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Fabo (of D4L) - Geeked Up Fat Al - I Came Down - Cleveland Stand Up! G Dep - Danger Zone - this is for the clubs! H-Town - Knockin Da Boots Juelz Santana feat. Lil' Wayne - Black Republican Freestyle Kelis feat. Spragga Benz - Fire Keyshia Cole - Love, I Thought You Had My Back - my fav song from Keyshia's debut album. Dennis Edwards feat. Siedah Garrett - Don't Look No Further - this song has been sampled numerous times throughout the years. Can you figure out what songs have sampled this? Latoiya Williams - Fallen Star Lil' Flip feat. Lyfe - Ghetto Mindstate Lloyd - Feels So Right Mya - No Tears On My Pillows Nelly Furtado - Showtime Nelly Furtado - Do It Prince - Sign Of The Times Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity Rene & Angela - Your Smile Smilez & Southstar featuring Billy Lawrence - Tell Me Trey Songz - Cheat On You - my favorite song from Trey thus far. Trick Daddy - Bet That

Lil' Wayne has become the go to rapper for a hot 16! Everyone from Destiny's Child to Mya to Lloyd to Paula DeAnda has requested his services. You will find Wayne and some of his more recent contributions in the songs listed below. Enjoy! *NEW* Busta Rhymes - I'm Just Getting Warm *NEW*Lil' Wayne feat. Nivea - She Feelin' Me - said to be featured on Weezy's upcoming Carter 3 album. Fabolous feat. Lil' Wayne - Diamonds On My Chain *NEW* Foxy Brown - Up Jumps Da Boogie - a leaked verse or two from the Ill Na Na. *NEW* Game feat. Riz - Breathe Easy - Game is said to be dissing Dr. Dre on this. Not sure though. *NEW* Joe Budden feat. Metallica - Unforgiven Lil' Wayne feat. Allstars - Hurt No More - not sure if it's new but Wayne is spitting on this. Nicole S. - I'll Be Your Love - Pussycat Dolls soloist ready to launch her solo career. *NEW/UNRELEASED* Omarion - Wrong 4 Me *NEW* Sterling feat. The Game - Hustlin' Trick Daddy feat. Chamillionaire,...

How many of you are familiar with this? I first heard about it this past summer. I'm not heavy into the club scene, so it went pretty much over my head. A few months later I was invited to a birthday party. The party took place this past Friday. My friend who went with me mentioned she "wished they would play the Janet Jackson hustle." Moments after she mentioned this sure enough they did. She immediately ran to the dance floor and lead the way. The song that came on was "Feels So Right." This is a track from her 2001 All For You album. Apparently a lot of people didn't know that. Well you do now! I included the song for those who have never heard it. It is indeed a good song perfectly in tempo to hustle to. Enjoy! Janet Jackson - Feels So Right Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel Frankie Beverly & Maze - Joy & Pain George Benson - On Broadway Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love - can be heard in one of my fav ...

Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind the name of this blog? "Cigna" is just a name I saw. I can't remember where exactly. I thought it was definitely different. "Sights" was mainly because I was gonna include pics. You know how many blogs there are online now? And the majority of them all feature the same info and pics. There is no need for me to do that. "Sounds" obviously comes from the music. I just thought I'd share that with you all.

Toni Braxton is no stranger to legal rumblings with her label. I know we're all familiar with her dispute with LaFace/Arista. The dispute was the result of Toni going bankrupt. Skip to a few years later and history has repeated itself. Toni, unhappy with management has sued for 10 million dollars. She has also left Blackground/Universal Records. This is hot on the heels of Toni's successful gig at the Flamingo in Las Vegas. How many of us are tuning in to "I Love New York"? Who do you think will win? Mr. Boston? Chance? It's been brought to my attention that brothers Chance and Real might have appeared on the 1st season of American Idol. This wouldn't surprise me if it's true. The majority of the guys, if not all has done some type of work prior to the show.

It has been confirmed that Faith Evans is with child. Faith has been urged by her doctor for bed rest. The sudden news has prompted Faith to cancel her upcoming performance on the BET Gospel Celebration. I'm happy for Faith, and I wish her a happy delivery. Faith is one of my favorite singers. Her last album was very good and underrated. I guess us Faith fans will have to wait longer on an upcoming album, but that's ok. Faith always takes her time ensuring she puts out the best album possible. Anyway I have a new poll up I'd like you all to vote on. Please do that! Thanks!

Whitney Houston and Ray J are now a couple. Hot off the heels of his rumored sex tape, Ray J has scooped newly single Houston. The two have been seen canoodling around town. There is even a video circulating around with the two at the store and at a restaurant. A lot of eyebrows has been raised at this unlikely hookup. Many are saying that Whitney is getting her Demi Moore (Ashton Kutcher) on. Go Whitney! I hope this works out. In a strange twist of irony, Ray J's sister, Brandy idolizes Houston. Could Houston be Brandy's future sister-in-law? Ok..maybe I'm going too far. Stay tuned for more developments as this romance unfolds.

