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VMA winner Chris Brown is once again hard at work with his "Kiss Kiss"
collaborator, T-Pain. The two recently teamed up for the video of
Pain's new single "Freeze," from his Thr33 Ringz album, which is
scheduled for release on November 11.

"This video is fun," Brown told MTV News on the set for the video.
" 'Freeze' is one of those songs that kind of reminds me of the '80s,
with the visual effects and everything. It's one of the records that me
and Pain got to collaborate on, just like 'Kiss Kiss.' "

The L.A. rock music scene at the time was split down the
center between rough-and-ready punk rock and hair spray-soaked glam
rock/heavy metal, and Rose wanted to form an outfit that borrowed
equally from each genre. Stradlin and Rose plowed through several
outfits that went nowhere (Hollywood Rose being one) before hooking up
with fellow streetwise rockers Slash (guitar, real name Saul Hudson),
Duff McKagan (bass), and Steven Adler (drums). After slugging it out on
the Sunset Strip and honing their act, the newly christened Guns N'
Roses signed a recording contract with Geffen Records after issuing an
independent live EP (1986's Live Like a Suicide). Their full-length
debut, Appetite for Destruction, was released a year later, and at
first the public didn't know what to make of the album or the band.
Slowly but surely, rock's fickle audience came around, and by summer
1988, Guns N' Roses was fast becoming one of the world's top rock bands
(on the strength of such hit singles/MTV-saturated videos as "Welcome
to the Jungle," "Sweet Child O' Mine," and "Paradise City").

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With rumors running rampant that he had become a bloated, bald, and
drug-addled hermit (due to the fact that he did not grant a single
interview between 1994-1999, staying completely out of the spotlight),
Rose continued to work on GNR's next release himself. 1999 saw GNR's
first new song released in nearly eight years, the industrial rocker
"Oh My God" from the End of Days soundtrack, as well as a live
compilation of old-school GNR tracks, Live Era: '87-'93, yet both came
and went without much fanfare. But all that changed when Rose and his
new cohorts (which included ex-Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck,
mask-wearing solo guitarist Buckethead, ex-Replacements bassist Tommy
Stinson, ex-Primus drummer Brian Mantia, plus longtime GNR keyboardist
Dizzy Reed) played their first live shows together in early 2001,
receiving unanimously favorable reviews. With a world tour booked and
album nearing completion (reportedly to be titled Chinese Democracy),
the GNR/Axl Rose hype machine appeared to be building up to a feverish
pitch once again. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Singer/pianist Ben Folds (born September 12, 1966, in
Winston-Salem, NC) is best known as the leader of the power pop trio
Ben Folds Five, but has also struck out on his own as a solo artist.
Despite playing in bands in high school, his musical career didn't
really get off the ground until the late '80s, as a bassist for Majosha
(the outfit issued such obscure releases as Party Night: Five Songs
About Jesus and Shut Up and Listen to Majosha). Proving his
multi-instrumental talents, Folds also played drums as a session
musician in Nashville. After relocating to New York, Folds started
acting again (he'd done some theater in high school previously) and
signed a publishing deal with Sony Music.

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The Jonas Brothers' full-length debut, It's About Time, was released in
August 2006. Featuring the songwriting talents of Desmond Child and
Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, the album peaked at number 91 on
the Billboard charts and earned the siblings a modest audience,
particularly among fans of Radio Disney. Nevertheless, the Jonas
Brothers were dropped from Columbia's roster in early 2007. They
bounced back by signing with Hollywood Records, a Disney-owned label
that helped the group exponentially expand its fan base. An eponymous
sophomore album, Jonas Brothers, arrived in August 2007, supported by a
number of Jonas Brothers appearances on the Disney Channel's various
programs. The band also toured in support of the record, selling out
shows coast to coast -- including a stop at the Gibson Amphitheater in
Los Angeles, which was the fastest sold-out show in the venue's
history. The reality television show Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream
documented the band's life on the road, and the band's TV presence was
furthered along by Camp Rock, a 2008 Disney Channel television movie
that featured the brothers and up-and-coming star Demi Lovato. The
movie was watched by 8.9 million viewers and launched the Jonas
Brothers' next single, "Burnin' Up," which helped whet demand for the
release of A Little Bit Longer later that year. In 2009 the trio
released Music from the 3D Concert Experience, along with the live
concert film of the same name. ~ James Christopher Monger & Andrew
Leahey, All Music Guide

Rihanna established her dance-pop credentials in summer 2005 with
her debut smash hit, "Pon de Replay," and continued to demonstrate such
hit potential in subsequent years (e.g., "S.O.S." in 2006; "Umbrella"
in 2007; "Disturbia" in 2008). However, it was the singer's third
album, Good Girl Gone Bad, that made her a full-fledged international
pop star with a regular presence atop the charts. Born Robyn Rihanna
Fenty on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados, she exhibited a
certain star quality as a young child, often winning beauty and talent
contests. Because she lived on the fairly remote island of Barbados in
the West Indies, however, she never foresaw the sort of stardom that
would later befall her.

Master of Reality, the third album, followed in August 1971, reaching
the Top Ten on both sides of the Atlantic and selling over a million
copies. Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (September 1972) was another Top Ten
million-seller. For Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (November 1973), the band
brought in Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman on one track, signaling a
slight change in musical direction; it was Black Sabbath's fifth
straight Top Ten hit and million-seller. In 1974, the group went
through managerial disputes that idled them for an extended period.
When they returned to action in July 1975 with their sixth album,
Sabotage, they were welcomed back at home, but in the U.S. the musical
climate had changed, making things more difficult for an album-oriented
band with a heavy style, and though the LP reached the Top 20, it did
not match previous sales levels. Black Sabbath's record labels quickly
responded with a million-selling double-LP compilation, We Sold Our
Soul for Rock 'n' Roll (December 1975), and the band contemplated a
more pronounced change of musical style. This brought about
disagreement, with guitarist Iommi wanting to add elements to the
sound, including horns, and singer Osbourne resisting any variation in
the formula. Technical Ecstasy (October 1976), which adopted some of
Iommi's innovations, was another good -- but not great -- seller, and
Osbourne's frustration eventually led to his quitting the band in
November 1977. He was replaced for some live dates by former Savoy
Brown singer Dave Walker, then returned in January 1978. Black Sabbath
recorded its eighth album, Never Say Die! (September 1978), the title
track becoming a U.K. Top 40 hit before the LP's release and "Hard
Road" making the Top 40 afterwards. But the singles did not improve the
album's commercial success, which was again modest, and Osbourne left
Black Sabbath for a solo career, replaced in June 1979 by former
Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio (b. June 10, 1949). (Also during this
period, keyboardist Geoff Nichols became a regular part of the band's
performing and recording efforts, though he was not officially
considered a band member until later.)

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