Obama’s Official Soundtrack
The CD Yes We Can: Voices Of A Grassroots Movement, will feature songs from John Mayer, Kanye West, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and others.
Many of the songs on the CD have been previously released such as “ Waiting On The World To Change” (by John Mayer) and “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” (by Stevie Wonder). New songs include “Pride In The Name Of Love” (by John Legend) and “Promised Land” (by Malik Yusef, Kanye West and Adam Levine).
The CD is being sold through the Obama campaign for $30 or you can download it for $24.99. The sales of the CD will be used to help Obama campaign. After the election, the CD will be sold through other outlets.
At this point, it is not know if McCain’s campaign will release a CD.
50 Cent & Kanye Battle Again For Number One
In a repeat of album dominance, 50 Cent will release “Before I Self Destruct” on December 9th and Kanye will release “808’s & Heartbreak” on December 16th.
Many in the music industry are split on who will out sell who. Last September, 50’s release of “Curtis” was outsold by West’s “Graduation”.
West performed “Love Lockdown” at the MTV VMA’s and it is now one of the top downloads on iTunes. 50 did a joking version of this song at a show in New York before playing his new song “Burn”.
West is taking is all in stride by writing on his blog, “I guarantee this will be 50’s favorite album of mine. This will be gangster’s album of the year.”
Weezer Heads Back To The Studio
Not resting after releasing “The Red Album” earlier this year, Weezer is heading back to the studio in November to work on a new album.
The next album will be last for DGC Records and after that, the band is not sure what their plans are for the future. Drummer Pat Wilson, told Billboard Magazine that “We’re just really focused on trying to make the best record we can and I’m sure at that point we’ll have all kinds of different options and we’ll figure out what’s the best for us.”
The band will be touring North America from September 23rd to October 25th.
Eminem May Release A New Album
The key word being may, Eminem is in the studio working on new tracks. Interscope said that an album might be out by the end of the year, but can’t confirm a date or what songs would appear. Eminem has spent the time since his last album producing for artists on his Shady Record label and working on his Sirius radio show Shade 45.
