Selena Gomez & The Scene - A Year Without Rain (Deluxe Edition) (2010)

What do you do after striking gold with your first solo album, wrapping your third season starring in a hit series and earning raves for your movie debut? If you're Selena Gomez, you dance. At least, you get the world on its feet with "A Year Without Rain." A follow-up to "Kiss & Tell," Selena’s gold-certified Hollywood Records debut CD, "A Year Without Rain" shows Selena and her band, The Scene, in a whole new light, this one pulsating, multicolored and ready for the mirrored ball. "I really wanted something that felt good to perform, but had a techno/dance vibe," Selena says. "I wanted something that had meaning and melody, and more empowering lyrics." That’s exactly what she delivers in "A Year Without Rain." Working with top producer/songwriters like Tim James & Antonina Armato, Kevin Rudolf, Toby Gad and Jonas Jeberg, Selena kept to a more quickened tempo, exploring themes of love, freedom and the joy of living for the moment.

1. Round & Round
2. A Year Without Rain
3. Rock God
4. Off The Chain
5. Summer’s Not Hot
6. Intuition
7. Spotlight
8. Ghost Of You
9. Sick Of You
10. Live Like There’s No Tomorrow
11. Round & Round (Dave Aude Radio Remix)
12. A Year Without Rain (EK’s Future Classic Remix – Radio Edit)
13. A Year Without Rain (Spanish-language version)

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Billy Currington - Enjoy Yourself (2010)

Billy Currington’s new album, Enjoy Yourself, is just what it claims to be, a collection of laid-back songs that are meant to put the listener in a positive mood. “It’s a good vibe album,” Currington explained. “I hope it’s one of those albums that someone can put in when they’re hanging out in their camp spot or they’re grilling out by their pool and just feel good through the whole thing.” Growing up, Currington was influenced by the wistful songs of Merle Haggard and George Strait but later discovered he preferred more upbeat music. “I don’t want to feel that way or make anyone else feel that way when they’re listening to my music. I want people to walk away feeling happy.”

1. All Day Long
2. Love Done Gone
3. Pretty Good At Drinkin Beer
4. Until You
5. Like My Dog
6. Perfect Day
7. Let Me Down Easy
8. Bad Day Of Fishin
9. Enjoy Yourself
10. Lil Ol Lonesome Dixie Town

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Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give (2010)

Very few bands can deliver the level of fun and excitement that fans experience at a Zac Brown Band show. Though not truly a “new artist” (they’ve been together since 2000), ZBB’s recent rise to fame has been rapid and hard-earned. This week they deliver their second major-label album, You Get What You Give, which is the follow-up to their 2008 smash hit The Foundation. To say that fans have been eagerly awaiting this record is the understatement of the year. Click through now to stream the whole album, and check out the video for the first single “As She’s Walking Away” featuring Alan Jackson.

1. Let It Go
2. Knee Deep feat. Jimmy Buffet
3. No Hurry
4. I Play the Road
5. Cold Hearted
6. Whiskey's Gone
7. Quiet Your Mind
8. Colder Weather
9. Settle Me Down
10. As She's Walking Away feat. Alan Jackson
11. Keep Me In Mind
12. Who Knows
13. Martin
14. Make This Day

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Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (2010)

Soul-pop group Maroon 5 has always known its way around a huge pop hook, and rock super-producer Mutt Lange (Def Leppard, AC/DC) is no slouch himself. So the teaming of the two on Maroon 5's third album, "Hands All Over," yields predictably catchy results, sleekly packaged for maximum radio impact. Every one of the album's 12 tracks lands between the three- and four-minute mark, and any one of them could be a single. This kind of efficiency is not to be discounted: Maroon 5 knows its function, and that's to create hits. And several songs on "Hands All Over" sound like monsters: "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" is carefully restrained before it explodes into a gigantic sing-along chorus, and "How" mines the same mid-tempo ballad territory that Train hits on so well. "Hands All Over" may be pop music globalization, but it's hard to argue with the results.

