"Deify" (guests: Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Daz Dillinger, Alchemisy, Jacka of thbe Mo Figaz, Chino Bling; first single: "In Front of Yo Momma's House"; Hear here)
(Broke City, May 27, 2008)
Cyndi Lauper
"Bring Ya to the Brink" (her first full-length album of new material in 12 years; producers: DJ Rich Morel, Lauper; first single: "Set Your Heart"; Hear/see here; Read here)
"Summerland" (producers: John X Volaitis, Christopher Holden; guests: Dobie Gray, keyboardist/string arranger Steve Welch, guitarist Fino Roverato; first single: "Waiting for the Plane to Land"; Hear here)
(Trafficbeat Entertainment, May 27, 2008)
BTW: "This is a socially conscious album that, even considering the subject matter, also tries to be entertaining and uplifting," Ragogna tells P&P. "It was recorded over a year and a half and the cover features the Ferris wheel that was auctioned recently on eBay. The song 'Home' is a duet with ı60s and ı70s pop icon Dobie Gray, and it emphasizes two main points, to bring the troops home and completely restoring New Orleans, which is still devastated in some locales. There is a companion video with genuine New Orleans footage and itıs featured on the enhanced portion of the CD."
"Here I Stand" (guests: Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Nelly, Lil Wayne; first single: "Love in This Club"; Hear here; Read here)
(LaFace/Zomba, May 27, 2008)
Various artists
"Sex and the City [film soundtrack]" (opens in theaters May 30; includes songs by Fergie, Indie.Arie, Jem, Al Green, Joss Stone, Jem, Jennifer Hudson, etc.; See here)
BTW: "Goodbye 20th Century" ia "an extensively researched biography based on new interviews with the band as well as roughly 100 family members, artistic and childhood friends, fellow musicians, business associates, and former members," Browne tells P&P. "The book takes readers from the Lower East Side of the late '70s to the offices of Geffen Records in the '90s and up to Northampton, Mass., where Kim Gordon's and Thurston Moore are now based, complete with new, behind-the-scenes details of the band's creative and professional lives.
"Along the way, readers will hear from everyone from Jim O'Rourke, Glenn Branca and Richard Edson, to Sofia Coppola, who was inspired to become a director thanks to Sonic Youth, and Danny Elfman, Gordon's high school boyfriend. The book also contains 65 photographs, many of them never before published and dating back to their childhoods."
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