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Savvy Spotlight VIDEO: Pol-B – Campaign Season

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

Check out the latest video from Savvy Spotlight Artist Pol-B! Currently, Pol-B is loading up tracks for his highly anticipated sophomore album entitled Campaign Season, coming very soon. If you haven’t heard of Pol-B, click here to check out the exclusive interview with Sound-Savvy and listen to some cuts off his first album, Unsilenced, as well as some tracks from his upcoming project. Let me know what ya think… UPDATE: THIS VIDEO IS NOW STREAMED IN HD TO ENHANCE YOUR VIEWING EXPERIENCE… ENJOY!

Video: Asher Roth feat. Cee-Lo – Be By Myself

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

Asher gets bonus points for making this video stimulating to the eye. Vivid colors, entrancing effects and beautiful ladies give this video a cool edge and a creative twist. I’m sure the first 5000 purchasers of the album have an enhanced perspective of the video; in fact, I’m sure it was done this way just for the tree-hugger in us all. Be By Myself features the vocals of Cee-Lo and is the latest single from Roth’s debut album, Asleep In The Bread Aisle. Album in stores, review on the way.

Video: Maxwell – Pretty Wings

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

Yes ladies, he’s really back… Maxwell keeps it simple in his comeback video for Pretty Wings, the first single from his forthcoming trilogy album Black Summers’ Night. The first album in the trilogy is entitled Black and is slated for a set to be released on July 7th. Check out the video here or you can click here for my review of the song…

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Chris J. feat Plies – Don’t Need No Man

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

There’s good and bad with this song: Good – it’s an empowerment joint for women coming from a man. Bad – It sounds like a Plies record. I can hear it as a warm weather summertime song, but I think it’s lacking in the lyrics and creativity. Not sure how far this one will go. Don’t Need No Man is another cut off Chris J.’s debut album Secrets due out later this year. In a Sound-Savvy interview, Chris J. discussed his work with Plies and his intention to make this debut album a pleaser for the ladies.

R. Kelly feat. OJ Da Juiceman – Supaman High

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

I could almost rock with this joint, it’s not groundbreaking or a classic by any means, but it has a certain level of bang-a-bility. However, listening to OJ Da Juiceman yell “AYE” every couple seconds is sickening after the first minute. It sounds more like a wounded puppy learning to bark. I think it’s really time for R. Kelly to get off these club songs and go back to his grown man art and start singing again, REAL music.

The Backstreet Boys Are Back… Or Are They?

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

Not feelin this joint… the song is just all around wack. The age of the boy band is long past, so if these groups hope to survive, evolution is imperative. Even with a slight roster change, this song proves that The Backstreet Boys have NOT evolved. Actually, there’s so much individual talent in this group that they’re one of the only boy bands whose members are all capable of solo success. I’d support their solo efforts, but reuniting is NOT what the doctor ordered…

Method Man and Redman – Ayo

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

It’s about time!! I’m happy to see Meth and Red back together with another album, and I’m ready to hear what they’ve been working on when The Blackout 2 drops on May 19. Still gettin’ high, still keepin it light on the lyrics. Lovin this joint!

Mel B.’s Still Got Spice in Vegas ‘Peep Show’

Posted by Mack On April - 30 - 2009

Title: Peep Show: A Tale With A Tease
Stars: Mel B., Kelly Monaco
Location: Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

If you’ve ever been to Las Vegas, you already know how wild this city can be. Along the strip you can meet people from all walks of life, every one of them looking to turn something sinful into something sweet to make their stay in Sin City all the more memorable. At Planet Hollywood, Mel B. and her new team of spice girls aim to do just that.

Peep Show is the tastefully topless yet sinfully sweet stage show that pays homage to the breasts: the boobies, the ta-tas, the tittays, the flapjacks, the hooters, the twins, the smother-me-now bitches. If you’re an ass-man, this probably isn’t your show, but hey it’s Vegas so I’m sure someone’s working on it. The production of the show was carefully moderate instead of over-the-top, while the storyline adds a sexy twist to the popular nursery rhymes you probably read as a kid. The soundtrack is a rockin’ mix that includes Vegas-stage covers of pop hits along with some original show tunes, entirely backed by an all-female band elevated above the stage. And the set is an imaginative outlay that adds to the whimsical nature of the production.

Peep Show follows the story of a scantily clad Bo Peep, played by Dancing with the Stars alum and winner Kelly Monaco. Apparently, Bo Peep has lost her man and fallen into a disappointing sexual slump. Enter Mel B., a fairy godmother of sexual sorts, with the intent to empower our lovelorn character. Together they transform the imaginative set into a sultry parade of carnal fantasies, and with help from Red (Riding Hood), Goldie (Locks), Three Pigs (minus the swine flu), a ripped man-wolf, and her bothersome dog, the end result sees our star finding sexual freedom in her bathtub with a muscle-bound yet charming prince. And you know how these fairy tales end…

Musically, this show gets a bit karaoke at times, but to its credit the singing appears to be all live, no pre-recordings. The soundtrack added to some of the highlights in the show, including a sexy tease in the form of a cheerleader routine to Christina Aguilera’s Ain’t No Other Man, a seemingly innocent beverage-stand war culminating in a topless and bottomless swim in a giant vat of milk to the tune of Kelis’ Milkshake, and my personal favorite: a sexy, seductive straddle show performed to Ginuwine’s Pony, complete with a blindfolded topless dancer on a suspended saddle that swings over the stage and part of the audience. Of course, no strip show could be complete without some well-choreographed routines on the infamous pole.

The best part of the show is that it achieves what it set out to do. Peep Show is designed to be a striptease, an indulgence to carnal indiscretion and a whetting of the sexual appetite that encourages attendees to, in the closing words of Mel B., “go home and get laid”. In that respect, the girls keep it tasteful rather than gratuitous, and it’s a display of art in forms beyond nudity. The show is heavy on synchronized dancing, at times looking more like a music video than a Vegas stage show. In the end, I’d give Mel B. and her new crew of spicy girls two thumbs up on a well planned and executed production, a show I’d gladly peep again…

Can I just admit that I love this song? For one thing, Busta Rhymes has been BLAZING remixes like crazy lately. Secondly, the Peas always have something that makes you just want to move! I love the energy and the futuristic sound behind this joint. In its original form, Boom Boom Pow is the first single from BEP’s latest album The E.N.D. set for a June 9 release. Will.I.Am is a genius behind the production for this and the rest of the group falls in line to deliver yet another hit.

Maxwell – Pretty Wings

Posted by Mack On April - 28 - 2009
First, I want to apologize to everyone for my unannounced hiatus. I didn’t realize my recent travels would keep me away from Sound-Savvy as long as it did, but thanks to my homie bshepjr for holdin the spot down as always. But on the flipside, I’ve got some great reviews comin up for ya, including a review of a very special show so stay tuned…


However, while we’re on the subject of hiatuses, this is an appropriate way to get back on my biz! If you’re going to take 8 years off and then stage a comeback, this is how you do it. Not departing from his signature style by much, Maxwell re-emerges with what I’d consider phoenix wings, but he insists they’re Pretty Wings, the first single from his 4th studio album, Black Summers’ Night. This project is said to be a trilogy of albums, released over three years, and each bearing the title of a word from the collective name (Black, Summers and Night). Pretty Wings is the first single from Black, the first of the three releases, due out July 7th. I’m especially feeling the mellow groove of this song and the horns add a nice touch of class. This is the new age of grown folks music…
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