Lee Brice- Hard to Love

Lee Brice debuted his first album, "Love Like Crazy", in 2010. His second album, "Hard to Love", came out in 2012. The newest album that has come from the golden lips of Lee Brice, has won countless awards.

As a new and aspiring artist in the country music world, it is hard to breakthrough and get your name known. "Hard to Love" is Lee Brice's second album. He broke into the country music world with his first album "Love Like Crazy". Many of his songs from this album made it into the top ten for country songs. The song "I Drive Your Truck" is a journey through coping with a man who lost his brother fighting for the military. The emotion that Lee puts into his music is what sets him apart from any other artist. In many cases, Lee Brice includes stories from his younger years. He uses his ability to relate to other listeners as an advantage on bringing in more listeners. This album features a very unique style of music. There is a rock tone in the background, but the main style is a harder version of country. With his own style of music it makes him his own artist. Lee Brice has been able to establish himself into the country music world. He appeals to country music and also modern rock fans.

Album Review - Lamy

The Album Minutes to midnight by Linkin Park Was a Big shift from the bands original metal sound to a new era rock sound. Being released 4 years after their second album, Minutes to Midnight featured a much different New era sound of rock music reffered to as "nu metal". Upon its release the band became very popular reaching number one on music charts in the US and several other countries. It featured  hit songs that man people would recognize such as "What I've Done", the albums lead song and probably most well known, "Bleed it out" a inspiring song about troubles and hard work, and "Given Up" another song showing struggles of life. This album truly started a new path for the band and made them famous.  The band continues to grow and change music by combining different forms of music and shaping its own unique sound. this album paved the way for all new era rock bands by changing the sounds of clasic and metal rock to have a more modern feel.

The Weeknd - Kiss Land

Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and producer, and will come out with his second album, Kiss Land, on September 10th, but currently can be streamed for free on the Internet. The Weeknd's new album has long been awaited by his fans since he completed his last album, Trilogy, which was a combination of the three mix tapes that he first produced. When his first mix tape was publicized, Abel's identity was unknown, other than by the name The Weeknd. He also refused interviews and other public communication,other than communication via twitter. His songs tie together with his mysterious and dark persona, and he pulls listeners in with his smooth, Michael Jackson-esque voice. The Weeknd's phenomenal falsetto perfectly matches with the the foggy tempo, rumbling bass, and soft echo to create the most magnificent harmonic melody that leaves listeners with goose bumps. Kiss Land offers this beautiful sound in all of its songs, which includes "Belong to the World," a song which lyrics move the listener to another planet through its deep poetic essence. "Love in the Sky," and "Live For," featuring the very talented Toronto-native rapper, Drake, are among other songs that create that outer-body experience, to name a few. The Weeknd is sure to continue to get a growing fan base, and will soon be a well-known and loved artist with the help of this new album, along with his pure and mysterious sound.

Logic Underground Sensation

Not many people have heard of a young rapper named Logic, or better known as Young Sinatra. I personally did not know about him until my brother forced me to listen in the car one day, and I fell in love. Since that day I have listened to every track by Logic, even the mix tapes he made before he was signed to a label. 'Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever' an album released May 7th, 2013 under the label Def Jam Productions is his latest release. With new tracks such as, 'Roll Call', 'The Come Up', 'Nasty' and my two favorites, 'Young Jedi (ft. Dizzy Wright)' and 'Ballin (ft. Castro)', with a smooth beat he talks about his success and how he has achieved so much in such a short time. 
Logic said in an interview, "You are not defined by the material you possess or the amount of money in your bank account, what defines you is how you attain them." He believes in working hard for what you want, and he has. In other tracks on the 'Welcome to Forever' CD, songs such as, 'Feel Good', 'Walk On By', 'The High Life (ft. Elijah Blake)', and 'Just A Man', Logic confesses his troubled past dealing with issues such as; racism for being half African American and half caucasian, failing out of high school, living in poverty and being surrounded by drugs and violence, but he never once pitied himself, instead he preaches about how he overcame all the hardships and how his experiences made him the man he is today. Logic has grown his career with the same flawless and inspirational lyricism that he attained and improved upon only through hard work and dedication, he is an inspiration and always a pleasure to listen to.

RED

Taylor Swifts latest album, RED, is my favorite album. Most teenage girls love Taylor and her songs. She is easy to relate to, she says the things that girls want to hear. The album is a combination of slow and fast songs. They represent her desire for revenge and her strong romantic nature. In this album Taylor has brought back her sweet folk sound from her first titled album yet combined it with bits of rock, ukelele, country, and pop to bring us this fantastic album. She made this album so amazing by bringing in duets with other song writers to add a freshness to her sound.

Ruined Music

Album review:

Growing up I'm sure every one listened to this horrific music. Designed by kids for kids is just a great idea, accept when they completely ruin the songs. All of their albums have been the same thing, squeaky voices, and clean versions to everything. Why yes of coarse I'm talking about Kidz Bop the cd that keeps producing new music all the time. They have 68 albums in total, thats a lot. As a kid I thought this was amazing and I loved it. But then I as grow older I came to realize I absolutely hate them. First of all they ruin songs and it just sounds so awful. I'm sure younger kids might enjoy this type of music but it gets very old and annoying. I can't believe their still coming out with new music, it needs to end. If you want to listen to the song just go and buy the real version, not the fake one. Although parents probably encourage their kids to listen to this instead of the explicit version, but hey thats their choice. I just personally aren't fond of them.