After seemingly nonstop radio and video rotation for both Ashanti and Tweet, their debut albums finally hit stores this week. If Ashanti's record-breaking three singles on the chart at the same time is any indication of what her self-titled album can do, this songbird is poised for big things — though maybe she should be called a songstress, since Missy Elliott's protégé Tweet is the official Southern Hummingbird. Tweet's ode to "self-love" (interpreted various ways) has many people celebrating her arrival on the scene. Time will tell if everything Missy touches turns to gold ... or platinum.
Slightly less sexy, but a flirtatious release nonetheless, is Wish You Were Here: Love Songs for New York City, presented by New York's downtown paper, The Village Voice. This musical tribute to the World Trade Center and the city features songs by Moby, Cornershop and Andrew W.K.
Finally, after touring with Radiohead, avant-garde New York hip-hop foursome Anti-Pop Consortium return home to release their third album, Arrhythmia, and prove they heart New York, too.
31 Knots - Word Is Also a Picture of a Word (Fifty-Four Forty or Fight) 36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star (Roadrunner) Anti-Pop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp) Apex Theory - Topsy-Turvy (DreamWorks)
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Read about it ... [article id="1453162"]Oh My — Tweet Loving Life At The Top[/article] Twiztid - Mirror Mirror (Psychopathic) XTC - Coat of Many Cupboards (Caroline) David Zollo - The Big Night (Trailer/Rubric) Various artists - Chillout in Ibiza Volumes 1-3 (Three-O-Three) Various artists - Chillout Lounge Volume 3 (Water Music) Various artists - Creamfields (Three-O-Three) Various artists - "Joshua" soundtrack (WEA) Various artists - Motion 2: Six Degrees to Dance Collection (Six Degrees) Various artists - Punk Goes Pop (Fearless) Various artists - Rarewerks Volume 2 (Astralwerks) Various artists - 3 Pak: "Top Gun"/"Footloose"/"Sleepless in Seattle" soundtracks (Legacy) Various artists - True Spirit 2: Tresor Compilation (EFA) Various artists - Wish You Were Here: The Village Voice Presents Love Songs for New York City (Megaforce) Coming Soon (Dates Subject to Change)
Baldwin Brothers - Cooking With Lasers (TVT) Bonnie Raitt - Silver Lining (Capitol) Sloan - Pretty Together (RCA) Ultrapull - From All Directions (Gold Circle) Quarashi - Jinx (Columbia) Naughty by Nature - Iicons (TVT) Tina Novak - Been Around the World (Arista) Q-Tip - Kamaal the Abstract (Arista) Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport (Tommy Boy) Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (MCA) Donell Jones - Life Goes On (Arista) Various artists - "Spider-Man" soundtrack (Columbia) Grandmaster Flash - Essential Mix (Warner) Musiq Soulchild - Juslisten (Island/Def Jam) Various artists - Family Values Tour 2001 (Elektra) Atticus Fault - Atticus Fault (Island/Def Jam) Various artists - Now Presents Urban Hits (Columbia) Breeders - Title TK (Elektra) Tommy Lee - Never a Dull Moment (MCA) Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage (Universal) Lil' Romeo - Game Time (Universal/No Limit)
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