Lil Wayne is a modern music rarity — unifying the championship belts of
Street and Sales into one dominant package. Weezy F is so
unstoppable that he walks for this entire clip, leading us through the
backstage area of a video shoot. The journey is complicated and
authentic — he even stops off at the honeywagon — but it never slows
his flow. The documentary feel lends a seat-of-the-pants feeling that
totally fits the rushed circumstances in quickly getting a video done to support a song that was
blowing up at radio. [review by Doug Stern]
Anyone still slogging through the string of Joe Perry Project songs on Aerosmith Guitar Hero knows that any solo singing/songwriting endeavor from a guitarist should be treated with trepidation. Thankfully, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. is looking like the rare exception to the rule. This first single off his new solo album Como Te Llama is a huge step
toward establishing himself as one of the more confident and consistent