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Timbaland feat. Katy Perry - If We Ever Meet Again

Published 8 February 10 11:14 AM | charlotte

It's not hyperbole to say that producer and MC Timbaland changed the face of hip-hop and R&B in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Virginia native's revolutionary work with singer/rapper Missy Elliott was unlike anything previously heard in contemporary black music at the time, and it made Timbaland one of the most sought-after producers in the game. He subsequently brought his frenetic avalanche of stuttering beats and synth samples to bear on the music of, among others, Jay-Z, Nelly...

Filed under: Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Jay Z, r&b, hip hophop, synths, mc, katy perry, beats, missy elliott, virginia, magoo, if we ever meet again, blacl music

Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

Published 12 June 9 6:16 PM | charlotte

Her voice and veneer call up Amy Winehouse, but with a punk pop bent, bubblegum pinup style, and an affinity for 1980s rock themes; Katy Perry burst onto the top 40 on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 2000s. She gathered a cult following in late 2007 with the metrosexual-boyfriend-tweaking single "U R So Gay." Her star exploded when she went to the same well again with the dance pop-infused ode to fluctuating sexuality "I Kissed a Girl" (not a Jill Sobule cover), a teaser...

Filed under: pop, grammy, punk, dance, hooks, katy perry, brit awards, bubblegum pinup style, i kissed a girl, u r so gay, metrosexual, one of the boys, waking up in vegas, rock themes