1972. His mother later remarried and had three children, sons Jerome and Tyree and daughter Shameka, in 1976, Young began attending Vanguard Junior High School in Compton, but due to gang violence, he transferred to the safer suburban Roosevelt Junior High School. Young is the cousin of producer Sir Jinx and he attended Centennial High School in Compton during his freshman year in 1979, but transferred to Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles due to poor grades. Young attempted to enroll in a program at Northrop Aviation Company. Thereafter, he focused on his life and entertainment for the remainder of his high school years. Young fathered a son with Cassandra Joy Greene named Curtis, Curtis was brought up by his mother and first met his father 20 years later, when Curtis became rapper Hood Surgeon. Inspired by the Grandmaster Flash song The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, he attended a club called Eve After Dark to watch many DJs. He subsequently became a DJ in the club, initially under the name Dr. J, based on the nickname of Julius Erving, at the club, he met aspiring rapper Antoine Carraby, later to become member DJ Yella of N. W. A. Soon afterwards he adopted the moniker Dr. Dre, a mix of previous alias Dr. J and his first name, Eve After Dark had a back room with a small four-track studio. In this studio, Dre and Yella recorded several demos, in their first recording session, they recorded a song entitled Surgery, with the lyrics calling Dr. Dre to surgery serving as the chorus to the song
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Rapping
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The components of rapping include content, flow, and delivery. Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that rap is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and an ingredient of hip-hop music. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music, a genre originated in Johannesburg, South Africa. Another form of rap that predates hip hop was boxer Muhammad Alis rhythmic poetry used to taunt his opponents in the 1960s and 1970s, rapping can be delivered over a beat, typically provided by a DJ, turntablist or Beatboxer, or without accompaniment. Stylistically, rap occupies an area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing. The word, as used to describe quick speech or repartee, the word had been used in British English since the 16th century. It was part of the African American dialect of English in the 1960s meaning to converse, today, the terms rap and rapping are so closely associated with hip-hop music that many writers use the terms interchangeably. The English verb rap has various meanings, such as to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow, as well to utter sharply or vigorously, to rap out a command. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives a date of 1541 for the first recorded use of the word with the meaning to utter sharply, vigorously and it is these meanings from which the musical form of rapping derives, and this definition may be from a shortening of repartee. A rapper refers to a performer who raps, by the late 1960s, when Hubert G. Brown changed his name to H. Rap was used to describe talking on records as early as 1971, on Isaac Hayes album Black Moses with track names such as Ikes Rap, Ikes Rap II, Ikes Rap III, Hayes husky-voiced sexy spoken raps became key components in his signature sound. Del the Funky Homosapien similarly states that rap was used to refer to talking in a manner in the early 1970s. Back then what rapping meant, basically, was you trying to convey something—youre trying to convince somebody, thats what rapping is, its in the way you talk. Rapping can be traced back to its African roots, centuries before hip-hop music existed, the griots of West Africa were delivering stories rhythmically, over drums and sparse instrumentation. Such connections have been acknowledged by modern artists, modern day griots, spoken word artists, mainstream news sources. Grammy-winning blues musician/historian Elijah Wald and others have argued that the blues were being rapped as early as the 1920s, Wald went so far as to call hip hop the living blues. A notable recorded example of rapping in blues music was the 1950 song Gotta Let You Go by Joe Hill Louis, not just jazz music and lyrics but also jazz poetry
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Cassidy (rapper)
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Barry Adrian Reese, better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American hip hop recording artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He embarked on his career as a freestyle and battle rapper, later earning a record deal in 2002, with Ruff Ryders and Full Surface Records. Cassidy is perhaps best known for his hit singles Hotel, Get No Better, Im a Hustla, B-Boy Stance, Split Personality, Cassidys debut album, arrived in March 2004, and debuted at the number two spot on the US Billboard 200 chart. The following year, Cassidy returned with Im a Hustla, which was released two weeks after he was charged with a murder that took place in his Philadelphia neighborhood. After being seriously injured in a accident in October 2006 and suffering from amnesia. In 2002, Cassidy signed a contract with American music producer Swizz Beatzs Full Surface imprint, under the aegis of Ruff Ryders Entertainment. On November 29,2003, he released his debut single, Hotel. The song reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, the second single, Get No Better, features Mashonda. On March 16,2004, Cassidy released his debut album and it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, in the first month. On March 14,2005, Cassidy released the single Im a Hustla, the next single, B-Boy Stance, features vocals and production from his mentor, Swizz