Having blessed the careers of artists like Usher and Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri has shifted his focus toward a group of Southern up-n-comers with the compilation Jermaine Dupri Presents ... Young, Fly & Flashy Vol. 1.
Artists on Dupri's So So Def imprint -- which was added to the Virgin Records family earlier this year -- like Young Capone, T. Waters and Kid Slim get some room to shine alongside Southern hip-hop vets J-Kwon, Stat Quo, Pastor Troy and Bun B. Dupri highlights his own artistic talent on the collection as well, as his "Gotta Getcha," which he co-wrote with Missy Elliott, is the lead single.
Also hitting stores this week is the self-titled debut from Atlanta band of brothers B5, a group nurtured and heavily backed by another artist/producer with his own label: P. Diddy.
B5 - B5 (Bad Boy/ Atlantic) Frank Black - Honeycomb (Back Porch/ EMI) Read: [article id="1500648"]"Frank Black Covers Elvis, Duets With Ex-Wife On Dylanesque Album"[/article]
Fieldwork - Simulated Progress (Pi) Ilona Knopfler - Live the Life (Mack Avenue) Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade (Capitol) Mediæval Baebes - Mirabilis (Nettwerk) The Muggs - The Muggs (Times Beach) Obituary - Frozen in Time (Roadrunner) Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola - Moonglow (Hyena) Bobby Purify - Better to Have It (Proper American) Carly Simon - Moonlight Serenade (Columbia) Kenny & Amanda Smith Band - Always Never Enough (Rebel) Soilent Green - Confrontation (Relapse) Superlow - Going Out Heavy (Barebonz Entertainment) Thousand Foot Krutch -- The Art of Breaking (Tooth & Nail) Tiger! Tiger! - Collisions (Chicken Ranch) Erik Truffaz - Saloua (Blue Note) Uncle Earl - She Waits for Night (Rounder) Waltham - Waltham (Rykodisc) Various artists - Always: A Millennium Tribute to Bon Jovi Various artists - Jermaine Dupri Presents: Young, Fly & Flashy Vol. 1 (Virgin) Various artists - Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (Capitol) Various artists - NYC Subway - Songs From the Underground (Headset Productions) Various artists - "Maestro" soundtrack (Sanctuary) Various artists -- "The Dukes of Hazzard" soundtrack (Columbia) DVD: Green Day - "The History of Green Day" (Locomotive) DVD: Ludacris - "The Red Light District" (Def Jam) DVD: Metallica - "The History of Metallica" (Locomotive) Babyface - Grown & Sexy (Arista) Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z (Atlantic) Read: [article id="1497893"]"Jason Mraz Turns His Tongue-Tripping Surname Into An Asset For Next LP"[/article]
Faith Hill - Fireflies (Warner Bros.) Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 (spinART) Read: [article id="1501076"]"Free At Last, Michael Penn Attempts A Comeback With Mr. Hollywood Jr."[/article]
Hootie & the Blowfish - Looking for Lucky (Vanguard) Staind - Chapter V (Elektra) Read: [article id="1497933"]"Staind Guitarist Has That Old Familiar Feeling About Chapter V"[/article]
