Se7en & Usher

Choi Dong-Wook (born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name Seven (stylized as SE7EN), is a South Korean pop/R&B singer. He began training under the management agency YG Entertainment at the age of fifteen. After four years of training in voice and dance, he made his debut in 2003 and became successful throughout Asia,particularly Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, and Hong Kong. He has also performed a few times in the United States, specifically Los Angeles (Grand Olympic and Hollywood Bowl), New York City (Madison Square Garden), and Washington DC (DAR Constitution Hall).

He has released a total of 6 albums (5 Korean, 1 Japanese) and various singles. He has also try his hands on acting with a staring role in the Drama Goong S.

Discography:
*Just Listen (2003)
*Must Listen (2004)
*24/SE7EN (2006)
*FIRST SE7EN (2006)
*Se7olution (2006)
*Digital Bounce (EP) (2010)

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Se7en is my all time favoirte solo singer in Korea. I don't know why but I just love hearing him sing. All his albums never the same. He try differnt things with all his albums. Songs I love from him are Passion, Crazy, La La La , Girls,Baby I Like You Like That, Again, I Know, Money Can't Buy Me Love and many more. If I have to pick a album that I love from him it would be Must Listen.





Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978; pronounced /ˈʌʃər/), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist and actor. He was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III. He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice and Slow". To date, Usher has sold over 45 million albums worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Awards, four World Music Awards, four American Music Awards, and nineteen Billboard Music Awards. In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold 23 million copies in the United States alone. Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the number one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. They also named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade.

Discography:
*Usher (1994)
*My Way (1997)
*8701 (2001)
*Confessions (2004)
*Here I Stand (2008)
*Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
*Versus (2010)

Filmography:
Moesha as Jeremy (1997–1998)
The Bold And The Beautiful as Raymond (1998)
The Faculty (1998)
She's All That (1999)
Light It Up (1999)
Geppetto (2000)
Texas Rangers (2001)
In the Mix (2005)....Darrell
Killers (2010)....Kevin

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Usher is one of my favorite singers. I first got into him when I first heard his song You Make me wanna. That song is my all time favorite from him. Usher is also a great dancer. He is know for his singing and his dancing. Some songs that I like from him are You Make me Wanna, Nice and Slow, My Way, U Remind Me, Yeah!, Love in this club, There goes my Baby, My Boo and many more. My favorite album for him is My Way.

[As you can see now, I getting lazy. I'm not putting that much information about the artists that I like. Its better this way, because if I don't start doing it this way I won't be putting anything up. So some information is better than no information.]

Total (R&B group)

Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records during the mid-1990s. the New Jersey R&B trio Total made their first appearance singing the hook on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut single, "Juicy". Garnering attention for the new group, they were also featured on the original version and "Hip Hop Remix" of his next single "One More Chance". They then immediately hit the studio with Bad Boy Records CEO Sean "Puffy" Combs and began work on their debut album. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.

While recording their second album, they appeared on numerous top ten singles, including LL Cool J's "Loungin'/Who Do U Love?", Foxy Brown's "I Can't", and Mase's "What You Want" and Pam sang the chorus to the massive "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.. The group also released another single, the Missy Elliott and Timbaland track "What About Us" from the Soul Food soundtrack. When they bought out their second album, Kima, Keisha, and Pam, it debuted to strong reviews, sales, and was certified gold by the RIAA. The first single, another Missy Elliott collaboration, "Trippin'", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

After the release of Kima, Keisha, and Pam, the girls sang the chorus to legendary rap duo Gang Starr's 1999 single "Discipline" and in 2000 they were featured on the Tony Touch single "(I Wonder Why) He's the Greatest DJ". They also contributed to the songs"Crave" to 3 Strikes (film) and the songs "Quick Rush" to ""Bait (film) movie soundtracks.