Beatz. On June 28,2005, Cassidy released his studio album. It debuted at one on the US Billboard 200 chart. In 2006, after his release from prison and recovering from an accident, Cassidy began work on his third studio album. The album was released on November 6,2007, debuting at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the album was led by the single My Drink n My 2 Step, featuring vocals and production from Swizz Beatz. In late 2009, Cassidy signed with Carmelo Anthonys label Kross Over Entertainment, while preparing his fourth studio album, he released a mixtape series entitled Apply Pressure. On August 24,2010, Cassidy released the 5-track EP Face 2 Face, on November 16,2010, Cassidys fourth studio album, C. A. S. H. was released. On its first week it had sold about 5,200 copies, drumma Bass was the only official single from the album. On May 21,2012, Cassidy hosted a party for his mixtape Mayhem Music
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J. D. Williams
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Darnell J. D. Williams is an American actor from New Jersey. Best known for his roles in the HBO television programs Oz as Kenny Wangler, The Wire as Bodie Broadus. Williams was born in Newark, New Jersey and he attended Newark Arts High School, a performing arts public school in Newark, New Jersey. He portrayed a biracial 15-year-old dealing with racism and his fathers infidelity in the play A. M. Sunday in late 2003 at Baltimores Centerstage theater and he had a number of cameos and leading roles in R&B and hip-hop music videos between 2002 and 2005. Williams appeared in Homicide, Life on the Street, a based on a book by The Wire creator David Simon. He had a small guest starring role in The Sopranos episode 46 Long as Special K and he went on to play series regular, inmate Kenny Wangler, in the first four seasons of Oz. He then appeared in HBOs The Wire as Bodie Broadus, a Barksdale Organization drug dealer who slowly rises through the ranks throughout the seasons, I just threw on a black hoodie and walked around. I went to one of their hoods and watched that night, I learned not to do that no more, I was lucky I made it back that night. He is older than his character by 8 years, according to his original HBO bio, he is credited with appearing in the film Graffiti Bridge, but a 2003 interview with AllHipHop revealed that Williams was not in the movie. The page no longer exists, however, tevin Campbell filled the cameo role with which Williams was credited. Williams has had leading roles or cameo appearances in a number of R&B and he has appeared as himself, a love interest, and characters resembling his role as a drug dealer on The Wire. In 2012, Williams had a supporting role in the indie film Surviving Family as the ex-boyfriend of the main character. His character was a veteran of the war in Iraq who had lost an eye in an IED attack. He has starred in a number of commercials, and played a man in a FedEx commercial. Hey appeared as Lemond Bishops Lieutenant Dexter in episodes of The Good Wife, J. D. Williams at the Internet Movie Database
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Fat Joe
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Joseph Antonio Cartagena, better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He is also the CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D. I. T. C. Fat Joes debut album was Represent, released in 1993, followed by Jealous Ones Envy in 1995. From 1998 to 2006, he was signed to Atlantic Records, releasing four albums under the label, Don Cartagena in 1998, Jealous Ones Still Envy in 2001, Loyalty in 2002, and All or Nothing in 2005. Around the release of All or Nothing, Fat Joe became involved in a publicized feud with another New York City-based rapper 50 Cent. His most popular song in which he performed was his Remy Ma duet Lean Back with Terror Squad, the song was a number-one hit in the summer of 2004. Starting in 2006, when his album Me, Myself, & I was released, Fat Joe was signed to Imperial Records, which distributes through Terror Squad Entertainment. His follow-up album was The Elephant in the Room, which was released in 2008, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 and his tenth album The Darkside Vol.1 was released on July 27,2010. Fat Joe was born on August 19,1970 in the South Bronx area of New York City and he lived in public housing and began stealing at a young age to support his family. He also admits that he was a bully in his childhood and his brother introduced him to rap music. As a teenager, he was influenced by fellow Latino rapper Big Pun. Fat Joe explained the influence on him by saying Latinos before us who had the opportunity to do it just didnt know how to do it. They came in trying to do this music, waving flags. Were trying to kick in the doors for other Latinos and represent our people, under stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the rap group D. I. T. C. Cartagena was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording material, in 1993, his debut album, Represent, was released, featuring production from The Beatnuts, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, and others. Its lead single, Flow Joe peaked at one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, other minor singles from the album included Watch the Sound. In 1995, Fat Joe released his studio album, Jealous Ones Envy. The album featured a guest appearance from KRS-One and production from Diamond D, the lead single was Success, which did not chart, but his second single, Envy peaked at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The success of this album led Fat Joe to be featured on the remix of LL Cool Js single I Shot Ya along with Foxy Brown, Keith Murray, released in 1998, Don Cartagena was Joes third album and his first for Atlantic Records
