Artist: Rihanna Album: Talk That Talk Genre: Pop Label: Def Jam Not that I’d ever hop on the ‘oh won’t someone please think of the children’ bandwagon, but Rihanna’s influence on the younger peeps actually concerns me. Even more so now I’ve had to listen to a whole album at once.
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REVIEW: Rihanna – Talk That Talk
November 16th, 2011 
James Shotwell 
Posted in Features, Reviews 
Tags: album review, critique, jay-z, leak, music review, pop music, review, rihanna, riri, roc me out, single, talk that talk, top 40, ttt review 
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Rihanna – Roc Me Out
November 12th, 2011 James Shotwell Another cut from Rihanna’s upcoming album has found its way online and UTG has the goods. Taken from the back half of Talk That Talk, we think “Roc Me Out” could very well be Rihanna’s biggest single to date (should she choose to push it to radio). Huge chorus, perfect beat, what more could you […]
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REVIEW: The Wanted – Battleground
November 9th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: The Wanted Album: Battleground Genre: Pop Label: Island (UK) The Wanted are, apparently, kind of a big deal. I failed to notice this until I saw a poster for this album in the window of HMV in town this morning. Well, it’s not unusual for me to have never heard of anything that’s appeared […]
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Rihanna – Unfaithful (Urban Noize Remix)
November 4th, 2011 James Shotwell After blessing some of hip hop’s greats with their efforts, Florida’s Urban Noize gives Rihanna’s classic about cheating the facelift you never knew it needed. Hypetrak were the lucky ducks that first brought this remix, which makes the now years old track feel brand new once again. In fact, they could probably take this version […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Jason Derulo – Breathing
November 4th, 2011 James Shotwell Pop heartthrob (and terrific dancer) Jason Derulo returned to Youtube and VH1 countdowns today with his brand new video for “Breathing.” I’m not sure it’s possible to experience true heartache while a club-like beats pounds in the background, but “Breathing” finds Derulo attempting just that against blue lights and empty factories. The song is catchy, […]
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REVIEW: Jason Derulo – Future History
September 24th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: Jason Derulo Album: Future History [Deluxe Version] Genre: R ‘n’ B, dance, pop Label: Beluga Heights/Warner Bros Well, this was certainly a departure for me to review. Familiar as I am with the name Jason Derulo, I hadn’t actually listened to anything of his before aside from what popped up in TV show backgrounds […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: album review, beluga heights, dance, future history, Jason DeRulo, pop music, review, rnb, top 40 Comments Off on REVIEW: Jason Derulo – Future HistorySTREAM: Katy Perry ft. Missy Elliot – Last Friday Night (TGIF) (Remix)
August 7th, 2011 James Shotwell Missy Elliot is currently in the lab working on Block Party with cohort Timbaland, but she dips her toes back into the mainstream this week with an appearance on the official remix to Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (TGIF).” The release of this single couldn’t come any sooner for Perry either. Currently, her 2010 release […]
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August 3rd, 2011 James Shotwell Pop music has come a long way since the days of the Backstreet Boys and no further proof of this is needed than Sabi’s latest single, “Wild Heart.” Combining soaring vocals with just enough dubstep to make the masses feel hip, we have little doubt the song you’re about to hear will be everywhere within […]
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March 3rd, 2011 James Shotwell I know some of you may consider this a bit too “pop” for us, but Weezy lays down the business and that deserves recognition. This track comes off Rowland’s upcoming album, due out soon.
Posted in News Tags: hip-hop (genre), kelly rowland, Lil Wayne, motivation, new music, pop (genre), stream, top 40 Comments Off on STREAM: Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne – MotivationSTREAM: Big Sean – “My Last”
February 8th, 2011 James Shotwell After a whirlwind rise from obscurity to center stage over the last year, Big Sean has finally dropped the lead single for his upcoming album, Finally Famous. Click through to stream the Chris Brown assisted “My Last” and be sure to pick up Sean’s record when it drops this March!
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February 19th, 2010 James Shotwell Artist: Jason Derulo Album: Jason Derulo Genre: Pop/RnB Label: Warner Bros. Pop music has become such a vacuous segment of the music industry that I rarely care to deal with most the artists associated with the genre. Any music fan has an age when they realize how “hit” driven pop artist development is and that […]
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August 21st, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Close But Not Quite Album: Who Said The West Was Dead EP Genre: Pop Rock/Hip Hop/Pop Punk Label: Unsigned We at UTG are often overloaded with emails from unsigned acts that are looking to get coverage on the site. Generally, I do my best to get as many of them onto UTG as possible, […]