1. Misery
2. Give a Little More
3. Stutter
4. Don’t Know Nothing
5. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
6. I Can’t Lie
7. Hands All Over
8. How
9. Get Back in My Life
10. Just a Feeling
11. Runaway
12. Out of Goodbyes feat. Lady Antebellum
13. Last Chance
14. No Curtain Call
15. Never Gonna Leave This Bed (Acoustic)
16. Misery (Acoustic)
17. If I Ain’t Got You (Live)

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Hell Razah - Heaven Razah (2010)

Handling spiritual and political themes with urgent poignancy, Brooklyn MC Hell Razah first enjoyed exposure in the mid- to late ‘90s comprising Wu-Tang Clan extended family member the Sunz of Man, who had moderate success with singles "Soldiers of Darkness" (1995) and the Earth, Wind, and Fire-assisted "Shining Star" (1998) from their Top 20 debut The Last Shall Be the First (1998). Hell Razah only made a few appearances on other Wu-Tang albums following Sunz of Man's debut (Ghostface Killah's acclaimed Supreme Clientele (2000) one of the few) before he went the solo route. With limited distribution, Razah's debut album When All Hell Breaks Loose arrived in 2001 on Echo International, though later the Brooklyn rapper teamed up with Wu-Tang producer 4th Disciple to deliver Freedom of Speech in 2004. Razah continued building his career on collaborations and formed the ominous, hardcore outfit Black Market Militia with Killah Priest, Tragedy Khadafi, Timbo King, and William Cooper. Nature Sounds, who issued that group's self-titled album in 2005, then offered Razah his first real album deal and helped line up underground heavy hitters like MF Doom, Talib Kweli, and Ras Kass for Razah's 2007 LP The Renaissance Child. A collaborative effort with production duo Blue Sky Black Death, entitled Razah's Ladder, was released via Babygrande later that same year.

1. The Arrival (Intro)
2. Negro Angelitos
3. Book Of Heaven Razah
4. Medical Kush
5. Raised In Hell
6. Fear Of God
7. Cinematic
8. Return Of The Renaissance feat. R.A. The Rugged Man
9. Kids In The Street
10. A Brooklyn Tale feat. Shabazz The Disciple
11. Selah
12. Dear Lord
13. My Testimony feat. Darnell McClain
14. Heaven On Earth feat. Timbo King & Darnell McClain
15. Armageddon

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John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! (Deluxe Edition) (2010)

Musical powerhouses John Legend & The Roots present Wake Up!, eleven profoundly evocative songs pulled from the soulful music of the 60's and 70's all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness. The album is highlighted with familiar tracks like "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway mixed with more obscure selections like Baby Huey and the Babysitters' "Hard Times". Wake Up! also includes one original composition, John Legend's "Shine," which is featured in the upcoming documentary Waiting For Superman.

1. Hard Times feat. Black Thought
2. Compared To What
3. Wake Up Everybody feat. Common & Melanie Fiona
4. Our Generation (The Hope Of The World) feat. CL Smooth
5. Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) feat. Malik Yusef
6. Little Ghetto Boy feat. Black Thought
7. Hang On In There
8. Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)
9. Wholy Holy
10. I Can`t Write Left Handed
11. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
12. Shine (iTunes Deluxe Version)
13. Shine (Waiting For "Superman" Version)
14. Wake Up Everybody (Live In Studio Performance) feat. Black Thought
15. Compared To What (Live In Studio Performance)

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Black Milk - Album Of The Year (2010)

Detroit producer and MC Black Milk always seemed much more honored than annoyed when his work was compared to that of the late J. Dilla, so don’t think the sonic surprises on this 2010 effort are driven by a desire to end the association. That said, Album of the Year is a distinct break from the smoky Detroit funk Dilla championed, as it pulls inspiration from the worlds of rock and funk-rock. A four-man live band is employed to provide the guitar crunch and acoustic drum fills, but instead of the organic Roots style, Milk cuts these recordings into a stuttering and loopy soundscape that’s entirely hip-hop. These block-rocking beats are irresistible and instantly gratifying as tracks like “Oh Girl” feel both new and comfortable on first listen, but thanks to the man’s growth as a lyricist, the album is also a rich experience that rewards on every return.