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Smitty
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Varick D. Smith, better known as Smitty, is an American rapper and hip-hop ghostwriter from Little Haiti, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. While growing up in Little Haiti, Varick came home one day to see a friend fatally shot due to involvement in a drug conflict, the incident made him more aware of his future. In 1997 he decided to enroll at Florida A&M University to major in journalism, however, his aspiration to become a full-fledged artist led him to switch coasts after only two and half years of school. He would eventually, through a friend, get the opportunity to start in the industry by flying out to meet with legendary producer Dr. Dre while he was filming The Wash. After many hours waiting around on set, Varick finally got the chance to rap in front of Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre was impressed and Varick was asked to work on a few tracks for The Wash soundtrack. He is also a basketball player. He also has collaborated with fellow artists such as Trick Daddy, Scarface, Kanye West, T. I. In 2011 Smitty reunited with Breyon Prescott, producer of such acts as Jamie Foxx, Angie Stone, Dr. Dre, Sean Garrett and Brandy. Smitty and Prescott teamed up with Sean Garrett, Bink and Mississippi newcomer Tito Lopez in 2012 to put the finishing touches on Dr. Dres highly anticipated Detox album. In 2015 Smitty wrote with legendary producer Dr. Dre on the Straight Outta Compton movie soundtrack and he then worked with Pras of the Fugees on their up and coming highly anticipated album. In addition to working on the Fugees new project, Smitty co-wrote with producer Bink for West Coast rapper E-40. Opportunities to sign with Aftermath Records, Arista Records, Capitol Records, Def Jam, Elektra Records, and Jive Records were all offered, Smitty eventually signed with Clive Davis J Records in 2003. In April 2008, Smitty parted ways with J Records, according to an interview with WordofSouth. com and he is now signed with Blackground/Interscope, and will be releasing his debut in the near future. In July 2005, Smitty released his debut single effort Diamonds on My Neck, which charted at Billboard charts and his second single, Died in Your Arms Tonight, failed to chart. However the remix with T-Pain seemed to be a hit on the YouTube website, a debut album, Life of a Troubled Child, was scheduled for release in late 2005 but was shelved. He released three mixtapes, The Voice of the Ghetto, Heart of the South, and Bigger Than Life, recently Smitty did a record with rapper T. I. called Mind On My Money
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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website
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All Media Network
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AllGame was a commercial database of information about arcade games, video games and console manufacturers. The AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com, All Media Network includes of the original founders of SideReel and Ackrell Capital investor Mike Ackrell. The AllGame section of the site was shut down on December 12,2014, AllMusic AllMovie SideReel All Media Network MobyGames, another online database of video games and developers
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Mario (album)
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Mario is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Mario. It was released on March 19,2002, by J Records, Mario was supported by three singles, Just a Friend 2002, Braid My Hair and CMon. The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 96,000 copies in the, to date, the album became a certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for selling 596,000 copies in the United States. Naturally, you have to excuse a certain amount of filler to believe fully in Marios potential, in 2002, during the Bow Wows tour, Mario was one of the opening act, alongside R. O. C. and Denim. In 2003, he also been on tour alongside Nick Cannon, AJA, Jhené, Marques Houston and B2K. The debut single from the album, Just a Friend 2002, the song was produced by Warryn Campbell. The song reached at number 18 in the United Kingdom, Braid My Hair was released as the albums second single on September 7,2002. Warryn Campbell also produced this track, alongside Sean Combs aka P. Diddy, who is also serving as a executive producer for the album. In comparison to his single, the song was a disappointment, when it has reached at number 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The albums third and final single, CMon was released on January 9,2003, Warryn Campbell also produced this track. The song peaked at number 61 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, sample credits Put Me On contains a sample of Ill Do Anything for You performed by Denroy Morgan. Mario Japan Bonus Track Mario By, Mario
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Go (Mario album)