In their last official appearance together they were thanked in the credits for their collaboration with Da Beatminerz and Talib Kweli - Anti-Love Movement in 2001.
Currently Keisha Spivey got married to actor Omar Epps in 2006 and is living in California. They have daughter K'marie(July 2004) and son Amir(Dec 2007)together; as well as Omar's daughter Aiyanna Yasmine(00) with ex wife Yusra Salama. Pamela Long still lives in New Jersey. She is also a member of Agape Family Worship Center in Rahway, NJ and what is known about Kima is that she did a track that featuring her sister, rapper Vita, called "What U Want", was leaked in 2008, Total have no interest in pursuing to reband.

Discography:

Total (1996)

Kima, Keisha, and Pam (1998)


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Total is one of my favorite r&b groups from the nineties. I love they sound and would love to see them get back together. They are what you truly call a girl r&b group. Don't get me wrong I like some of the stuff that some of the girl groups put out today but nothing can beat r&b groups like Total and other r&b groups I will put up later. I was kind of young when they were out but I was old enough to know good music when I heard it. Some songs I love by them are Can't You See, Kissin' You, Do You Think About Us, and Trippin'. My favorite album by them is they self-titled album Total.

Nas

Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones(September 14, 1973)in Long Island City, Queens, New York. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara and Postal Service worker Fannie Ann Jones. He has one sibling, a brother named Jabari Fret who assumes the alias Jungle. Nas began writing rhymes at the age of nine. His neighbor, Willy "Ill Will" Graham, influenced Nas's interest in hip hop by playing him records. Although he dropped out of middle school, he managed to attain a high degree of literacy that are prominent in his lyrics. As a teenager, Nas enlisted his best friend and upstairs neighbor Willy "Ill Will Graham" as his DJ.

In 1991, Nas performed on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque", establishing himself as a teenage prodigy. In mid-1992, Nas was approached by MC Serch of 3rd Bass, who became his manager and secured Nas a record deal with Columbia Records the same year. Nas first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. Nas made his solo debut under the name of "Nasty Nas" on the single "Halftime" from Serch's soundtrack for the film Zebrahead. The single increased the buzz surrounding Nas and when MC Serch's solo album was released later in the year, Nas’ standout appearance on "Back to the Grill Again" only intensified interest. Hailed as the second coming of Rakim, his rhyming skills attracted a significant amount of attention within the hip-hop community.

Nas's debut album Illmatic, was released in 1994 on Columbia Records. Illmatic was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic. It was the first album awarded Five Mics from The Source. It also featured production from Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S. and DJ Premier, as well as guest appearances from Nas' friend AZ and his father Olu Dara. The album spawned several hit singles: "The World Is Yours", "It Ain't Hard to Tell", and "One Love". Shaheem Reid of MTV News coined Illmatic as "the first classic LP" of 1994, Nas performed the song "One on One" for the movie Street Fighter. In 1995, Nas did guest performances on the albums Doe or Die by AZ, The Infamous by Mobb Deep, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon and 4,5,6 by Kool G Rap.

In the late-'90s wake of the Notorious B.I.G.'s assassination, Nas reigned atop the New York rap scene alongside few contemporaries of equal stature . In addition to his endless stream of hits by the industry's most successful producers — "If I Ruled the World" (produced by the Trackmasters), "Hate Me Now" (Puff Daddy), "Nas Is Like" (DJ Premier), and "You Owe Me" (Timbaland), among others — he popularly co-starred in the Hype Williams-directed film Belly (1998) alongside DMX and contributed to the soundtrack. Furthermore, Nas led a short-lived supergroup of New York rappers known as the Firm (also comprised of rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature, with producers Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters) and assembled a broad coalition of fellow Queensbridge rappers for the QB Finest compilation (2000).

Discography

Illmatic (1994)

It Was Written (1996)

I Am… (1999)

Nastradamus (1999)

Stillmatic (2001)

God's Son (2002)

Street's Disciple (2004)

Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)

Untitled (2008)

(Got some of this information from Wikipedia.com and allmusic.com. So if some information is wrong I am sorry.)

