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Every week, we are highlighting the rad, the bad and the straight-up sad in music. Thisweek: Frank Ocean’s 10-minute song, Maybach Music Group goes hard and Lykke Li andMGMT cover Fleetwood Mac. Check outlast week's roundup, written by John Forté. --> Download This"Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean’s nearly10-minute “Pyramids” is two songs in one. The first is a sort of historicalode to Cleopatra, and the latter is a song about a stripper working at The Pyramids,possibly a reference to the pyramid-shaped Luxor in Las Vegas. If you don’t have 10minutes to sit around and listen to Frank croon, just fast-forward to the sexier part(starting around 4:40).“Silver Springs” by LykkeLiThe ethereal Lykke Li covers Fleetwood Mac’sclassic “Silver Springs.” Check out the little Swedish girl with the hauntingvoice paying homage to Stevie Nicks and co.“Future Games”by MGMT MGMT joins in on the Fleetwood Mac cover actionwith a wonky, moody rendition of “Future Games,” from Fleetwood Mac’s1971 album of the same name. Both of these songs appear on the forthcoming Fleetwood Maccover album Just Tell Me That You Want Me, slated for August 14th.“What Happened To U” by Usher (produced by Noah“40” Shebib) Usher may have traded in sensual R&B balladsfor Top 40 pop-techno in recent time, but he returns to his roots with “WhatHappened To U” from his recent No. 1 album, Looking 4 Myself. Ursh enliststhe lush production of Noah “40” Shebib, one of hip-hop’s hottestproducers/sound engineers and the ears behind Drake’shits, and the result is the closest to classic Usher we’ve heard in years.“Power Circle” by Maybach Music GroupThe hard-hitting opener to MaybachMusic Group’s Self Made Vol. 2 features Rick Ross and his MMG collective(Gunplay, Stalley, Wale, Meek Mill) along with Dr. Dre’s protege, Kendrick Lamar.Don’t like a bunch of guys rapping about fast cars and drugs? Just enjoy Australianmodel JessicaGomes’ sexy “Mmmmaybach Music” ad-lib in the intro. Continue Reading (http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/news/the-playlist-june-29-2012.html)
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Every week, we are highlighting the rad, the bad and the straight-up sad in music. Thisweek: Frank Ocean’s 10-minute song, Maybach Music Group goes hard and Lykke Li andMGMT cover Fleetwood Mac. Check outlast week's roundup, written by John Forté. --> Download This"Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean’s nearly10-minute “Pyramids” is two songs in one. The first is a sort of historicalode to Cleopatra, and the latter is a song about a stripper working at The Pyramids,possibly a reference to the pyramid-shaped Luxor in Las Vegas. If you don’t have 10minutes to sit around and listen to Frank croon, just fast-forward to the sexier part(starting around 4:40).“Silver Springs” by LykkeLiThe ethereal Lykke Li covers Fleetwood Mac’sclassic “Silver Springs.” Check out the little Swedish girl with the hauntingvoice paying homage to Stevie Nicks and co.“Future Games”by MGMT MGMT joins in on the Fleetwood Mac cover actionwith a wonky, moody rendition of “Future Games,” from Fleetwood Mac’s1971 album of the same name. Both of these songs appear on the forthcoming Fleetwood Maccover album Just Tell Me That You Want Me, slated for August 14th.“What Happened To U” by Usher (produced by Noah“40” Shebib) Usher may have traded in sensual R&B balladsfor Top 40 pop-techno in recent time, but he returns to his roots with “WhatHappened To U” from his recent No. 1 album, Looking 4 Myself. Ursh enliststhe lush production of Noah “40” Shebib, one of hip-hop’s hottestproducers/sound engineers and the ears behind Drake’shits, and the result is the closest to classic Usher we’ve heard in years.“Power Circle” by Maybach Music GroupThe hard-hitting opener to MaybachMusic Group’s Self Made Vol. 2 features Rick Ross and his MMG collective(Gunplay, Stalley, Wale, Meek Mill) along with Dr. Dre’s protege, Kendrick Lamar.Don’t like a bunch of guys rapping about fast cars and drugs? Just enjoy Australianmodel JessicaGomes’ sexy “Mmmmaybach Music” ad-lib in the intro. Continue Reading (http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/news/the-playlist-june-29-2012.html)
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