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Go is the third studio album by American recording artist Mario, released by J Records on December 11,2007. It is Marios first album to receive a parental advisory sticker in the United States, the album includes songs written and produced by Akon, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Stargate, Mr. Collipark, Polow da Don and with guests such as Juelz Santana and Rich Boy. The first single released was How Do I Breathe, and the video premiered exclusively on May 23,2007 on BET. For his second single, on Marios official website, he asked fans to vote for the single from the choices, Why, Kryptonite. The second single released was Crying Out for Me, with the music video premiering on September 17,2007 on BET. Although not a single, Mario did shoot a video for the song Do Right using clips from the MTV documentary surrounding his mothers substance abuse. It was released as a single for the album. The official third single was Music for Love which was released in April 2008, Mario worked with many producers on the album, most notably Scott Storch and Pharrell with whom he recorded a song called, Faith. None of the material recorded will make the release of Go. The album was scheduled to be released on November 28,2006 under the title Mario Barrett - Effortless. It was to be the first album in which Mario would use his full name. The album then had several dates in 2007 including, April 4, May 8, July 31, August 21, October 9. The album was released on December 10,2007 in the United Kingdom. Mario answered, that he had a few situations to work through. In 2007 Mario toured with Dijon Thomas, the tour was called Do Right Tour, in 2008, Mario was scheduled as the tours opening act for all dates of Ms. Kelly Tour with Kelly Rowland, to promote his album Go. On July 2,2008, Courtney Galliano & Joshua Allen from the U. S. television reality program and dance competition So You Think You Can Dance, Go received favorable reviews from critics. He also said Go is indeed Marios most aggressive and assertive album, mark Edward Nero from About. com said that Go is the first Mario album that carries a parental advisory sticker, and for very good reason. But Marios occasional bawdiness here is crude, distasteful and completely unnecessary, how Do I Breathe doesn’t break new ground for Mario, it’s probably the most immature song on the album, but I’m secure enough in my manhood to admit I’ve sung along in the car
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D.N.A. (Mario album)
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D. N. A. is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Mario. It was released first in the United Kingdom on October 12,2009 by RCA Records, on the album Mario has worked with previous hitmakers Bryan-Michael Cox as well as new collaborators including The-Dream, Soundz and Jim Jonsin amongst others. The albums lead single Break Up features Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane, the second single, Thinkin About You was released on September 4,2009. At the end of 2007 Mario told Billboard Magazine that he had begun designing the concept for his new album. Later in an interview he described this album as World music, in late 2008 a track titled Emergency Room leaked to the internet, credited to Mario and featuring Rihanna, and also played by various radio stations throughout the country. Initially people were quick to assume it was Rihanna on the track, the song is produced by Soundz Also the songs title was especially controversial, because of the situation which Rihanna is with her boyfriend Chris Brown, which Vibe. com has documented extensively. Of the song Mario said This was a cut that I was working on and wanted to present it to Rihanna. Those arent Rihannas vocals on the song at all, the record was far from done. Im still proud of the record but want to make sure that the truth is out there, Mario described the song The Hardest Moment which is set to be on his album as Personal, because I say things in the record that have multiple meanings. Like the chorus says, A man that aint afraid to cry is a man thats not afraid to die and that to me, even though Im talking about a relationship in the song, Im talking about that point in a relationship where everything is over. Its like, you guys are cool, you guys are friends, thats probably one of the hardest things a young man and young woman can go through in their relationship. And, so thats what Im saying in that line, but it also means to me that a strong man is not afraid to be vulnerable, to cry and let it out. In a previous interview the song Starlight produced by The-Dream, Mario has explained the record, the album was originally scheduled to be released under the title And Then There Was Me. But on January 10,2009, Mario told Singersroom. com that the title may change for his effort. When asked to explain what they original title meant he said And Then There Was Me is more than just me sayin my music is fresh, but who I am as a person. That title for me is like, youve got the Trey Songz, the Ne-Yos and this is my fourth album, and some of them arent even on their third —Im coming back with something fresh and new. And then theres me, theres Mario, the album title has since changed to D. N. A to reflect the musical changes that Mario has gone through since his last album. Mario was initially unsure of when the album would be released, however, in an interview with Rap-Up. com, he was considering March or April 2009
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Just a Friend 2002
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Just a Friend 2002 is a R&B single by Mario. It is the first single from his first studio album Mario which was a cover of Biz Markies hit. Marios version is different, as the story is changed from a man who discovers his girlfriend has been cheating on him. The single was released in February 2002, the single was produced by Warryn Baby Dubb Campbell and written by Warryn Baby Dubb Campbell, Harold Lilly, John Smith and Biz Markie. It outperformed Markies 1989 version on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #4, the songs chorus interpolates Biz Markies Just A Friend, although the stories in the two songs are different. Whereas in Markies version, the song is about a cheating girlfriend, the song also contains an instrumental sample from Run–D. M. C. s Sucker M. C. s. Usher was given the song and it was to be on his unreleased album All About U but when the album was shelved he passed on the song, the video was directed by Diane Martel, which was shot on location in Mario’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. The video has Mario seeing this girl while with his friends, while following her down the street, they lead to a movie theater where she is found and Mario excites her with dance. Biz Markie can be seen in parts of the theater and heard in the beginning of the video, cassie is also featured briefly in this video. Just a Friend 2002 Just a Friend 2002 Just a Friend 2002 Just a Friend Braid My Hair Just a Friend Braid My Hair The Making of Braid My Hair Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Braid My Hair