Nas to me is one of the most lyrically rappers out there. His work shows why people believe he is one of the best rappers in the game. Nas came out around the early 90's. During that time I didn't really care that much about music. I have to thank my big brother for getting me into hip hop. Without him I won't have thought about Nas back went I was younger. His best albums to me are Illmatic(1994), It Was Written(1996), Stillmatic(2001) ,Hip Hop Is Dead(2006), Untitled album also was known as N*gger (2008)

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), who performed under the mononym Aaliyah (pronounced /əˈliːə/), was an American recording artist and actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Born of African and Native American descent, she was the second and youngest child of Diane and Michael Haughton. Her first name means "highest, most exalted one" in Swahili. She has a older brother named Rashad. At an early age, she appeared on Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At age 12, Aaliyah was signed to Blackground Records by her uncle, Barry Hankerson. He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. Age Ain't Nothing But a Number introduced a "street but sweet" style that became her trademark throughout her career, followed by two additional albums, One in a Million and the eponymous Aaliyah.

In addition to Aaliyah's commercial success, collaborations with Timbaland helped shape the sound of R&B in the later half of the 1990s. She also modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, appeared in a Victoria Secret ad and starred in two films, Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned, before she and eight others died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001 after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat". Since then, Aaliyah has achieved commercial success with the singles "Miss You" and "I Care 4 U". She became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on airplay alone with "Try Again".

In 2000, Aaliyah landed her first major movie role in Romeo Must Die. A loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Aaliyah starred opposite martial artist Jet Li, playing a couple who fall in love amid their warring families. It grossed $18.6 million in its first weekend, ranking number two at the box office. In addition to acting, Aaliyah served as an executive producer of the Romeo Must Die soundtrack, where she contributed four songs, including her first U.S. chart-topper, "Try Again". The soundtrack went on to sell 1.5 million copies in the United States

Aaliyah has been credited for helping redefine hip hop in the 1990s. Her second studio album, One in a Million, became one of the most influential R&B albums of the 1990s. Ernest Hardy of Rolling Stone dubbed her as the "undisputed queen of the midtempo come-on".

Discography:
Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (1994)

One in a Million (1996)

Aaliyah (2001)

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Aaliyah is my all time favorite singer. I love all her songs. She will be truly miss in the music entertainment scene. Some songs I love of hers are Try Again, One in the Million, Are you that somebody, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, If Your Girl Only Knew, and many more. You can say I love all her songs. My favorite album from her is One is a Million.

Ludacris

Christopher Bridges (born September 11, 1977) better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper, and actor Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. Restaurateur. Pitchman. Online visionary. Columnist . Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Ludacris is the highest-selling Southern hip hop solo artist of all time with over 15 million units sold in the United States and 20 million records sold worldwide. Ludacris has won SAG, Critic's Choice, MTV, and Grammy Awards during his career

Ludacris wrote his first rap song at age nine and joined an amateur rap group three years later. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and Banneker High School. From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at Georgia State University.

Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time, in November 2000. This album was actually a modified re-release of the album Incognegro, made in 1998. It was produced with the help of the underground producer Sessy Melia, whom he also dated for a short while. The album reached as high as #4 on the charts, and was a major success. Ludacris made his mark on the industry with singles such as "Southern Hospitality" and "What's Your Fantasy", which was heavily inspired by rapper Too Short, along with his first ever single the "Phat Rabbit", from two years prior. Guest appearances included 4-Ize, I-20, Lil Fate, Shawnna, Pastor Troy, Timbaland, Trina, Foxy Brown, UGK, and others. Ludacris stated in an interview on MTV's hip hop program Direct Effect that he came up with his stage name based on his "split personality" that he considered "ridiculous" and "ludicrous".

Discography:

Back for the First Time (2000)

Word of Mouf (2001)

Chicken-N-Beer (2003)

Red Light District (2004)

Release Therapy (2006)

Theater Of The Mind (2008)

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Ludacris is one of my favorite rappers. To me it seem he can get on anything and sound good. My two favorite albums from him are Back for the First Time and Release Therapy.