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“Lost Without U” was released in January 2007 as the second single from Robin Thicke’s second album, The Evolution of Robin Thicke (2006). People magazine voted the ballad as 2007’s Sexiest Song of the Year.
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It was written after the release of Robin Thicke’s first album and while he was on tour. It was at a time he was feeling insecure and wasn’t having much commercial success with his music. Thicke said the following to MTV News about the inspiration for the song:

“I was going through an insecure period and wanted my lady to tell me how fabulous and how sexy and how wonderful I am.”

Thicke’s wife, actress Paula Patton, was featured in the song’s music video.

“Lost Without U” has been known as Thicke’s breakthrough single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 14 on the chart and became his biggest hit until 2013’s “Blurred Lines”.

He also became the first white male artist to top the R&B table since George Michael and his song “One More Try” in 1988. A week later, on the March 3 issue of Billboard, the single also hit number one on two other charts; Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Adult R&B Airplay, simultaneously topping all three charts that week. The single eventually spent 11 consecutive weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (the biggest hit of the year in that chart) and Adult R&B Airplay charts, and ten consecutive weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. The single was also popular in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart in July 2007.

The song is a big reason The Evolution of Robin Thicke has sold over one million copies, while selling over 954,000 copies itself.

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With Winston getting this rushing touchdown in the first half, he became the only QB in the last 10 seasons to throw 3 TD passes and rush for a TD in the first half of his college career.

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That’s pretty impressive.

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King Push’s lead single from My Name Is My Name. Immediately after its release, Pusha T had #MNIMN108 trending worldwide on Twitter.

YUUGH!

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“For The Rest of My Life” is the second single from Robin Thicke’s upcoming sixth studio album, Blurred Lines, due out July 30.

The lyrics are about how he and his superstar actress wife, Paula Patton, met when they were teenagers in the late eighties-early nineties. Although this is a personal and honest song, Robin said in an interview with Hot 97, that Blurred Lines is his least personal album to date. This is a very uncommon theme for the Canadian-American soul singer.

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Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever is the fifth mixtape by recent Def Jam signee and DMV area rapper, Logic.

Logic was featured on the cover of XXL Magazine’s annual Freshmen cover for 2013, which consists of the top ten new rappers in the game each year. He also landed a deal with Def Jam in 2012 and made it public with the release of this mixtape.

In an interview with DeadEndHipHop, Logic explains the origins of the mixtape’s title and why he chose it:

I was texting a homie of mine, his name is Shek. And he runs this clothing brand called “Swavor” so I wear their shit a lot – And I remember we were talking about something, it was couple months ago or last year, and he was like “Something, something, something, welcome to forever!” and I was just like “Man…” – I took it was something so much deeper, and when I applied it to music, I was like “Damn, welcome to forever.” – After this mixtape, Welcome To Forever, I will forever be a part of hip-hop. And I wasn’t before!

With this project, Logic continues the ‘Young Sinatra’ saga with more boom-bap, trap, truthful, and chill songs, The project features VMG label-mate Jon Bellion, Def Jam label-mate Jhené Aiko, frequent collaborator Shy Grey, close-friend Dizzy Wright, and many other artists.

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This song is Lianne pouring out her emotions about a past love who broke her heart. The one she is talking to denies any wrong doing but she knows the truth and wants him to know how much it hurt her.

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Ten is Pearl Jam’s debut studio album, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard’s previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse.

Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: “Alive”, “Even Flow”, and “Jeremy”. While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. In February 2013, the album was certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States, crossing the 10 million mark in sales. It remains Pearl Jam’s most commercially successful album.

The album was featured on several “best of” lists, including a rank of #209 on Rolling Stone’s list of the Greatest 500 Albums of All Time list and #6 on their list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the ‘90s.

The band took the title of this album from the jersey number of NBA player Mookie Blaylock. Oddly enough, Mookie Blaylock was the original name of Pearl Jam, but the former’s signing of a Nike endorsement deal led to the band’s name change.

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Truly Yours 2 is an EP by J. Cole released on April 30, 2013. It serves as the sequel to Truly Yours.

Fuck it. Truly Yours 2 tomorrow. You Deserve it.— J. Cole (@JColeNC) April 30, 2013

Just a few “gifts” from Jermaine until he released his heavily anticipated sophomore album, Born Sinner on June 18th.

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Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip is the debut studio album by American R&B girl group TLC, released February 25, 1992, via LaFace Records. The title of the album comes from the last line of Left Eye’s rap on “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg”.

The album peaked at #14 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and by May 1996, it was certified quadruple-platinum by the RIAA for selling four million copies in the United States.

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TLC released their sophomore album CrazySexyCool on November 15, 1994. Following the multi-platinum success of their debut album Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, the group felt they had a lot to prove in showing they weren’t a fad. Left Eye came up with the album title as a combination of the descriptions for herself, Chilli and T-Boz, respectively. Chilli further explained the CrazySexyCool concept:

We went in letting producers know that this was the name – and that’s how the album should sound. CrazySexyCool was our version of ‘I’m Every Woman.’ Every woman has a crazy or a sexy or a cool side. You can be all three, but one is definitely more prominent than the other.

The CrazySexyCool sound was established by the first single “Creep,” which was written and produced by Dallas Austin. The slinky jam featured jazz horns with a smooth R&B sound and a touch of hip-hop with a sample of Slick Rick’s “Hey Young World” sprinkled throughout the song. Left Eye was supposed to have a verse but she didn’t approve of the subject matter, saying a potential creeper should leave the relationship before cheating. Released on Halloween, “Creep” was TLC’s first #1 pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and it achieved platinum status. The follow-up single was the sultry slow jam “Red Light Special” written and produced by Babyface. It was another hit, peaking at #2 on the Hot 100 and achieving gold status.

The album’s third single, the socially conscious “Waterfalls” took TLC to the next level. Fresh off producing OutKast’s debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Organized Noize provide the jazzy, melancholy backdrop for T-Boz to sing about issues such as drug dealing, HIV/AIDS and generally avoiding self-destructive behavior. Left Eye wrote her introspective verse while she was in rehab and she would need a day pass to record in the studio as a result of her June 1994 arson case when she burned the mansion of her boyfriend, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Andre Rison. The million-dollar music video helped enhance the message with its use of special effects, which led the video to win four MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year. The song topped the pop charts internationally, including on the Billboard Hot 100, and achieved platinum status in the US, Canada and the UK among other countries. “Waterfalls” appeared on several “best of” lists, including a rank of #127 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The album’s final single “Diggin' On You” was a Top 5 hit and achieved gold status. CrazySexyCool peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and they were the first girl group to achieve diamond status with over 10 million albums sold in the US while also selling over 20 million copies worldwide. They won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and “Creep” won a Grammy in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group category. They also were named the Artist of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards in 1996. Rolling Stone ranked CrazySexyCool #218 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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