Hitz Only » Music http://www.hitzonly.com Latest music news: music, celebrities, lyrics, albums, concerts , songs, videos, rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, R&B and of course ... hitz Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:44:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Rapper Heavy D Dead http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/11/09/rapper-heavy-d-dead/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/11/09/rapper-heavy-d-dead/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:36:55 +0000 Alex http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6975 Dwight Arrington Myers aka Heavy D performs at the BET Hip Hop Awards on Oct. 1 in Atlanta. He died after collapsing in his California home Tuesday. RAP legend Heavy D died Tuesday after collapsing in his California home. He was 44 years old, RIP Heavy D

]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/11/09/rapper-heavy-d-dead/feed/ 0 Lady Gaga Gets Big Man of the Year Award http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/31/lady-gaga-gets-big-man-of-the-year-award/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/31/lady-gaga-gets-big-man-of-the-year-award/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:22:44 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6973 Lady Gaga was recently honored with the Big Man of the Year award for her work in music education at the Little Kids Rock benefit, held in New York City. The princess of pop received the award from the wife of Clarence Clemmons, who played the saxophone solo in “The Edge of Glory”, and passed away this past summer. Lady Gaga said in her acceptance speech “My first experience with music was my father playing a vinyl of the E Street Band. I knew every time the song played that my grandpa was looking down and thanking me [for]… the gift I had given to my father by having Clarence on that record.”

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/26/new-video-from-jls-%e2%80%93-take-a-chance-on-me/feed/ 0 Lykke Li Covers Unchained Melody http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/21/lykke-li-covers-unchained-melody/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/21/lykke-li-covers-unchained-melody/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:12:20 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6960 Phil Spector turned “Unchained Melody” into a 20th century classic with his Wall of Sound Righteous Brothers production. But on a Triple J radio session, Lykke Li takes all of that away on an intimated acoustic cover. The singer teased the audience about the song’s prominent placement in the movie “Ghost” before performing her version. All I have to say is – amazing! This rendition really impresses me. There’s so much soul in her voice and her vocal range really shines as the guitarist delicately strums along. This is true talent guys. You can’t simply take any classic and turn it into such a work of art and Lykke Li did it beautifully.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/06/new-video-from-florence-the-machine-%e2%80%93-shake-it-out/feed/ 0 New Video from Aqua – Playmate to Jesus http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/04/new-video-from-aqua-%e2%80%93-playmate-to-jesus/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/04/new-video-from-aqua-%e2%80%93-playmate-to-jesus/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:20:04 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6933 Aqua is back on the scene but the legendary Danish-Norwegian pop band is toning things down a bit in the new single release from their new album “Megalomania”, which will hit stores in select markets across Europe on October 3rd. They had some fun with the first single “How R U Doing?” but the Lene Nystrom-led band has decided to slow the tempo down a little for the follow up “Playmate to Jesus”. Aqua recently premiered the music video for the song on their YouTube page. Lene looks stunning in the visual but I’m not entirely sure about the goth vibe. And thanks to this video, I just noticed that the band actually sampled some of Kanye West.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/10/04/new-video-from-aqua-%e2%80%93-playmate-to-jesus/feed/ 0 New Song from Porcelain Black – Naughty Naughty http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/28/new-song-from-porcelain-black-%e2%80%93-naughty-naughty/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/28/new-song-from-porcelain-black-%e2%80%93-naughty-naughty/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:21:55 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6925 Porcelain Black has a new single out called “Naughty Naughty”. In a somewhat comedic way, the sassy up tempo track was actually leaked by producer RedOne via YouTube this past Sunday. If you’re wondering why, he took to his Twitter to announce that Porcelain’s new single would be officially released on iTunes and radio on November 15th, which drew a lot of heat from fans. RedOne understood the fans’ frustration and decided to leak the single. “Naughty Naughty” is a straight pop song. I guess with the chart disaster that was “This is What Rock N Roll Looks Like”, Porcelain and her team decided to come up with a new strategy.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/28/new-song-from-porcelain-black-%e2%80%93-naughty-naughty/feed/ 0 New video from JLo – Papi http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/27/new-video-from-jlo-%e2%80%93-papi/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/27/new-video-from-jlo-%e2%80%93-papi/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:09:17 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6923 Jennifer Lopez recently appeared on Good Morning America to world premiere the music video for her new single “Papi”. JLo didn’t attend the show in person but a video of her was displayed at one of the jumbotrons at New York City’s Times Square, from where the ABC morning show was being broadcasted live. The pop singer introduced the clip and just as I was dreading, the Fiat 500 commercial, plus some extra footage, was indeed what made up the official video. I am so disappointed. The song is killer and the clip just doesn’t embody anything about the song. I was expecting so much more.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/27/new-video-from-jlo-%e2%80%93-papi/feed/ 0 New Song from J Cole – Mr. Nice Watch http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/22/new-song-from-j-cole-%e2%80%93-mr-nice-watch/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/22/new-song-from-j-cole-%e2%80%93-mr-nice-watch/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:38:21 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6918 Check out this epic collaboration from J Cole and Jay-Z called “Mr. Nice Watch”. The track can be found on the up and coming rapper’s debut album “Cole World: The Sideline Story”. The Roc Nation artist goes hard on the track, oozing great energy and flow. Plus, he gets the help of his label boss who spits a killer rap verse on the heavy-hitting electronic beat that the song has. I think J Cole has a hit on his hands with this song. “Mr. Nice Watch” is on fire on its own but with the added star power of Jay-Z, I think this is definitely going to slay.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/22/new-song-from-j-cole-%e2%80%93-mr-nice-watch/feed/ 0 New Video from Tony Bennett featuring Amy Winehouse – Body and Soul http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/21/new-video-from-tony-bennett-featuring-amy-winehouse-%e2%80%93-body-and-soul/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/21/new-video-from-tony-bennett-featuring-amy-winehouse-%e2%80%93-body-and-soul/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:26:51 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6916 Released on what would have been her 28th birthday, you can now watch the full music video for Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse’s collaboration “Body & Soul”. The cover of the classic song is included on Tony’s upcoming album “Duets II”, which is out on September 20th. The video sees the music icon and the late singer in the studio performing the song. It’s very touching. This just makes my heart ache even more that a talent like Amy is gone so soon. But this also shows that her music will last forever. My hat’s off to Tony for the nice gesture of releasing this on September 14th, Amy’s birthday. The single is now available on iTunes.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/21/new-video-from-tony-bennett-featuring-amy-winehouse-%e2%80%93-body-and-soul/feed/ 0 New Song from T-Pain – 5 O’Clock http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/19/new-song-from-t-pain-%e2%80%93-5-o%e2%80%99clock/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/19/new-song-from-t-pain-%e2%80%93-5-o%e2%80%99clock/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:36:39 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6914 T-Pain has a new song out called “5 O’Clock”. The track, which features rapper Wiz Khalifa and the unlikely collaborator Lily Allen, is the official lead single from the hip hop artist’s often delayed fourth album “RevolveR”. Wiz spits out a couple of verses while T-Pain simply gets a sample from Lily’s “Who’d Have Known” song to use as the hook. It’s a crazy experiment but I kind of like it a lot. Although I’m not entirely sure what Lily thinks of her song being turned into a mellow club number about a booty call. It was definitely odd after having been a fan of her original track and then hearing this.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/19/new-song-from-t-pain-%e2%80%93-5-o%e2%80%99clock/feed/ 0 New Video from Frankmusik – No ID http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/16/new-video-from-frankmusik-%e2%80%93-no-id/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/16/new-video-from-frankmusik-%e2%80%93-no-id/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:22:13 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6912 Frankmusik recently premiered the music video for his song “No ID”. The catchy pop track serves as the official single from the British singer’s album “Do It in the AM”, which is set for release on September 26th/27th in the UK and US respectively. I hope this song helps save him from a flop because his first single was just a poor choice. As for the video, Frankmusik takes a lot of inspiration from the classic movie “Grease”. The concept was actually pretty cool and totally fit his looks. I enjoyed every second of the clip. What do you think?

