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.
Out Tuesday, July 19:
- B5 - B5 (Bad Boy/ Atlantic)
Buy Now: B5 (Bad Boy/ Atlantic) - Frank Black - Honeycomb (Back Porch/ EMI)
Buy Now: Honeycomb (Back Porch/ EMI)
Read: "Frank Black Covers Elvis, Duets With Ex-Wife On Dylanesque Album" - Fieldwork - Simulated Progress (Pi)
- Ilona Knopfler - Live the Life (Mack Avenue)
- Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade (Capitol)
Buy Now: Self Help Serenade (Capitol)
- Mediæval Baebes - Mirabilis (Nettwerk)
- The Muggs - The Muggs (Times Beach)
- Obituary - Frozen in Time (Roadrunner)
Buy Now: 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)
Buy Now: Waltham (Rykodisc) - Various artists - Always: A Millennium Tribute to Bon Jovi (Versailles)
- Various artists - Jermaine Dupri Presents: Young, Fly & Flashy Vol. 1 (Virgin)
Buy Now: 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)
July 26:
- Babyface - Grown & Sexy (Arista)
Buy Now: Grown & Sexy (Arista) - Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z (Atlantic)
Buy Now: Mr. A-Z (Atlantic)
Read: "Jason Mraz Turns His Tongue-Tripping Surname Into An Asset For Next LP"
August 2:
- Faith Hill - Fireflies (Warner Bros.)
Buy Now: Fireflies (Warner Bros.)
- Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947 (spinART)
Read: "Free At Last, Michael Penn Attempts A Comeback With Mr. Hollywood Jr."
August 9:
- Hootie & the Blowfish - Looking for Lucky (Vanguard)
Buy Now: Looking for Lucky (Vanguard)
- Staind - Chapter V (Elektra)
Buy Now: Chapter V (Elektra)
Read: "Staind Guitarist Has That Old Familiar Feeling About Chapter V"