1. 365
2. Welcome (Gotta Go)
3. Keep Going
4. Oh Girl feat. AB
5. Deadly Medley feat. Royce Da 5′9″ and Elzhi
6. Distortion feat. Melanie Rutherford
7. Over Again feat. Monica Blaire
8. Black and Brown feat. Danny Brown
9. Round of Applause
10. Warning (Keep Bouncing)
11. Gospel Psychedelic Rock
12. Closed Chapter feat. Mr. Porter

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Main Flow - Return Of The Castle (2010)

Main Flow's highly anticipated follow up to Castle Diplomat! This is a return to his crew and hometown symbolized in a proverbial castle, in which the entire album takes place. We all know you are itching for a new Mood album. Return To The Castle more than keeps you at bay, Main Flow is as polished as ever. Featuring Chali 2na, The Grouch, Esoteric, Just Brea (Deep Rooted), Dante (Mood) and more.

1. The Drawbridge
2. Return Of The Castle feat. Esoteric
3. The Gate feat. Donte (of Mood)
4. All Goes Down feat. Ragga
5. The Dungeon feat. Chrissy Depauw
6. Understand feat. Just Brea
7. The Armory
8. Keep On Loving Me feat. Justin Werner
9. Dark Ages feat. Neorah Havva
10. The Drawbridge
11. Give Thanks (Bonus Track) feat. Justin Werner
12. Music (Bonus Track) feat. Chali 2Na, Donte (of Mood) & The Grouch

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Eminem - Recovery (2010)

Eminem releases Recovery just over a year after his last album, 2009’s Relapse. Relapse put the cap on an impressive ten years of recorded output, and contributed to Eminem being the biggest selling artist of 2000-2009. In recognition of this, Neilsen SoundScan named him their Artist of the Decade. Relapse entered the charts at #1 and, at nearly double platinum, was the best selling rap album of last year. It also earned Eminem his 11th Grammy award, winning in the Best Rap Album category. Relapse’s first single, “Crack A Bottle” from Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, soared to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Eminem’s second #1 after 2002’s “Lose Yourself”) and set a SoundScan record at the time of its release for opening week download sales (418,000). The album also spun off two other hits; the Top 10 “We Made You” and Top 20 “Beautiful.”

1. Cold Wind Blows
2. Talkin’ 2 Myself feat. Kobe
3. On Fire
4. Won’t Back Down feat. P!nk
5. W.T.P.
6. Going Through Changes
7. Not Afraid
8. Seduction
9. No Love feat. Lil Wayne
10. Space Bound
11. Cinderella Man
12. 25 To Life
13. So Bad
14. Almost Famous
15. Love the Way You Lie
16. You’re Never Over
17. Untitled

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Ice Cube - I Am The West (2010)

As his popularity continues to grow through movies and television, Ice Cube remains committed to the foundation of his career: Hip-Hop music. Quick to emphasize that he is and always will be a B-Boy, dedicated to writing vivid rhymes, delivering stellar stage performances and making dope hip-hop records. I Am The West is poised to be another high point in that mission. Very few can make as bold a statement as I Am The West and even fewer can dispute Ice Cube's right to stake the claim. His hall of fame resume alone would be enough to own the title, but this album is an opportunity to raise the bar even higher. The hallmark of Ice Cube's best know work is ever present on I Am The West: Lyrics from a realistic perspective, giving voice to those usually ignored or shunned by the power base, rhymes that make you think and songs that set the party off. All supported with outstanding production that makes your head nod. And Ice Cube accomplishes this while thoroughly representing his unwavering commitment to the west coast hip-hop movement that he helped to start over twenty years ago.