You'll find a bit of everything in this post. You'll find some old school such as Freddie Jackson and The Commodores and also some new school from Ciara and Monica. I have now decided to keep using zshare. In the past other uploading programs wouldn't upload every song. Also you can preview these songs before you download them. You could do that prior but if your familiar with the blogging experience, zshare is the preferred uploading software for most bloggers. 112 - Only You Average White Band - A Love Of Our Own Ciara - Next To You *NEW* Ciara feat. R. Kelly - Promise - Kells lets his freak thang hang out! Destiny's Child - Emotions Earth, Wind, & Fire - That's The Way of The World Faze-O - Riding High - you can hear this is a number of movies. Listen close to see which movies you heard this in. Foxy Brown - Memory Lane - one of my favs from her unreleased "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever" album. Foxy Brown feat. Pharrell - Magnetic - another fav from the IN...

Here is a list of news that I compiled from the following year. Lou Rawls died. Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe split. Several miners killed in accident. Lindsay Lohan supposedly admited to doing drugs and bulimia in Vanity Fair.The claims are later denied. Pink marries Carey Hart. Angelie Jolie announces pregnancy with Brad Pitt. Baby due in the summer. Shelley Winters dies at 85. Coretta Scott King dies at 78. Wilson Pickett dies. Singer/Songwriter/Producer Gene McFadden died Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers also died. Have you noticed there is an exceptionally high rate of deaths in the month of January?

2007 is a year to celebrate as Chris Brown and Kanye West release albums entitled "Graduation." Interesting huh? Kanye West previously named his first three albums (Graduation included) prior to his debut's release. Chris Brown recently stated that his new album is entitled "Graduation." I can't wait to see how this plays out. I think Chris Brown will be prompted to change his album title. I'm not sure if Kanye's camp has received word on Chris' album title. I think he better change it quick! If not he will have to deal with Hurricane Kanye. Hurricane Kanye will hit very soon believe me. It is no secret that Kanye can be loud, rude, and arrogant. He will definitely claim the album title first because indeed he did have it first. Then again Chris should keep the album title. Maybe it will stir up some controversy (and album sales) for both artists. Remember Kanye's rant at the EMA's when he upstaged the winners for Best Video. Kanye visibl...

Amy Winehouse is all the rage for 2007. Amy was recently featured in the latest Blender magazine. She was noted for being one of the artists to watch in 2007. Internet mongers are running rampant over this future diva's unique style. She is Billie Holiday meets Macy Gray. I decided to give her songs a listen for myself. I was pleasantly surprised. Her music is definitely throwback. Her songs recall the youth of Young America circa 1960. On "Tears Dry" she samples "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", made famous by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross. I won't post any of her songs here since of my fellow Bloggers, Hip & Pop has a write up on her as well with featured music. For more on Amy check out her myspace page @ www.myspace.com/AmyWinehouse Here are some more songs for your downloading enjoyment. Note: I'm temporarily using another server to upload music as my primary server (Store N Serve) is playing up! Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole, T.I. and Pharrell - Las...

The album I've been playing the most lately has been Kelis Was Here. While surfing on Monica's Blog (which appears in my Bloggers link), I was inspired to write my own little write up regarding Kelis. Kelis' Kelis Was Here is her version of Sign 'O' The Times. Sounds unfamiliar? Could be. SOTT is the title of Prince's 1987 double album. It's formatted very much like Kelis Was Here. Both albums are messy and all over the place. Each album also explores various genres of music. While Prince has always experimented with different genre's of music, this is a first for Kelis. This is also the first album Kelis didn't work with The Neptunes. Her not working with The Neptunes led to much speculation about their impending relationship. Did they fall out? In a 2003 King Magazine interview, Kelis expressed her disdain for The Neptunes. She accused the producers of not giving her project the proper attention. She even went on to say that the producers hated her...

Levert - Baby I'm Ready - R.I.P. Gerald Levert Jay-Z - Lost Ones - one of my fav songs right now. K-Ci & JoJo - Life K.C. & The Sunshine Band - I Get Lifted - this song was sampled on 112's Only You. Marques Houston - Because Of You Mario - Let Me Love You Mint Condition - Breaking My Heart Noreaga feat. Pharrell - Grimey Prince feat. Tamar - Beautiful, Love, and Blessed Tank - Maybe I Deserve T.I. - Why You Wanna Tracie Spencer - Tender Kisses Troop - Spread My Wings Young Jeezy feat. Mannie Fresh - And The What [Clean] but can't really tell the diff. Usher - My Way

I'm back!!! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season. I sure did. It was good to get away, but it's good to be back home. I will resume to what you all love best (downloads) in a day or so. Please enjoy my latest commentary entitled "Mumbo Jumbo." Controversial Fantasia Controversy seems to follow Fantasia wherever she goes. Fantasia is perhaps the most controversial artists to come from the A.I. brand. Here is a rundown of the attention grabbing controversy Fantasia has garnered. - being an unwed mother and not looked as a proper role model. - revealing her illiteracy - her racy tell all book which became a #1 best seller - her highly rated Lifetime movie that drew criticism with A.I. reps and her family. This woman has turned a lot of negative into positive. She is at the top of modern soul singers of the 21st century. This woman continues to keep us talking! Mundane Mariah You ever notice no one cover a Mariah Carey song? Mariah has been in this biz for nearly 20...