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Born in the swamps of Bastrop, Louisiana in 1989, Trey rose to the top simply because he didn't want to fall to the bottom. The top of what, you ask? The top of my second grade spelling bee, of course. Then Trey fell on hard times...

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Entertainment > Music Business Rap sales fall 21% in 2006: Is that good or bad news: 2 of 9
For the record industry, it is certainly terrible news, but it doesn't go without saying that the materialistic "gangsta" trend of rap could not last forever. Unfortunately, it appears the record labels' big answer is not to tone down, but to man up. They are signing more and more carbon-copy acts in such a way because they n... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Year Zero, by Nine Inch Nails: 4 of 11
For anyone curious as to why 2007 is a year of incredible music, you only need to take one listen to Nine Inch Nails's latest CD, Year Zero. To start this review off: Yes, it's better than With Teeth. In fact, this is the record that fans felt "denied" from when Trent went for the catchy riff and hard rock style of that album... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: My December, by Kelly Clarkson: 2 of 5
Well, after making the craftiest of pop hits and selling 6 million albums, Kelly Clarkson is back...and damn, she actually delivers with My December. If there's one thing that truly sets out this album in spades is how many different directions Clarkson really goes. There's a Pat Benatar-style scorn piece in "Haunted". There'... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Rating the Artic Monkeys: 3 of 7
It's hard to think up any band that has achieved so much in such a quick amount of time. Within two years, AM has almost become saviors of their genre. In a country where artists are lucky to sell 100,000 copies in their debut week, AM did almost three times that. And despite the old axiom that just because something sells a ... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Not Too Late, by Norah Jones: 3 of 7
The highest selling female artist of the 21st century and one who has impressed millions of fans, Norah Jones brings her very very simple approach to her third full length, Not Too Late. While some would define it as a statement on the release date, three and a half years after her last CD, Feels Like Home, it more describes ... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Good Girl Gone Bad, by Rihanna: 4 of 9
If there's one thing good that could be said about the modern age of RnB music, it's that computers and super-producers really hold the control over where the artist goes. That and some of these super-producers have their good instincts and experimental qualities. With Rihanna's second album, the 19 year old Barbados beauty g... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Luvanmusiq, by Musiq Soulchild: 1 of 1
Musiq Soulchild is a grizzled vet of RnB in a strange way. Musiq broke big in the very early 2000s with albums like Aijuswanaseing and Juslisen, which while they had very silly names, they were high-selling RnB affairs and among other things, launched the hit single "Halfcrazy". Now, after Musiq faltered with mainstream crowd... More..
Entertainment > Music Reviews (Other) Song reviews: Us Placers, by CRS: 1 of 1
The internet got abuzz when Kanye West decided on his Can't Tell Me Nothing mixtape-in between developments of rapping on top of the beat to "Young Folks" and the mega rap smash "Throw Some D's" in ironic ways-to team up with his own protege Lupe Fiasco and mega-producer Pharrell Williams for a super track called "Us Placers"... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Rapper profile: T.I.: 1 of 1
There's a lot of things that Tip Harris could be called: the main purveyor of a genre that is currently oversaturated in the mainstream, a decent but not great film actor, and yet Harris never receives the accolades that he very well deserves. In one sense, T.I. is as mainstream as they come as he plays with producers who hav... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Alright Still by Lily Allen: 4 of 7
Who would've thought that the spoiled daughter of a rich comedian would become the indie darling of Britain in the fall of '06 and carry it into success on the other side of the pond in '07? And if there's one thing solid about Allen's first effort out of the gate, it's that she wrote most of the tunes and weaves solid storie... More..