The release of DJ Khaled's fourth studio album was repeatedly delayed. With each pushed-back street date came a new track list, the biggest change coming when the Shyne feature "All My Life" fell off, and Young Jeezy went from centerpiece artist to two-track contributor. It's a testament then to the DJ's executive production power that the final product not only holds together, but solidly supports the album's theme, offering a fist-pumping song cycle of triumph in the hood. With the five-star lineup of T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and Rick Ross, "All I Do Is Win" is the gold medal track, with the Young Jeezy showcase "Put Your Hands Up" winning the silver. Bun B ("I got those yams like Thanksgiving dinner") helps "Rockin' All My Chains On" score the bronze, giving the track a slight edge over the hood reggae number "Killing Me," which partners Busta Rhymes with Jamaican stars Buju Banton and Bounty Killer. Through intros and shout-outs, Khaled puts more of himself into this personal, story-telling album, and while this supposedly troubled effort seems complete and sound, for the most part, the closing "Rep My City" is the least satisfying number and is best thought of as a bonus track. Otherwise, the Terror Squad DJ's ode to the victor is as satisfying as his other mega-star-studded albums, with the added benefit of being more cohesive and significantly more purposeful. ~ David Jeffries

1. Intro - (featuring Diddy/Busta Rhymes)
2. All I Do Is Win - (featuring Ludacris/Snoop Dogg/T-Pain)
3. Put Your Hands Up - (featuring Schife/Young Jeezy/Plies)
4. Fed Up - (featuring Drake/Lil Wayne/Usher/Young Jeezy)
5. Victory - (featuring John Legend/Nas)
6. Ball - (featuring Schife/Jim Jones)
7. Rockin All My Chains On - (featuring Soulja Boy Tell Em/Birdman/Bun B)
8. Killing Me - (featuring Bounty Killer/Buju Banton/Busta Rhymes)
9. Bringing Real Rap Back - (featuring Rum)
10. Bring the Money Out - (featuring Ace Hood/Lil' Boosie/Nelly)
11. On My Way - (featuring Young Cash/Gunplay/Ace Hood/Iceberg/Desloc Piccalo/Bali/Kevin Cossom/Ballgreezy/Rum)
12. Rep My City

Highly anticipated 2010 sophomore album from the British singer/songwriter. Amy Macdonald's debut album, This Is The Life, made her one of the world's most successful British female artists, The album went to #1 in five countries, including the UK, and has achieved platinum or multi-platinum status in 12 countries and has sold three million copies globally. Curious Thing was recorded at Paul Weller's Black Barn Studios, in Ripley, Surrey, and the man himself features on the album. Universal.

01. Don't Tell Me That It's Over
02. Spark
03. No Roots
04. Love Love
05. An Ordinary Life
06. Give It All Up
07. My Only One
08. This Pretty Face
09. Troubled Soul
10. Next Big Thing
11. Your Time Will Come
12. What Happiness Means To Me

If it seems odd that an album as bravado-filled, trash-talking, and schoolboy horny as this one comes with the title Battle of the Sexes. It can be explained as a leftover title from what was originally planned as a joint release from Ludacris and his DTP protégé Shawnna. After the album's better half left the project -- along with the DTP family -- the title was never readjusted, and there are further confusing traces of the original concept, such as the "us vs. them" intro, which opens an album that's almost entirely "us." Still, quality control is less important than titillation when it comes to the porno-style album, and Battle of the Sexes delivers on that level. Redd Foxx-like ideas like making limbo instructions sound especially nasty ("How Low") or having fun with the Tiger Woods sex scandal ("Sexting") are coupled with safe and slick beats from the likes of the Runners, Swizz Beatz, and the Legendary Traxster. Luda is inspired enough to drop at least one belly laugh-worthy punch line per track, while the numerous guests are, at worst, on point, and at best (that would be Nicki Minaj), on fire. The less-sexed "Everybody Drunk" barely fits, but it's still a party time highlight, and when you add the very R. Kelly-esque "Sex Room," plus Lil' Kim getting vicious on "Hey Ho," you've got more prime material than expected. Limited and a little patched together, but if cheap thrills are what you're after, this one puts the dirty back in dirty south. ~ David Jeffries

1. Intro
2. How Low
2. How Low
3. My Chick Bad
4. Everybody Drunk
5. I Do It All Night
6. Sex Room
7. I Know You Got A Man
8. Hey Ho
9. Party No Mo'
10. B.O.T.S. Radio
11. Can't Live With You
12. Feelin' So Sexy
13. Tell Me A Secret
14. My Chick Bad Remix
15. Sexting

