Archive for May, 2009

The Biography of Eminem

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

The Biography of Eminem

His real name is Marshall Bruce Matters III. He was born on the 17th of October 1972 in Detroit, Michigan. Today he is more famous under the scene nickname of Slim Shady and Eminem. He owns “Grammy” and “Oscar” awards. Nowadays over 70 millions of copies of his albums are sold. This lets us consider Eminem as one of the most saleable musicians from the beginning of 2000.

The rapid career of Eminem began when famous rapper and producer Dr. Dre, the owner of sound recording company Aftermath Entertainment got interested in him and signed a contract with Eminem.

Marshall received the award from Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney for his verbal energy and for the interest of people in his creative work.

The reputation of Eminem as a performer is quite unequivocal and his lyrics becomes the subject of multiple arguments. Notwithstanding the dizzy success of his album “The Marshall Mathers LP and four Grammy nominations, many critics continue accusing his poetry in misogyny and homophobia, promotion of violence, etc.

In 2002 Eminem was shot in the film called “8 mile” that was practically the display of his autobiography.

The song «Just Don’t Give A Fuck» became the most famous hit in the underground. Namely this single played the main role in the career of Marshall. After the release of this single Eminem received the invitation to participate in the recording the singles of Detroit rock band “Kid Rock” (”Devil Without A Cause”) and rapper MC Shabaam Sahddeq(”Five Star Generals”).

In 1999 he released the album “The Slim Shady LP” that took the second place in the sales ratings of Billboard Chart. The most popular singles from this album were “My Name is” and “Guilty Conscience”, which were later used in clips for MTV channels.

Eminem

The Biography of Robin Thicke

Monday, May 4th, 2009

The Biography of Robin Thicke

American and Canadian singer, writer, composer and musician Robin Charles Thicke was born on the 10 of March 1977.

When he was 12 years old he received the invitation to episodic roles in the “Growing Pains” and “The Wonder Years” serials. However, when he was 16 he decided to devote himself to music. The meeting with Andre Harrel, the president of sound recording company Uptown Records, played the substantial role in his musical career.

In 2000 Robin worked hard over the creation of his first album “Cherry Blue Skies”. In 2002 he released his debut single “When I get You Alone”, which won the first places in the charts of Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.

In 2005 Robin took part in the recording of remix of the song “Switch” previously performed by Will Smith. The same year he started the work over his second album called “The Evolution of Robin Thicke”. When Robin created it he took into account the shortages of his debut album. At the same time Robin together with Pharella recorded single “Wanna Love U Girl”. In 2006 he takes part in the recording of remix with Busta Rhymes.

On the 3rd of October 2008, Robin released his third album called “Something Else” which is considered nowadays as his most successful work. This collection contains pop and R&B, melodic ballads and hot dance compositions.

Robin Thicke

The Biography of Bria Valente

Monday, May 4th, 2009

The Biography of Bria Valente

American R&B singer Bria Valente (Brenda Fuantes) was born and grew up in the city of Minneapolis, Minnessota. The ethnic roots of Brenda come from Bolivia.

For the first time Bria appeared on the stage as a back vocalist and dancer at Usher in the album of 8701 that was released in 2001. In 2007 Golden Globe admitted Bria as the best vocalist. Then Bria performed together with Prince with the composition “Song of the Heart”, which later entered the soundtrack to the “Happy Feet” cartoons. In 2007 singer Bria in the duet with Prince recorded a hit called “Mr Goodnight” from the album Planet Earth. In 2009 Bria released her debut album Elixir together with Prince. In this album she presented slow and hot compositions in R&B style.

Bria Valente