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Eminem’s latest album has again taken the bull’s eye: “Recovery” debuted with 741,000 copies sold No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts. This is the new album of the white rapper from the U.S. city of Detroit, the bestselling car of the year, “Billboard” reported online.

The record still holds AC / DC with a launch of 784 000 pieces of her CD “Black Ice” in October 2008. With “Recovery” Eminem succeeded for the sixth consecutive time, to enter at the top of the charts. Only with “The Slim Shady” (1999), the artist had to be content in the first week with the second rank. Parallel to “recovery” the lead single, “Not Afraid”, which also can be heard Rihanna was sold this week another 380 000 time.

“Recovery” provides considerably more vocal than the previous record, “Relapse” (relapse). With her 2009 Eminem’s addiction to sleeping pills and tranquilizers had worked up. Except Rihanna and Lil Wayne and Dr. Dre are heard. Eminem was, according to the magazine “Rolling Stone” of the artist with the best record sales over the past decade.

The 37-year-old U.S. musician comes in July, the first time in seven years to Europe, the Swiss Open Air Frauenfeld (9.7.), The Scottish In The Park (10.7.) And the Irish Oxegen Festival (11.7.).

Snoop Dogg (38) is part of the squad of Susan Boyle-admirer: Now also want the U.S. rapper with the “Britain’s Got Talent Star” start a duet. According to the tabloid “The Sun” he’s a big fan of the 49-year-olds and plans to include with it a common library.

He said: “She’s a great artist. I look forward to go with her to the studio. We will put our heads together and discuss what we could sing”. Snoop was considering also that he the British Casting guru Simon Cowell as a judge of the U.S. talent show “American Idol” could succeed. The hip-hopper said quite confidently: “I think I would be perfect for it. I understand the dynamics of the music business and recognize stars, before they were made for such.”

Cowell is in England with his casting show “The X-Factor” a great success. For nine years he was seen in the television show “American Idol” to as a juror, but now wants to bring his own Cowell format to U.S. television.

This is a style that stays aside all the other music trends. Not aside, but somewhat deeper. The reason is it is a reflection of the race, the plurality of people united by roots and origin. Rap is the culture of Afro-Americans, the continuation of their language and traditions. Rap is a mixture of speech and music, actually it is speech laid on music or beat it’s better to say. And when we claim that people are united through music, meaning every single human being on this planet, rap unites the ones close to blood by music and then everybody else, either welcoming or being hostile to a newcomer. What attracts people in rap? Is it catchy? Maybe. Those non-natives to rap often state the flow of speech is too quick and it is difficult to differentiate the words. Sometimes it seems rap music is only for those from the cradle. Foreigners are not invited.

Rap is classified as urban poetry of lyrical resistance. Thus it is not the music for village like country music. It is the gathering power of those united by music in big cities. The aim is to resist the grieves because misfortunes are more dramatic and numerous in urban areas.

Rap does not only speak to the mind and emotions, but speaks to the society all around people, for people. If the words or courage to say those words are not there, the subconscious takes over and the Rap lyrics kick in.

But once captured by the beat, most people – mainly younger ones – begin to hear the words, and the words may describe just how they are feeling that day. If the boss came to work with an agenda to screw everyone, some people will “feel” the words and the beat, especially when enclosed in a car doing 70 on the freeway. It’s something about riding with the music turned full-blast that has a way of absorbing the mind and supplying a means of temporal escape.

Some songs have innocent words that impress upon the mind to be released later at the water cooler. Some choruses are catchy and when sung by certain artist will stay within the subconscious long after. Various rappers have unique voices that some people find attractive or along the same vocal tone as their own voice, which it makes it easier to sing along.

First goes the beat, and then goes the lyrics! It is not as smooth and tender as classical music, not as glossy as pop, but it has the scream of pain of real emotion of the world’s harshness. One may even state that rap is the most pain expressing music style. Those who sing it or it is better to say read it revive their feelings not only concerning love, as most of the other styles do. Their message is about life and the problems, especially the ones of the Afro-American people. The music of pain and oppression, rap is a remedy to the latter. Let all the pills be like that!