Gorillaz began as a lark but turned serious once it became Damon Albarn's primary creative outlet following the slow dissolve of Blur. Delivered five years after the delicate whimsical melancholy of 2005's Demon Days, Plastic Beach is an explicit sequel to its predecessor, its story line roughly picking up in the dystopian future where the last album left off, its music offering a grand, big-budget expansion of Demon Days, spinning off its cameo-crammed blueprint. Traces of Albarn's Monkey opera can be heard, particularly in the hypnotic Mideastern pulse of "White Flag," but Damon's painstaking pancultural pop junk-mining no longer surprises -- when hip-hop juts up against Brit-pop, it's expected -- yet it still has the capacity to delight no matter which direction the Gorillaz may swing. Lou Reed's crotchety croak on "Some Kind of Nature" has the same kind of gravitational pull as Mos Def leading the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble through the intensely circling "Sweepstakes," while the group reaches new heights of sparkling pop on "Superfast Jellyfish," aided by the return of De La Soul -- the rappers who propelled "Feel Good Inc." -- and an appearance from Gruff Rhys, the Super Furry Animals frontman who is an ideal fit for Gorillaz (possibly because SFA's genre-bending pop and Pete Fowler artwork clearly paved the way for Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's collaboration). A common thread among all these tracks is that they find Albarn ceding the spotlight to his fellow musicians, preferring to be the puppetmaster behind the curtain, and Plastic Beach works best when he's the composer and producer, finding hidden strengths within his guests -- having Mick Jones and Paul Simonon for the elastic title track, coaxing some powerful performances out of Bobby Womack -- but often when Albarn takes center stage his laconic drawl lets the air out of the balloon. Curiously, much of this arrives toward the beginning of the album, the record gaining momentum as it unspools, working toward its climax, but the overall album accentuates moody texture over pop hooks. This emphasis means Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album to play like a soundtrack to a cartoon -- which isn't entirely a bad thing, because as Albarn grows as a composer, he's a master of subtly shifting moods and intricately threaded allusions, often creating richly detailed collages that are miniature marvels. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

1. Orchestral Intro
2. Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach - (featuring Snoop Dogg)
3. White Flag - (featuring Kano/Bashy)
4. Rhinestone Eyes
5. Stylo - (featuring Mos Def/Bobby Womack)
6. Superfast Jellyfish - (featuring De La Soul/Gruff Rhys)
7. Empire Ants - (featuring Little Dragon)
8. Glitter Freeze - (featuring Mark E. Smith)
9. Some Kind of Nature - (featuring Lou Reed)
10. On Melancholy Hill
11. Broken
12. Sweepstakes - (featuring Mos Def)
13. Plastic Beach - (featuring Mick Jones/Paul Simonon)
14. To Binge - (featuring Little Dragon)
15. Cloud of Unknowing
16. Pirate Jet

After 40 years, a number of ill-conceived posthumous albums, and countless bootlegs, one would almost have to be skeptical of a new album billed as "12 previously unreleased studio recordings -- almost 60 minutes of unheard Jimi Hendrix!" The good news is that Valleys of Neptune largely delivers on that promise. Even hardcore collectors will likely be surprised at how much of this album they haven't heard. But much of this material has been available before in some form, official and otherwise. Although there were tons of posthumous overdubs, elements of these very versions of "Stone Free" and "Hear My Train Comin'" were used as building blocks for the versions on Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning, respectively. Additionally, this version of "Stone Free" was included on 2000's The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, the only difference being that Noel Redding's bass and vocals were replaced with Billy Cox's bass from a slightly later studio session. An excerpt of the tune "Valleys of Neptune" was released as part of the Lifelines radio program box set but that track ("Mr. Bad Luck [aka Look Over Yonder]") and "Lullaby for the Summer" (basically an instrumental version of "Ezy Rider") were all well-known to collectors. However, Eddie Kramer's fresh mixes make them all sound better than ever. "Fire," "Red House," and "Sunshine of Your Love" are obviously well-known tunes, but these versions will most likely be new even to collectors. "Ships Passing Through the Night" (later transformed into "Night Bird Flying") and "Crying Blue Rain" are easily the rarest tracks here, and may well be surfacing for the very first time. The songs all sound mostly to completely finished; they definitely aren't just rough demos that got added to after the fact (although Mitch and Noel did do additional recording in 1987 for three of these tunes). Most of the tracks have multiple guitar parts, although Jimi probably would have replaced some of these guitar parts. It's not that they're at all bad, but some aren't perfect, and Jimi Hendrix was a perfectionist. "Crying Blue Rain" feels like just a studio jam (albeit a good one), and "Sunshine of Your Love" goes on just a bit too long with an unnecessary bass solo, but the rest sounds surprisingly finished and complete (and being studio recordings, the sound quality is excellent throughout).

1. Stone Free
2. Valleys of Neptune $1.29
3. Bleeding Heart
4. Hear My Train A Comin'
5. Mr. Bad Luck
6. Sunshine of Your Love
7. Lover Man
8. Ships Passing Through the Night
9. Fire
10. Red House
11. Lullaby for the Summer
12. Crying Blue Rain

2010 debut album from the Italian DJ duo. Crookers' hotly anticipated monster of an album see's the duo giving a masterclass in production, whilst teaming up with some of the biggest names the world has to offer. Many of these songs are featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Includes guest appearances from Kelis, Pitbull, Will.I.Am, Yelle, Roisin Murphy, Miike Snow and many others.