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Braid My Hair is a R&B single by Mario. It is the single from his first studio album Mario. The single was released on October 2002, the single it was produced and written by Warryn Campbell and written by Harold Lilly. The video was directed by Bryan Barber, Braid My Hair Instrumental Call Out Hook Just a Friend Braid My Hair Just a Friend Braid My Hair The Making of Braid My Hair Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Boom (Mario song)
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Boom is an R&B single by Mario. It is the fourth and final single from his studio album Turning Point. The single was released on October 3,2005, the song features rapper Juvenile, who co-wrote the song with Lamarquis Jefferson, Johnta Austin, Craig Love and Lil Jon, the latter is also the producer. The song peaked on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart at number 24, the video premiered worldwide on TRL and was directed by Benny Boom. Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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How Do I Breathe
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How Do I Breathe is an R&B single by Mario. It is the first single from his studio album Go. The single was released on May 15,2007, on the issue date of July 7,2007, the single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 91. How Do I Breathe also debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 30 on download sales alone and it also became Marios last charting single in the UK. The song also peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the official remix of the song features Fabolous and the second official remix features Cassidy. A rare third one features both artists and switches between beats, the song was co-written by Mario. Mario met Stargate, the producers from Norway and they met when Mario was overseas touring, and they talked about producing. They were up-and-coming at the time, Mario frequently heard their music on the radio and would later say he thought, Wow, I really like their music. Mario and Stargate made two songs, which collaborated on with Ne-Yo, but they did not make the cut. Then they did two songs, which Mario co-wrote, one of which was How Do I Breathe. Mario said, The truth is that I felt like the track already had a story to tell, I had to show some vulnerability, and that is what the record is about. Its about being vulnerable and knowing that you lost something that so essential to your life, id say its about 75% true to life, and the rest is just creative writing. Mark Edward Nero of About. com says The track isnt particularly groundbreaking, aaron Fields of KSTW. com stated, First single off the album, yet didnt have the success like Let me love you did. I remember thinking he was back when I heard this song. Im not sure why this song didnt get attention as it is one of the better songs done by him. I still bump this one in the car, the video was directed by Melina and premiered on BETs Access Granted on May 23,2007. One scene where Mario is dressed in a white t-shirt while singing in smoke, is similar to the scene in Kanye Wests video Touch the Sky, after its premiere, How Do I Breathe received heavy airplay on BETs music video countdown show 106 & Park. It also appeared at number 87 on BETs Notarized, Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown, after the song was released, they were two different variations that were available
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Crying Out for Me
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Crying Out for Me is an R&B song from Marios third studio album Go, which was released on December 11,2007 and is the second official single. It was produced by Polow da Don and written by Amber Rives, the song has been listed for 15 week in the Billboard Hot 100. Its first appearance was week 50/2007 and the last appearance was week 12/2008 and its peak position was number 33, where it stayed for one week. Its highest entry was number 97, the official remix features rapper Lil Wayne another one features rapper Busta Rhymes, but are not included on the single or album Go. The song is similar in theme to his 2004 hit Let Me Love You. Mark Edward Nero from About. com stated that the song is the Usher sound-alike jam Aaron Fields from KSTW. com said I really like this track produced by Polow da Don. Its a smooth track about the classic subject. woman is being wrong in her current relationship in which Mario sings to her, I can hear your heart. Great vocals, great beat and definitely a choice for the second single. The video was directed by R. Malcom Jones, Costume Designed by June Ambrose, in the video, the song has some alternate changes. In the beginning, Mario arrives at some place and he sees his female friend having an argument with her boyfriend. When her boyfriend walks off, Mario walks over to greet her and her boyfriend jealously snatches her away from him and gets in his face. The girl, bruised, calls Mario from a payphone and he picks her up later and she looking over her shoulder, leaves. After they embrace, Mario drives off and they get a surprise when they notice that they are being followed by the girls boyfriend. He tries to run them off the road but ends up crashing, killing himself, is similar to the end scene in Justin Timberlakes video What Goes Around. Comes Around and they get out to investigate and see that he is dead. The girl tearfully turns to Mario and he comforts her, Crying Out For Me Crying out for Me Crying Out For Me Radio Edit Instrumental Call Out Hook Crying Out for Me Piano Vocal Artist Mario Sheet music Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Music for Love
