Jan 03 2009
Eminem, Dr. Dre, Whitney Houston and 50 Cent are some of the Artists You Can Expect to Hear From in 2009
Seems like 2009 is going to bring music from a lot of artists we haven’t heard form in awhile. Eminem, Dre and Whitney Houston all have highly anticipated albums that will (hopefully) drop this year. You can also add Maxwell and D’Angelo to that list, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for either one of them and Motown is going to be celebrating their 50th this year, so definitely expect a compilation from them. Here is a closer look at some of the artisits expected to drop an album in 2009:
Eminem: Even during the holidays the Detroit rapper was busy working with producer Dr. Dre to finish work on “Relapse,” his first new album in five years, which is expected out in the spring after Eminem opted against a late 2008 release. One of the new tracks, “Number One,” leaked online before Dre added his own vocals, and Eminem has confirmed that at least one song will deal with the death of his good friend and musical partner Proof. Eminem has described the music as “definitely more upbeat. I feel like myself again … Within the last year I started learning how to not be so angry about things, learning how to count my … blessings instead. By doing that, I’ve become a happier person, instead of all this self-loathing I was doing for a while.”
- Em has been gone so long that I forgot he exists. And let’s be real, the game has changed a lot since he last dropped an album five years ago. Is there still an audience for what he does. Will he be T.I. or Nelly in his first week of sales? Can he recapture some of that magic that he had with his first four CDs? I don’t know. Only time will tell, but I’ve been rocking Em since day one, before he became a household name and I’m looking to do so again.
Whitney Houston: The once dominant pop and R&B singer’s last new album came out in 2002, but executive producer Clive Davis says her career, interrupted by domestic and substance abuse issues, will resume in 2009. “The process has begun,” Davis says of Houston’s next album, which reportedly includes collaborations with Ne-Yo, Akon, will.i.am. R. Kelly and John Legend, among others. “We’ve always said we were looking towards the end of the first quarter of (2009). I do feel good about the material we have and what’s been going on.”
- If this happens I’d be surprised. We’ve been waiting to hear something new from her for years. That last outing she had 2002’s “Just Whitney” wasn’t exactly the business. Rumor has it she’s got her voice back and is back to the Whitney we knew and loved, so we will see. This is one highly anticipated LP so it would be good to hear form her.
Dr. Dre: As usual, the former N.W.A. mastermind’s production work with Eminem, 50 Cent and others has made his third — and, he claims, final — solo album, “Detox,” a perpetual work in progress. But it’s expected to finally make it out this year, only 10 years after “2001,” and feature performances and production by Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, RZA, Warren G., and, undoubtably, Eminem.
- Sigh. Dr. Dre is notorious for his long breaks between albums. The long awaited “Detox” is no exception, but if it is anything like “Chronic 2001″ then it will definitely be worth the (10 year) wait.
