After losing his self-created promotional battle with rapper/producer Kanye West over which of their albums released on the same day would sell the most, 50 Cent seemed to be losing his grip on his title of king of the (mainstream) hard-core rappers.
The singer-songwriter plays the Troubadour on Tuesday and says his music has always been character-driven. For a long time, James McMurtry was skeptical of the whole notion that songs could be described as literary. He figured it was just a label that journalists stuck on him because his father was the novelist Larry McMurtry , author of “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show.” But when …
Upbeat, terrific guitar arrangements and playing, great production, thoughtful well-crafted lyrics. All the componentsof a much more seasoned artist.
Am I the only one upset that when you buy a song on iTunes you don’t get any of the info you used to get in a CD booklet, like the names of the producer and the session players? And I miss reading the lyrics as I hear a song for the first time.
New releases from Miley Cyrus, O.A.R., Ratatat and One Day as a Lion.
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