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Timbaland Link-up- Part 2

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I wasn't feeling well the past couple of days. :) Last summer I wrote a post called Timbaland Link-up, featuring collaborations that American producer and rapper Timbaland had done with other artists. I ended up splitting it into two parts because it was quite long. You can see Part 1 here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/07/timbaland-link-up-part-1.html I wrote several posts that ended up being two-parters last year, so now I'm catching up! lol. Here is Part 2 of the Timbaland link-up. :)  The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson, D.O.E and Sebastian In June 2007 Timbaland released The Way I Are, the 2nd single from his 1st studio album Shock Value, which came out in April 2007. It features American singer Keri Hilson and is also on international editions of her debut album In a Perfect World (2009). Timbland and Keri co-wrote the song. The Way I Are is one of Timbaland's biggest hits to date, reaching Top 5 in the US charts and No. 1
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Weekly Music Video

Today's video is Run Back To You by Chinese rapper/singer LAY and American singer Lauv . Lay (real name Lay Zhang) is a member of Korean/Chinese boy band EXO and its Chinese sub-unit EXO-M.  LAY made his solo debut on 7th October 2016, releasing his debut single what U need? It was a surprise gift for fans to celebrate his birthday. Later that month he brought out his debut EP Lose Control (Mandarin Chinese language). In October 2017, he released his debut solo album LAY 02 SHEEP, also on his birthday. To date LAY has released 3 more albums- Namanana (2018), Lit (2020) and Producer (2021), and 4 more EPs- Winter Special Gift (a special winter album from 2017), Honey (2019), East (2021) and West (2022). His singles include  what U need, Lose Control, I Need U (dedicated to his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary), Sheep, Namanana, Lit, Joker and Veil. He sings and raps in Chinese, Korean and English. In addition to releasing music, LAY also acts. His TV shows and films inc

90s/00s R'n'B

Last year I had an idea to do some posts featuring R'n'B songs from the 1990s and 2000s. It was inspired by the Timbaland-Link-up Part 1 post which I wrote last summer. So I thought I'd share some music from the late 90s and early 00s. I was a teenager during that time and it feels nostalgic to me! I'm featuring a  few songs today and plan to do more another time. :) Dru Hill- How Deep Is Your Love American R'n'B group Dru Hill was founded in 1992 and they are still active today. Some of their hits include In My Bed, How Deep Is Your Love.  How Deep Is Your Love is my favourite song of theirs. It was the first single from their second album Enter the Dru and was released in September 1998. One of their most popular hits, it was also on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Rush Hour. There is also a single version with Redman.  I featured the video as a Weekly Music Video back in 2012 (!): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2012/11/weekly-music-video_28.html   Another

Weekly Music Video

Today's video is GADJE by German born, Kosovar-Albanian singer Dhurata Dora and Albanian singer Elvana Gjata . They teamed up for the single back in 2022. The two singers also worked together again for the song LUJ, last year.  Dhurata released her debut studio album DHURATA in March 2023. Her most recent singles are PALMA featuring Austrian rapper and singer RAF Camora , which came out last July and LEJ with Kosovo-Albanian rapper Don Xhoni , released in December. Elvana's most recent releases are the 2021 EP Çelu and the single Pak, released in July 2023. She also just brought out the song HANA from the new Albanian film 2 Gisht Mjaltë 2 (sequel l to 2019's 2 Gisht Mjaltë ).  GADJE is an Albanian language pop song (with the English line) with dance vibes. It was released in June 2022 but I only came across it recently.    Dhurata and/or Elvana fan? Check out these links: LUJ, their most recent song together, which features on Dhurata's album:  https://www.youtube.co

New Jennifer Lopez Album

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :)  Jennifer Lopez (who is one of my favourite singers) recently released a new album. It's called This Is Me...Now ... and came out on 16th February. It's her 9th studio album and first in 10 years! Her last album was AKA which was released in June 2014. TIM...N is a follow-up to This Is Me... Then (one of my fave J.Lo albums) which was released in November 2002. Back in 2022 I wrote a post about the 20th anniversary of the album, which you can see here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/20th-anniversary-of-jlos-this-is-me.html This Is Me...Then was inspired by Jennifer's then relationship with American actor Ben Affleck . The couple were together from November 2002 to January 2004 and became engaged. They attracted a lot of media attention at the time and were nicknamed "Bennifer".  After calling off their engagement in 2004, both Jennifer and Ben went on to marry a

Weekly Music Video

Today's video is Shallow Water by Indonesian singer Afgan . It's his latest single and was released on 2nd February. Shallow Water is a ballad in Afgan's signature R'n'B style, where he sings about being held back by old wounds when it comes to being in a relationship. It's the first single from his upcoming English album Sonder and was released on the American record label EMPIRE .      Afgan fan? Check out these posts: My Asian Music Round-up post features the music video for M.I.A, Afgan's song with Jackson Wang, plus more Asian music: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/03/asian-music-round-up.html if i don't have your love (2021): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/04/weekly-music-video_28.html  

Dance/Performance Videos

Today's post is a slight twist on my usual dance videos! As well as sharing dance covers by cover dance groups ( K-pop in Public , J-pop in Public etc.), I'm also featuring performance videos from the artists themselves. :)    XG- HESONOO & X-GENE (Performance Video) First up is a performance video for the songs HESONOO and X-GENE by Japanese girl group XG . They are the first two tracks from the girls' debut mini album NEW DNA which was released last September. I mentioned in my review post of the mini album that I liked X-GENE but it was unlikely to be a single, since it's only 1.25 minutes long. So it's nice to see it showcased here. :) The video is nearly 2 and a half minutes long and starts with XG dancing to HESONOO (which is only 53 seconds), before going into X-GENE. It was uploaded in November.      [DANCE COVER IN PUBLIC | SAN FRANCISCO] XG "PUPPET SHOW" Dance Cover- GROOBEU (GROO브) And now for an XG dance cover! This is a cover of PUPPET