1. We Love Animals (Featuring Soulwax & Mixhell)
2. No Security (Featuring Kelis)
3. Natural Born Hustler (Featuring Pitbull)
4. Let's Get Beezy (Featuring Will I Am)
5. Park The Truck (Featuring Spank Rock)
6. Hold Up Your Hand (Featuring Roisin Murphy)
7. Hip Hop Changed (Featuring Rye Rye)
8. Cooler Couleur (Featuring Yelle)
9. Birthday Bash (Featuring The Very Best, Marina & Dargen Damico)
10. Put Your Hands On Me (Featuring Kardinal Offishall & Carla-Marie)
11. Royal T (Featuring Roisin Murphy)
12. Remedy (Featuring Miike Snow)
13. Arena (Featuring Poirier & Face-T)
14. Tee Pee Theme (Featuring Drop The Line)
15. Transilvania (Featuring Steed Lord)
16. Have Mercy (Featuring Carrie)
17. Jump Up (Featuring Major Lazer, Leftside & Sugahype)
18. Lone White Wolf (Featuring Tim Burgess)
19. Day N Nite (Acapella Version)
20. Embrace The Martian (Featuring Kid Cudi)

Following up on Explains It All, an album of ‘90s covers, Four Year Strong return to the crossroads of emo and pop-punk with their second album of original material, Enemy of the World. The Worcester, MA quintet’s sound remains largely unchanged, with their combination of pop-punk energy, uplifting singalong choruses, and metalcore flourishes. There’s not a lot in the way of innovation here, but there doesn’t really need to be. Four Year Strong has stumbled upon a sound that takes the catchiest elements from three different genres and bundles them up in a high-energy package that’s undeniably catchy. Alone, these styles have almost been done to death. By mixing them together, the band has created a dynamic sound that keeps the listener on their toes as they effortlessly shift from hardcore breakdowns to sweeping, half-time choruses. On “It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong,” the album opener and first single, the song shifts back and forth easily from metalcore chugging to driving, major-key passages that invite you to join in and help out with the vocal duties. Jampacked with hooks and gang vocals, the rest of the album follows along those same lines, showing off the talents of a band of tight and consistent musicians and songwriters who’ve taken a wide range of styles and combined them into something that is all their own.

1.It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now
2.On a Saturday
3.Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)
4.Nineteen with Neck Tatz
5.Find My Way Back
6.What the Hell Is a Gigawatt
7.One Step at a Time
8.Body Pays the Bills, The
9.Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
10.Flannel Is the Color of My Energy
11.Enemy of the World

2009 seventh studio album from the UK's most commercially and credibly successful girlband. For this album Keisha, Heidi and Amelle have partnered with the likes of Red One (Rihanna, Lady Gaga ), Stargate (Beyonce), Ne-Yo and Ryan Tedder (One Republic) taking a new direction that feels unmistakably Sugababes but unquestionably fresh.

1.Get Sexy
2.Wear My Kiss
3.About A Girl
4.Wait For You
5.Thank You For The Heartbreak
6.Miss Everything (Featuring Sean Kingston)
7.She's A Mess
8.Give It To Me Now
9.Crash & Burn
10.No More You
11.Sweet & Amazing (Make It The Best)
12.Little Miss Perfect

Willem – Succes

01. Sex Appeal
02. Succes
03. So Fly
04. Licht Uit ft. Big2
05. Lichaamstaal
06. Je Staat Er Nog Steeds
07. Bad Boy
08. Money ft. Candy Dulfer
09. Het Spijt Me ft. Kleine Viezerik
10. Huil Voor Jou
11. Ego
12. Voor Altijd ft. Kempi
13. Haat
14. Ode Aan ft Big2

Big2 – Ik Ben Twan

01. Gefocused
02. Keep It Real
03. Het Goede Leven
04. Broodje Bakpao ft. Gers & Sef
05. Liever Zeg Je Niks
06. Gierig ft. MC Fit
07. Leef To The Fullest ft. Lange Frans
08. Crazy Zin In ft. Sef
09. Mama ft. Chiara & Willem
10. Je Doet Als Een Lady ft. Brainpower & Jayh
11. Duif Op De Dam ft. Burgs, Sjaak & Kleine Viezerik
12. Brief Aan Jou ft. Trijntje Oosterhuis
13. Ik Wacht Op Jou Vannacht ft. D-Love & Willem
14. Kryptonite
15. Rag4Life

01 Theory Of A Deadman – Little Smirk
02 Bullet For My Valentine – Your Betrayal (Short Intro Edit)
03 All Time Low – Weightless
04 Godsmack – Cryin’ Like A Bitch
05 Animal Collective – My Girls
06 Serj Tankian – The Charade (Rock Version)
07 It’s Alive! – Pieces
08 Animal Kingdom – Tin Man
09 Monsters Of Folk – Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
10 Band Of Skulls – Friends
11 Hot Chip – One Life Stand
12 The Dirty Heads – Lay Me Down
13 Evans Blue – Bulletproof
14 Trevor Hall – Volume
15 Shaman’s Harvest – Dragonfly (Daiker Mix)
16 The Hours – Ali In The Jungle
17 Ruby Tigers – The Deal
18 Black Sunshine – Once In My Life