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“How you feel about “Songs From the Sparkle Lounge” will depend almost entirely on how you react when the hand claps turn up on the final chorus of “Nine Lives,” a highly carbonated country-rocker (co-starring Tim McGraw) that’s designed to trigger all the synapses in your head that still have parts of “Hysteria” rattling around [...]

“Fans of Lil Mama’s infectious “Lip Gloss” have been waiting nearly a year for the release of her debut album, wondering perhaps if the CD would emphasize this young MC’s desire to join the ranks of New York’s rap elite or to turn Miley Cyrus devotees into hip-hop heads. “VYP: Voice of the Young People” [...]

I can see this track doing alright on country stations. 6/10

Decent style, personally i like this better than “I Like The Way She Do It”. 7/10

“Already a pop star in the United Kingdom, Newton Faulkner has a soulful, I-love-the-’90s croon. He crafts catchy, acoustic-based songs that showcase his distinctive guitar style, a wild mix of fingerpicking, tapping and slapping. His debut album is a confident, impressively kaleidoscopic effort featuring simple, Jack Johnson-y beach tunes (”People Should Smile More”), yearning post-grunge [...]

“Like its two predecessors, “Lyfe Change” features his staple heartfelt love songs (”Never, Never Land,” “Midnight Train”) and uplifting tracks (”Warriors”). The big, well, changes this time around are the production tactics, like the “Tom’s Diner” sample on the hopeful “Keep On Dreaming” and the reggae riddims on the Wyclef Jean-assisted “You Think You’ve Got [...]

Highly repetitive, should do alright though. Nothing fantastic though. 6/10

Pretty good chorus, starting to heat up the charts. 7/10

Hasn’t this whole Lil thing gotten out of control? Creativity is huge in the music business, and obviously these guys failed that class. Regarding the song, its not very good at all. 4/10