Posts Tagged ‘Shakira’

Lines, Vines, and Trying Times : The Music of 2009

In Art, Hip Hop, History, Janet, MJ, Music, Opinion, R&B, fame, radio on 29 December 2009 tagged 2009, Aeon, Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo), Alicia Keys, Alienated, Already Gone, Amerie, and Bears (Remix), Animal Collective, Annie, Antony and the Johnsons, Armand Van Helden, Ashkin, Auto-Tune, Azadi Square, Basement Jaxx, Bat For Lashes, BBC Radio 1, Beautiful, Berry Gordy, Best I Ever Had, Beyoncé, Bigger Than The World, Black Eyed Peas, Blackroc, Blame It, Blood Bank, Bon Iver, Bonkers, Boombox (LA Riots Remix), Bull Black Nova, Calvin Harris, Chris Cornell, Ciara, Clipse, Crystalised, Damon Dash, Danzig, Delirious, Dizzee Rascal, Drake, Earth Song, Ego, eminem, Empire State of Mind, Estelle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Felix Buxton, Fergie, Flyte Tyme, Gher, Giorgio Moroder, Halo, Hands 2 Myself, Happy Up Here, Hayley Williams, Heard 'Em All, Heartbreaker, Hole in the Head, Hope There's Someone, I’m Not Alone, Ignorance, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Jim Jones, John Legend, Justin TImberlake, K'Naan, Kabul, Kanye West, Karina Pasian, Katy Perry, Keep it Goin’ Louder, Kelci, Kelly Clarkson, Keri Hilson, Keyvan Baharlou, Kid Cudi, Kid Sister, Kinda Like a Big Deal, King of Pop, Kiss Me Thru the Phone, Kylie Minogue, Lady GaGa, Las Vegas, Lions, Lions Tigers and Bears, Little Boots, Live Lounge, Loba, Los Angeles, M.I.A., Major Lazer, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Marilyn Manson, Marvin Gaye, Meet Me Halfway, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, MJJ, Mos Def, Mr. Hudson, MSTRKRFT, Muse, My Girls, New in Town, Nina Sky, Number Ones, Off The Wall, Pacific Coast Highway, Paramore, Pearl Jam, Pearl's Dream, Purple Rain, Rain Dance, Raindrops, Röyksopp, Ricky Blaze, Right Hand Hi, rihanna, Robin Thicke, Robyn, Rockin’ That Shit, Rollacoasta, Run This Town, Russell Talyor, Ryan Tedder, Sandcastle Disco, Sandcastle Disco (Freemasons Radio Edit), Scream, Sex Therapy, Sexual Healing, Shakira, She Wolf, Solange, Solange Knowles, Songs Remind Me of You, soulja boy, Speakerphone (Steve Anderson Studio Version), Sugababes, Supernova (with String Quartet), Sweet Dreams, Switch, T-Pain, Taylah P., The Black Keys, The Dream, The Fixer, The Saturdays, The Very Best, The XX, Thierry Mugler, Thirteen, Tigers, Timbaland, Touch My Body, Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart, Up Up & Away, Uprising, Vanguards Remix, Victoria Hesketh, Vistoso Bosses, Waking Up in Vegas (Calvin Harris Remix), Wall Street, Wavin’ Flag, We're From America, Wilco, Young Forever with Comments

The biggest story in music this year was the death of Michael Joseph Jackson, the Once and Future King of Pop. Moreso than the death of an individual, the King of Pop’s death signified the end of the explosive, border crossing, iconic, truly global megastar. Six months into a year that saw Pop music [...]

The Guardian : Shakira Mebarak is ‘Madonna Gone Right’

In Art, History, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, fame on 24 November 2009 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, Barranquilla, Colombia, Euan Ferguson, Gordon Brown, Howard Buffet, Latin America, Madonna, Shakira, Shakira Mebarak, The Guardian, Warren buffet with Comments

In an interview with The Guardian, Shakira Mebarak talks about economic development, poverty, sociology, and global history while promoting her new album She Wolf.
During the course of the interview, Shakira manages to go from hip-shaking International pop star to an intelligent, intellectually provocative, well-intentioned woman who manages to change Euan Ferguson’s perception of the cliche [...]

Video : Jay-Z & Alicia Keys ‘Empire State of Mind,’ Shakira Mebarak ‘Did It Again’

In Art, Hip Hop, Music, R&B, fame on 30 October 2009 tagged Alicia Keys, Did It Again, Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z, music video, Shakira, Shakira Mebarak, She Wolf, Video, World Star Hip Hop, Youtube with Comments

Did It Again:
She Wolf will finally see a U.S. release on November 23, 2009:

Empire State of Mind:
The Jay-Z / Alicia Keys powerhouse single finally gets the music video treatment:

Video : Shakira on Her Hips ‘If They’re Not Moving This is Not Going Anywhere’

In Art, Internet, Music, News, Opinion, fame on 29 October 2009 tagged bankruptcy, child poverty, Gilbert Cruz, Hips Don't Lie, Loba, pies descalzos, Shakira, Shakira Mebarak, She Wolf, Shewolf, Time, Video, Youtube with Comments

It wasn’t the most insightful interview by any means, but it was interesting to hear how Shakira’s parents put her father’s bankruptcy into perspective by taking her to the park where the glue-sniffing orphans hung out.
Also, as a entertainment consuming public we must all thank Ms. Mebarak for coming right out and saying that she [...]

Shakira Makes a Faustian Bargain With T-Pain

In Art, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, fame, radio on 30 September 2009 tagged autotune, Faustian Bargain, MP3, Nappy Boy, Pigeons and Planes, Remix, Shakira, She Wolf, Shewolf, T-Pain, Zshare with Comments

Shakira has said that She Wolf is all about someone grabbing on to what they want with fangs and claws, but somehow the presence of T-Pain’s autotuned voice on this otherwise pretty good remix of the single destroys all of that in a bid to extend the single’s chart life.
T-Pain’s reworking of the original’s beat [...]