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/13/new-song-from-kevin-mccall-%e2%80%93-hard-to-get/feed/ 0 New Song from Inna – Endless http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/13/new-song-from-inna-%e2%80%93-endless/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/13/new-song-from-inna-%e2%80%93-endless/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:10:33 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6899 Inna has decided to give us another brand new song called “Endless”, which comes off of her upcoming sophomore album “I Am the Club Rocker”. The 24-year old singer from Romania uploaded the track onto her YouTube account for fans to listen to. I wonder how many more songs she plans to put out before the album gets released on September 19th. Anyway, as for the new song, in a word, it’s different. The song isn’t straight electro pop/dance material. It actually shows a more mellow, calm side to Inna with soft vulnerable vocals over a simple thump synth beat and a few stings of Spanish guitar. It’s actually pretty nice.

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]]> http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/13/new-song-from-inna-%e2%80%93-endless/feed/ 0 Christina Milian Coming to TV http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/06/christina-milian-coming-to-tv/ http://www.hitzonly.com/2011/09/06/christina-milian-coming-to-tv/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:36:54 +0000 amanda http://www.hitzonly.com/?p=6878 Christina Milian is making a comeback. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be in music but on TV. ABC Family is developing a new show called “Maid in Miami” with the music producer of “Glee” and the “Rita Rocks” producing duo. With Adam Anders, Stan Zimmerman and James Berg, the show could have some talented potential. It would center in on Christina’s character as she dreams of becoming a singer while she dusts for a living. It all sounds so familiar but I just can’t put my finger on it. I’ll reserve further judgment once I see the pilot. But with the names attached to production, I have high hopes.

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