'Coach Carter' soundtrack is steeped w/stellar tracks
The soundtrack to the forthcoming film 'Coach Carter' is steeped with new music from the newcomers to the R&B/hip-hop scene, including Ciara, Chingy and Kanye West. The 14-track set is out come Jan. 11 via Capitol, while the film itself starring Samuel L. Jackson and in her acting debut singer Ashanti Douglas opens three days later in U.S. theaters.
The lead-off single from the set is the Twista track 'Hope' featuring Faith Evans which has already been sent to U.S. radio outlets for airplay consideration. A video directed by Chris Robinson is also on the cards in the coming weeks.
The word out is that the set's second single will be Red Café's 'All Night Long', which goes to radio in January. Other highlights on the set include Ciara's 'Roll Wit You', Fabolous' 'No Need for Conversation' featuring Mike Shorey and 'Wouldn't You Like To Ride' by Kanye West, Malik Usef and Common.The film is inspired by the true story of Richmond, Calif., high school basketball coach Ken Carter, who in 1999 benched his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance. The Paramount Pictures release also stars Robert Ri'Chard, Rob Brown and Debbi Morgan.
Here is the 'Coach Carter' soundtrack list:
'All Night Long' - Red Café
'No Need for Conversation' - Fabolous featuring Mike Shorey
'Professional' - Chingy featuring GIB
'Southside' - The Game featuring Lil Scrappy
'Roll Wit You' - Ciara
'Wouldn't You Like To Ride' - Kanye West, Malik Usef and Common
'Hope' - Twista featuring Faith Evans
'Your Love' - Van Hunt
'This One' - Ak'sent
'Beauty Queen' - Czarnok
'Balla' - Mack 10 Featuring Da Hood
'Time' - St. Lunatics
'What Love Can Do' - Letoya
'About the Game' - Trey Songz
source: spotlightonR&B.com
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Do you know it's Christmas - gets a 20 yr facelift
It's Christmas time 1984 and the world is yet unaware of the state of unrest in the nation of Africa. One man took aim to change that with a tune who's proceeds would help to aid the relief of the famine there. That man is Bob Geldof. That song gathered national attention for it's honesty and the talented in the collaboration of the UK and US superstars on board, that song is 'Do they know it's Christmas' and it has to date raised more than 10 million dollars in relief.
Twenty years on the song gets a facelift with some modern day flavour. While the lyrics remain the same, the band's name has changed (it's simply Band Aid 20) as did the collaborators with the exception of one. U2 frontman Bono who appeared as part of the original Band Aid is also on hand here along side some of todays brightest UK stars. Included in the line up are Robbie Williams, Joss Stone, Dido, Coldplay, Mis-Teeq Jamelia and a host of others.
The charity track, whose proceeds will go towards alleviating famine in Sudan, is expected to go straight to No. 1in t's initial release next week and stay there throughout the holiday season of Christmas and New Years so let's all do our part then yeah.
- Source: cbc.ca
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Record labels take Kazaa to court in Australia
The largest copyright infringement case in Australian history began today (Nov. 29), as Sydney-based Sharman Networks and others involved with peer-to-peer software company Kazaa face 30 record-company "applicants" from Australia, North America and Europe.
"Not only do the respondents know that their 100 million users are infringing the applicants' sound recording copyright, they proclaim it loudly to anyone who cares to listen," the labels' lead barrister, Tony Bannon, said during his opening address in the Sydney federal court. "It is a badge of honor for the respondents. They paint themselves as the defenders of the interests of fans of music.
"It is a charade," he added. "[Their] motives are not altruistic. On the contrary, the respondents trade off the copyright infringing activities of its users. [They] promote themselves to advertisers as having access to a vast audience. The vast audience only exists because of the rampant copyright infringing activity."The labels hope to stop illegal file sharing and to recover compensation for past infringements, says Michael Speck, GM of the Music Industry Piracy Investigations unit of the Australian Record Industry Association.
The suit targets Sharman; LEF Interactive; Altnet, which delivers so-called "piggyback" technology with Kazaa; Altnet-affiliated Brilliant Digital Entertainment; Sharman CEO Nicola Hemming; Altnet CEO Kevin Bermeister; and two technology directors.
- Source: billboard.com
Joss Stone releases first 'Live' DVD performance__________________________________________________________________
A late-summer club performance is the basis of Joss Stone's first DVD release, 'Mind, Body & Soul Sessions: Live in New York City' due next week. The 13-song disc covers material from her 2003 debut covers EP Soul Sessions and showcased her debut full-length, "Mind, Body & Soul".
Captured Sept. 9 at New York's Irving Plaza, the concert opens with up-and-coming soul singer's "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me," from the "Soul Sessions" EP before running into the new album's "Jet Lag" and "Don't Know How." Other highlights include her take on the White Stripes' "Fell in Love With a Boy" and a closing acoustic cover of Bobby Miller's "Dirty Man."
Stone has a handful of upcoming live appearances on tap, including a Nov. 29 stop at ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and a Dec. 11 performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.She is also slated to take part in Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys show Dec. 18 at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Also on the bill for the annual event are Alicia Keys, George Duke, Angela Winbush, Ziggy Marley, Kim Burrell and comedian Dave Chappelle. The concert collects toys for needy children and families in the Los Angeles area.
Here is the "Mind, Body & Soul Sessions Live in New York City" track list:
"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)"
"Jet Lag"
"Don't Know How"
"The Choking Kind"
"You Had Me"
"Spoiled"
"Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
"Victim of a Foolish Heart"
"Less Is More"
"Right To Be Wrong"
"Fell In Love With a Boy"
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
"Dirty Man" (acoustic)Here are Stone's tour dates:
Dec. 4: San Francisco (Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium; KLLC's Alice in Winterland)
Dec. 7: Richmond, Va. (Virginia Science Museum; Q94 A"Q"stic Christmas)
Dec. 11: Oslo (Osolo Spektrum; Nobel Peace Prize Concert)
Dec. 14: Kansas City, Mo. (Uptown Theater; Mix 93.3 Jingle Jam)
Dec. 16: Indianapolis (Vogue; WZPL 99.5 Jingle Jam)
Dec. 18: Inglewood, Calif. (Forum; Stevie Wonder's House Full Of Toys)
- Source: VH1.com