1. Soul On Ice
2. Life In California feat. Jayo Felony & WC
3. She Couldn't Make It On Her Own feat. OMG & Doughboy
4. Urbanian
5. Y'all Know How I Am feat. OMG, Doughboy, WC & Maylay
6. Too West Coast feat. WC & Maylay
7. I Rep That West
8. Drink The Kool-Aid
9. No Country For Young Men
10. It Is What It Is
11. Hood Robbin'
12. Your Money Or Your Life
13. Nothing Like L.A.
14. All Day, Every Day
15. Fat Cat

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Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (2010)

Being in jail hardly put a damper on Lil Wayne’s media onslaught. He has released just as many music videos, freestyles and guest features during his stint in Ryker’s Island as he ever has. Wayne's manager compiled I’m Not a Human Being, an EP of all new material set to be released on Wayne’s birthday. I’m Not a Human Being aims to whet fan's appetites for Tha Carter 4, Wayne’s next studio album, much in the way 2007's The Leak preceded Tha Carter 3. The EP is due for a viral release with a possible physical release to follow in time for Christmas. I’m Not a Human Being marks Wayne's return to traditional rap following the rap-rock Rebirth fiasco.

1. Gonorrhea feat. Drake
2. Hold Up feat. T-Streets
3. With You feat. Drake
4. I Am Not A Human Being
5. I’m Single
6. What’s Wrong With Them feat. Nicki Minaj
7. Right Above It feat. Drake
8. Popular feat. Lil Twist
9. That Ain’t Me feat. Jay Sean
10. Bill Gates

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9th Wonder Presents: Big Remo - Entrapment (2010)

Hailing from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Big Remo represents the new school of rugged and raw Southern Hip Hop. Having already received plaudits from platinum-selling rapper David Banner, who featured Remo on his 9th Wonder-produced single Strange, Remo is ready to make a memorable debut with his first album Entrapment.

Produced mostly by 9th Wonder, Entrapment also features production from Young Guru, Khrysis and M. Phazes. Fans of 9th will recognize the creative touch and high quality of one of Hip Hop's best producers as he teams with a promising young talent to create an album that's sure to stay in rotation for 2010 and beyond.

1. What It Takes
2. Don't Matter (Over There)
3. The Game (Tre 4)
4. Go feat. 9thmatic
5. Wonderbread feat. David Banner
6. Mo Heat (Quiet Nights)
7. Girls Most Wanted feat. Colin Munroe
8. Serenity
9. Go Ladies feat. Robert Alred Of The Dynamic Five
10. Woop Woop (Stand Back) feat. Ricky Ruckus & 9thmatic
11. Entrapment
12. What Is Your Name feat. Mela Machinko
13. It's Like That
14. Grown Man Biz
15. Without You
16. Nothing's Gonna Stop feat. Tyler Woods

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Othello & DJ Vajra - The Required Taste (2010)

"The Required Taste" is a feel record with healthy balance of fun, depth and maturity. DJ Vajra and Othello have rocked parties in China, Japan, all over Europe and almost every city in the U.S. Both artists have spent many years sharpening their skill sets and this record is a great representation of what they offer collectively.

1. Were Coming
2. Go
3. Same Team Suckas feat. Theory Hazit
4. John and John
5. Connect For
6. Power Moves feat. Ohmega Watts and Braille (Of Lightheaded)
7. The Flavor
8. Listen feat. Bary Hampton
9. Road Letters
10. Active Balanced feat. Now On and Mayer Hawthorne
11. Great Divide
12. Trust feat. Stro The 89th Key
13. Ya Did It To Yaself feat. Ragen Fykes
14. Its feat. Dminor

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MC Eiht - The Best Of (2010)

Aaron Tyler (born on May 22, 1967 in Compton, California), better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is a West Coast hip hop artist. In an interview he stated that his stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including 8Ball and .38 caliber firearms. He is a member of the rap group Compton's Most Wanted.

1. All For The Money
2. Straight Up Menace
3. You Cant See Me
4. Compton 4 Death
5. The Murder Show PT. 2
6. Growin' Up In The Hood
7. Thuggin' It Up
8. 187 Hemp
9. Buy Another Gun
10. Anything U Want
11. Late Night Hype PT. 2
12. Niggaz That Kill
13. That's The Way Life Goes
14. Nothin' But The Gangsta
15. Tha Business
16. Ain't Nothin' To It
17. You Don't Know Who I Know
18. No One Else
19. Can I Still Kill It

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