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Music for Love is an R&B song from Marios third studio album Go, which was released on December 11,2007 and is the third official single. Mario announced on 106 & Park that Music for Love would be the official single to be released in April 2008. It first appeared on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on the week of April 3 at number 100 and it was produced by Ralph B. Stacy and written by Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Jerrod Stacy, andy Colleman from allmusic says bearing a definite resemblance to J. Holidays gently rocking and swaying Bed. Aaron Fields from KSTW. com says This is one of the beats on this album. Talk about bumpin this is the one to bump right here, a nice mid-tempo track with much bass. Youll want to put one on repeat. His voice sounds great on this track and the arrangement is on point once again, Mario announced that he would be shooting the video for Music for Love and it was rumored that Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the Stars would appear in the video. However, as of July 2008 there was no news of a music video for the song. Later it was revealed there would be no video for Music For Love since Mario was working on his fourth album titled D. N. A. Promo Music for Love Music for Love Music for Love Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Break Up (song)
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Break Up is the first single from Marios fourth studio album D. N. A. It features and was co-written by Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett with production, the single was first premiered on the radio station V-103 at March 30,2009 with Greg Street. According to Mario, its a bit of everything on this record. Sean is like a brother to me, so, when he did this record, he was definitely thinking about me. It’s a club record and every man has experienced this situation before, it’s like why would you want to break up with me when you gon’ get the same thing with the next man. But, he ain’t gon do it as fly as I can, I can’t wait to perform it. It’s going to be a movie, we’re not calling this a single or a video, we’re calling it a movie. The song, mixed by Fabian, was composed using a loop from Image-Lines FL Studio software named flute riff, the drums are simplistic and resemble Bangladeshs previous productions such as Beyoncés Diva and Lil Waynes A Milli. Some vocals in the chorus sample Surf Clubs I Cant Miss, the song received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Newmusicreviews said, The beat is kinda iffy at some points, and the moves from R&B to Hip-Hop seem a little forced, but for the most part the track is decent. Various unofficial remixes were made with Mario, Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett still included, one with Bow Wow, another with Nicki Minaj, american rapper Tyga made a freestyle of the song. R&B singer Trey Songz released a version called Wake Up with changed lyrics, Lil Wayne also did a remix on his No Ceilings mixtape. Audra Simmons of RichGirl, is the girl who plays the role of Marios girlfriend who wants to break up with him. In the video it is shown that they argue and he isnt a trustworthy boyfriend to her, although he still tries to look for her remarking in the song that although he cheats he loves her. Brave, from RichGirl, also makes a appearance in which it shows her. In Sean Garretts part, model Rosa Acosta makes an appearance, in May, Mario stated that the video was coming soon. On July 2, Mario announced on his Twitter that he would be on 106 & Park to premiere the music video, on July 7, was announced on his website that the music video premiered on 9 of July exclusively on World Star Hip Hop. The song quickly rose on BET video countdown show 106 & Park it debuted at number 10, on July 22 the video moved up to number 3 on the countdown
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Thinkin' About You (Mario song)
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Thinkin About You is a song performed by American R&B singer-songwriter Mario. It was written by Rico Love and produced by The Runners and it was released on September 4,2009 as the second single from his fourth studio album D. N. A. The song debuted on the U. S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, since then, have reached number 45 on the charts. Initially Mario told his fans through his blog that Stranded would be released as his second single. However it was reported that Thinkin About You would be released instead and was set to feature additional vocals from Diddy. A version of the song featuring Ace Hood leaked online which was dubbed the official demo for the Diddy version. When the song premiered on US radio on September fourth it featured just Marios vocals. Later, the version with Diddy leaked on the internet, the version with Diddy was a remix. Other remixes leaked to the internet featuring Kelly Rowland and Ace Hood, a reviewer for music website Djbooth. Mario confirmed via his official Twitter page that he will be shooting the video in London on September 27,2009, the video was directed by Chris Robinson. RichGirls Audra Simmons is the girl in the video. The official video was debuted on BETs 106 & Park on October 13,2009 and has since reached the #1 spot on the top ten countdown. It also ranked at #65 on BETs Notarized, Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown. discogs. com/Mario-DNA/release/2063184
