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On October 11th 2011, Eagle Rock Entertainment is delighted to release "With The Wild Crowd! - Live In Athens, GA", the first official B-52s live album. Recorded in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, this album captures a gig celebrating the 34th anniversary of the band's first ever live show on Valentine's Day 1977. "With The Wild Crowd! - Live In Athens, GA" includes the classics: "Love Shack", ""Rock Lobster", "Give Me Back My Man", "Funplex", "Roam", "Planet Claire", "Whammy Kiss" and many more.

"With The Wild Crowd!" was recorded at the Classic Center in the B-52s hometown of Athens, Georgia in February 2011. A B-52s live show is always the best party in town, yet here in front of their home crowd they even managed to turn it up a notch further. This is unashamed good time rock `n' roll packed with great tunes, wild romance and a lot of fun.

Known primarily for his heavy smokers anthem, 'