I had the pleasure of hanging out with Bruno Mars last night at Electric Lady Studios in NYC for an intimate CD listening party for his upcoming album Unorthodox Jukebox.
He explained that he had always been told that his music is “unorthodox” due to the fact that his musical talent can’t be labeled to one type of genre.
If you take a listen to the past songs by Bruno Mars, you realize that his musical talent varies – from pop, to R & B, to even reggae influences.
Not only am I a fan of “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Young Girls” which he performed on Saturday Night Live, but after listening to a few of his new songs off the album last night, I must say, “Gorilla” is definitely a good one!
Bruno said “Gorilla” is actually one of his favorite songs off the album. Let’s just say it’s a very sexually driven song – but trust me it’s HOT!
Flash poll: Do you prefer your girls young and wild, or just young?
That’s the internal debate we’re having today, as Bruno Mars debuted another amazing track from his forthcoming LP Unorthodox Jukebox. The only problem is—we’re not quite sure what to call it. Is it called simply “Young Girls,” as Idolator and other blogs have dubbed it, or “Young Wild Girls,” which is what everyone called it when Bruno performed the song on SNL?
Either way the song is a hit, with Mars once again crafting his vintage obsessions into a sound that’s nostalgic and modern all at once. The influences are clear—Bruno’s vocal phrasing is straight out of the ’60s, the synth line is pure ’80s, and the tribal percussion backing the whole thing up would be right at home on any Kanye cut circa 2010—but the result is unmistakably Bruno.We’re pretty confident then that “Locked Out of Heaven” wasn’t a fluke after all: Bruno really did make a leap between Doo Wops & Hooligans and Unorthodox Jukebox. We want to sing along, but something tells us maybe we should wait until Halloween is over.
Oh man so it's confirmed, lil wayne is releasing his album on the same date, he will sure get that number one spot, hype might be much less for him this time, but his name alone will get him those big numbers, and bruno will be lucky if he can pull 200k. So disappointed, I was hoping for a number one album after the hits daily prediction.
Oh man so it's confirmed, lil wayne is releasing his album on the same date, he will sure get that number one spot, hype might be much less for him this time, but his name alone will get him those big numbers, and bruno will be lucky if he can pull 200k. So disappointed, I was hoping for a number one album after the hits daily prediction.
I can see Bruno hitting #1 with low sales in January. No one releases album in that month.
Lil Wayne's album is not a major one like Tha Carter series. The first I Am Not Human Being sold 110k its first week (digital only) and when got a CD release it sold 123k. So we're not fearful of 900-1m debut LOL.