The Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning

How do you follow up a party-packed multiplatinum smash called The E.N.D.? For Black Eyed Peas, The Beginning was the place to start. It all seems a bit backwards… The E.N.D came before The Beginning… but the new album pick up exactly where the last one E.N.Ded (in terms of the Euro-themed music). It seems that the party never stopped. The collective intelligence that powers the Peas delights in the dynamic interplay on lead single The Time, the ruthless thunder of techno and the glistening shards of minimal electro.
There are a few things wrong with this album. First, Will.i.am. I know, he’s the mastermind behind the group but since he’s moved into the producer sphere he’s obviously let it get into his pea-sized head that he is the greatest music producer and genius to have ever been born. He is all over this album, even to the point of the others in the group being reduced to back-up and guest appearances. He’s known for trying to spit out some quirky lyrics and these lyrics are some of the dumbest lyrics I’ve heard in a while. Second issue – Fergie. She has had massive success as a solo artist and even on the previous BEP album we heard her actually sing a bit. Not so much on this album. When she does appear it’s mostly to scream out a line or two. She feels missing in action on most of the album, however. As do the other members of the group because this album sounds a lot like Will.i.am’s recent failed solo artist quest.
The other problem is just the music itself. Many of the songs change speed, melody and tenor so fast they play like medleys, perfect for an ADHD driven music audience who have calluses on their skip button fingers. Golden oldies like the Dirty Dancing theme “Time of My Life,” Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” and KC and The Sunshine Band’s “Baby Give It Up” are looted for their instant recognition and then immediately turned on their axes. The production magicians pull “The Time,” “Light Up the Night” and “Love You long Time” respectively out of their hats with huge amounts of sticky thump, wispy atmospherics and crawling, key-hopping synth that snuffs out all the 80’s sensibilities as the songs progress.
This album is such a let down, if this is the best the group can produce then really this album should be the true “E.N.D.” But if you just need a couple of old school/new school, pop, disco, Hip-Hop songs to shake your ass too, then this should be right up your alley. There isn’t a sound that isn’t represented in “The Beginning”…
I am not sure if this the beginning to the end for BEP...

US TOP 10 - November 2010 by DJ ALI

10 - Pink - Rais Your Glass
09 - Neon Trees - Animal
08 - Taio Cruz - Dynamite
07 - Flo Rida - This Club Can't Handle Me
06 - Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Fireworks)
05 - Far East Momement - G6
04 - Rihanna - Only Girl (in The World)
03 - Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
02 - Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
01 - Nelly - Just a Dream

DJ Ali - US Top 10 November 2010 (club Mixed) by DjAliFTE1

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



Over the last year or so, rapper Kanye West has interrupted Taylor Swift (a page out of the best way to doushebag stardom guide book), sparred with Matt Lauer, and apologized to former President George W. Bush for suggesting during the Katrina disaster that he was racist. Say what you want about Kanye West and I, like many of you felt that he has the “diva:ish” tendencies, , but this new album is solid! I have to admit that I am not the biggest Kanye West fan, but there is no doubt that he is in full control when he enters the recording studio to record this new, his fifth album, and finds the rapper-producer flexing his considerable musical muscle like never before.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes for all of it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album. Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." There is a big surprise for everyone at the six minute mark on the "Runaway" track… and I am not going to soil it…  I have to admit that I did not have high expectations, but I sure was wrong.  Kanye thinks you’re a moron if you settle for artists who don’t push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody…

Dr Dre - Kush

The longest in production album, over a decade, may finally be near a release. One of Rap / Hip-Hop biggest stars and one of the original member of N.W.A, Dr. Dre has been promising the new album, Detox, for over a decade, and we have seen and heard some hints and teasers over the years and it appears the doctor is, finally, seriously, in the office, and now the final step: Dre has essentially confirmed that new single “Kush”, featuring Snoop Dogg, Akon, and a beat that will rattle your windows, is the first single from his long awaited new album.

The background music alone is enough to get fans excited about this first track from "Detox." It features a typically well-done and catchy thumping Dre beat backing it, with Akon singing the chorus followed by an "Inhale-Exhale" chant. Snoop Dogg appears on the song which will take fans back to the days of "Chronic" rapping all about marijuana.

In an interview with LA radio station, Power 106, Dre insisted that the vibe of “Kush” should not be any indication of the upcoming album’s content. Dre pushed this track out after a version of it had leaked online. Dre confirms that this is the only track on the album about weed smoking and this is not a representation of the album.

The last Dr. Dre album came out in 1999 and was titled "2001," a follow-up to his hip-hop classic "The Chronic." He's mentioned that he can "see the finish line" in terms of delivering the new album. Dre says he has maybe two or three more songs before the album is ready, and then you'll be hearing his innovative and pulsating beats once again. Seeing as his other two studio albums are considered hip hop classics, expectations are high but with a decade to produce, expect greatness from Dr. Dre.
Even though I don’t personally like the Akon involvement in this project, I am much exited to hear something new from Dr. Dre. There is and will be a lot of buzz coming from the Dr’s office and I can only assume that there will be Snoop Dogg albums in the works as well as another Eminem. Could it result in “Up in Smoke” tour II?

Check out the track right here.

Charlie B "Live it Up" Dj Ali Club Mix

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MJ - One More Chance

Eleventh month

November is already here and I can see how people are getting all bundled up and I have even started to see some of the houses putting lights up. It is nice to see, as it lights up the streets in this dark, cold and sometimes wet nights.

Even though it gets dark outside fairly early, there are a lot of bright things coming from the ROC528 studios to look for.

Keep an eye and an ear out for the brand new remix from your ROC528 crew for the up and coming artist from Dallas, TX – USA, Charlie B’s new track, Live it up!

Charlie B - Live it up Video

I will post a link here for you guys to go and vote for my remix!!!!!

Beside Charlie B. brand new mixes will be posted here soon, and we are still working on getting a “live” channel up and running to broadcast Top 10 hits from around the world, including US Top 10, U.K Top 10, Scandinavian Dance Top 10 and Asian Top 10 just to mention a few. We are also going to broadcast live from clubs and events that are contracted through Fun Time Entertainment.

Sorry for not being that active in the past month, but had a lot of thins to work on, but will post news and other fun stuff here more regularly.

Thank you for all your support.

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