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Here is the original song:

We just can't get enough of Black Eyed Peas! Their new song called "Just Can't Get Enough" is their newest song on the radio. The beat is original. It is calm, soothing, and simple. The hook that Fergie sings is very catchy. Her voice is electronically changed, but is still sexy like always. like how towards the end, they added a little techno remix. It was unexpected, but very exciting to hear. Also, great lyrics by everyone in the crew.
Black Eyed Peas is an amazing group. They have their own style that can not be explained with words. They don't follow trends, but they do make their own unique way to express music. They are the one group that must be listened to.
Ironically this music video was filmed in Japan a week before the tsunami. Much love for the people of Japan and other countries that were affected by the disaster.

Gotta Love Nate

Hip-Hop artist, Nate Dogg, died March 15, 2010 due to an unknown cause. He was an icon of the hip-hop world. His smooth voice and lyrical gift gave him 4 Grammy nominations throughout his career. He was only 41 when he passed away and suffered from several strokes in recent years, in 2007 and 2008. Although he had wrote some offensive songs, we still love him for his originality. Let’s take a moment and listen to some of Nate's famous songs (and my favorites) that he left us with. In memory of Nate Dogg.

Warren G- Regulate feat. Nate Dogg

Snoop Dogg Feat. Nate Dogg, Warren G- I'm Fly

Toot it or Boot it?

How important is confidence to you? At what point does over-confidence become a turn-off? Let’s look at it from a lyrical perspective and see which female artist you (given you are into ladies) would date. Just like that old show Room Raiders on MTV, let’s just say that you have no idea who these lovely ladies are…who would you date based on just their lyrics to these songs and the confidence they exhibit?
[Song selection based on March 5th, 2011’s America’s Top 40 chart]
1) Keri Hilson – Pretty Girl Rock
2) Rihanna – Only Girl in the World
3) Miranda Cosgrove – Dancing Crazy
4) Lady Gaga – Born This Way
5) Britney Spears – Hold it Against Me











Now that you have heard all of our lovely ladies, which artist would you date?

Nicki Manaj Breaking Through Public Radio

Recently, the song “Moment 4 Life” by Nicki Manaj featuring Drake has been playing frequently on the radio. Nicki, a talented new hip-hop artist, shows her skills in both singing and rapping in this new single. Although her style is mainly rapping, she proves the media that she is capable of singing also. She sings the chorus with great passion. You can feel her expression of life, and can be easily inspired when she sings “This is my moment I waited all my life, I can tell it's time. Drifting away I'm one with the sunset…” (starting at 3:35 of the song). Her singing is impressive, especially knowing that she is a rapper. She is a natural singer and also a talented rapper.

Through her rapping, she makes strong statements throughout the song, given her experience. She claims to be a king in the beginning of the song: “In this very moment I’m king”. This statement of hers is one of power creating a superiority/inferiority complex between hers and her listeners. She also replaces herself with David from the bible saying, “In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling”. Here, she claims to be David, challenging the words of the bible by substituting herself, which is going against religion and also breaks through politically correct barriers that other mainstream rappers follow. Her lyrics and style are very risky for the public radio, but expresses strong words that define the meaning of life through her eyes.

For simplicity of listening to this song, here is the “Moment 4 Life” music video below:

Top 20

This year, we are seeing a lot of hot artists coming out to the public radio. We are seeing a lot of original artists from the 90's merging back into the mainstream game such Enrique Iglesias- "Tonight (I'm loving you)", Britney Spears- "Hold it Against Me", Nelly- "Just a Dream", Usher- "DJ got us Falling in Love", and much more. We also see a lot of talented young artists making it too such as Nicki Minaj and Drake- "Moment 4 Life",Far East Movement- "Rocketeer" and "Like a G6 ", Mann- "Buzzin", just to list a few. The combination of all the new and old artists keep the music alive and moving through the ears of the public with excitement. The top 20 songs for this week is as followed (from http://www.kiisfm.com/cc-common/top20/usa_today/?fmt_id=Rhythmic):

Top 20

1.	Black & Yellow WIZ KHALIFA
2.	Down On Me f/50 Cent JEREMIH
3.	Moment 4 Life f/Drake NICKI MINAJ
4.	Grenade BRUNO MARS
5.	What's My Name? f/Drake RIHANNA
6.	6 Foot 7 Foot f/Cory Gunz LIL WAYNE
7.	No Hands f/Roscoe Dash & Wale WAKA FLOCKA FLAME
8.	Tonight f/Ludacris ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
9.	Yeah 3x CHRIS BROWN
10.	Pretty Girl Rock KERI HILSON
11.	Rocketeer f/Ryan Tedder FAR EAST MOVEMENT
12.	Hey Baby (Drop It To The... PITBULL
13.	Buzzin MANN
14.	Firework KATY PERRY
15.	Hold It Against Me BRITNEY SPEARS
16.	All Of The Lights KANYE WEST
17.	Born This Way LADY GAGA
18.	Back Seat f/Cataracs & Dev NEW BOYZ
19.	S&M RIHANNA
20.	We R Who We R KE$HA

#1 song music video: Wiz Khalifa- Black and Yellow





By Andy Pham