Justice are a Grammy award nominated band from France. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay got their start by winning a remix competition at a Paris college’s local radio station. The remix of Simian’s “Never Be Alone” earned them a deal with Ed Banger Records who released the song for them to various clubs and the internet. It would later be released commercially in the U.K. with the help of Ten Records (a sub-label of Virgin Records).Justice would later help in the remixing of songs for groups such as N.E.R.D & Daft Punk and for artists such as Fatboy Slim and Britney Spears. Justice won the award for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2006 but couldn’t accept their award due to prior commitments. Their video director accepted the award on their behalf but was famously interrupted by R & B/rapper Kanye West who thought he should have won the award instead of them. Kanye would later phone the group to apologize for his actions. In 2007, the group would tour across the globe with stops at such concerts as the Coachella Music Festival, Fuji’s Rock Festival and the Oxegen festival in Kildare, Ireland just to name a few.Their Coachella performance was actually their first performance in front of a live audience as before that they would simply be in the studio or doing videos with their turntables. Their act has attracted attention for their large lighted-up crucifix that joins them on stage in the background. Justice was nominated for Best Dance Recording (for D.A.N.C.E.) and Best Electronic/Dance Album (for †) at the 50th Grammy Awards. You can check out more of Justice over at our jukebox.

Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org for some biographical information.

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Let’s check out a great new group of DJs called The X-Ecutioners. This 3 man DJ group consists of DJs Roc Raida, Rob Swift, and Total Eclipse and has won their fans support by traveling from club to club and by having a strong word of mouth and buzz surrounding the group. The group formed originally in 1989 and was known as the X-Men. The group consisted of a bunch of local popular DJs in New York City and was formed to go to battle with a rival DJ group known as The Supermen in some Turntable battles. Members joined and left the group but in 1997 The X-Ecutioners were signed to a major label and released their first solo album and the first solo album ever to be released by a DJ group.In 1998, Steve Rifkind, the CEO of Sony Music’s Loud Records, heard the group play in an L.A. club and signed the band to a four record deal. The first album was the critically acclaimed album “Built from Scratch” which debuted at #15 on The Top 40 Billboard Charts. The band received even more success when they teamed with Rock powerhouse Linkin Park for the single “It’s Going Down” which stayed on the charts for 8 weeks. They later were the opening act in 2002 for Eminem on the Anger Management Tour. They even jumped into the gaming phenomenon when they released singles for the video games NFL Street and SSX 3 produced both by Electronic Arts.

The group has collaborated with some huge names as well like fellow DJs Dan the Automater and Fatboy Slim. Their latest album, “Revolutions” is their best yet and is once again receiving critical acclaim from all of those that hear it. The new album mixes some great Hip-Hop and Rock elements with a tad touch of Electronica to boot so be sure to buy their latest album “Revolutions” which is in stores right now.

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Members:

* Ryan Maginn (Ryu)
* Takbir Bashir (Tak)
* Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot),
* Vin Skully (Jason)

Styles of Beyond are an underground rap group from Los Angeles, California. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, California. released their first single, “Killer Instinct,” independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. They released their first album “2000 Fold” in the summer of 1998. They are currently signed to Mike Shinoda’s (Linkin Park Vocalist) Machine Shop Recordings label. They were also heavily featured on Shinoda’s side project group called Fort Minor’s “The Rising Tied”.Ryan Maginn also provides vocals on “Name of The Game” and “Ready For Action” singles by The Crystal Method on their album Tweekend as well as the group collaborating with other artists such as Linkin Park and Awol One. Their song “Shapeshifter” was featured in the game Need For Speed: Most Wanted and another one of their songs will be featured on the soundtrack for the film “Redline”. They have released 3 albums so far and their fourth official release entitled “Rocket Surgery” will be released sometime in the summer of 2007.

-Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org and 2006 All Media Guide for biography information.

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* Eric Victorino, Vocals
* Ryan Hernandez, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer
* Hrag Chanchanian, Bass, Vocals, Piano
* Adrian Robison, Drums, Percussion, Programming

Strata (formerly known as Downside) is an alternative rock band who got their start in suburban San Jose, California in 2000. In 2004 they released their self-entitled album on Wind-Up Records. The band is finished with their second album titled, “Strata Presents The End of the World,” hits stores July 17, 2007. The first single, “Cocaine (We’re All Going to Hell)”, and “Hot/Cold (Darling, Don’t)” off of their new album are currently available on Strata’s MySpace page, as well as PureVolume.com, and Strata’s home page, StrataDirect.com.

They will be touring alongside their record label buddies Finger Eleven on a Canadian Tour in late 2007. Be sure to check out their single ‘Cocaine’ off their soon to be released album “Strata Presents The End of the World” on our BoobNewb Jukebox and buy their album when it comes out in stores soon.

thanks to http://www.wikipedia.com and http://www.aolmusic.com for biography information.

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Robin Thicke is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and occasional actor. Thicke was born to vocalist Gloria Loring and Canadian entertainer Alan Thicke (best known for his role on the sitcom Growing Pains). At the age of 16, Robin struck a deal with the fledgling Nu America Records, a subsidiary of Interscope Records. Thicke has since produced singles for artists such as Usher, Christina Aguilera, Mya, Brandy and even Michael Jackson. In 2005, Robin won a grammy for his collaboration with Usher on his album ‘Confessions’.

In 2002, Thicke released his debut single “When I Get You Alone”. The album gained some success in the United States but became an international hit single in countries like Italy, Australia and the Netherlands.In 2005, Thicke performed as a guest on the remix of Will Smith’s international hit, “Switch”. He signed a deal with the Neptunes own record label, ‘Star Trak’ and began to work on his next album entitled ‘The Evolution of Robin Thicke’. His second album was released on October 3, 2006. To promote the album, Thicke toured with R&B artists India Arie and John Legend in late 2006. His second single, the ballad “Lost Without U” reached as high as number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.Robin will be appearing on 50 Cent’s new album “Curtis”, coming out June 25, 2007.

Thicke is also slated to guest on R&B singer Ashanti’s fourth studio album “Incredible” set to be released in mid to late 2007. He has also been announced as the opening act on Beyonce’s upcoming North American tour. Be sure to check out Robin Thicke’s hit single “Lost Without You” in our BoobNewb Jukebox and go buy his album “The Evolution of Robin Thicke” which is in stores now.

-Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org for some of the biography information.

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