FALL ALBUM PREVIEW
well, it worked for eminem
Rolling Stone previews the Top 20 anticipated albums for the fall. I plucked out four for discussion.
1) Burt Bacharach's All This Time (Nov 1). Bacharach is one of the greatest American songwriters alive (think "Walk On By," and "The Look of Love") and on this album, he's teaming up with folks like Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and ... Dr. Dre? "I'm a big fan of Dre's. The guy gets the most unbelievable sounds." Much as I like Burt AND Dre, we're just a little skeptical as to what the pairing might sound like but Bacharach plus Wainwright? Golden.
2) 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Soundtrack (Nov 8). Some of you may have heard about this little known rapper with a small cult following and apparently, there will be some kind of art house bio-pic coming about him featuring new songs. Seriously though, 50 already has this year's best-selling rap album with The Massacre ... I can only imagine how many (G)units the soundtrack to his new movie is going to score.
3) Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable (Nov 22). He's got an Oscar for playing a musician but will that translate into Billboard love? Foxx is no Eddie Murphy when it comes to his actual musical talent: he can sing, he can play instruments and when you have Kanye West and Pharrell Williams on your production team, good things tend to happen. Still, it's hard to say if Foxx can really become a legend in two games but you can't fault him for his ambition. I hear he's trying out for the Joffrey too.
4) OutKast's Idlewild (Dec 6). It's a musical film. By OutKast. With a lot of jazz music. I am so game.
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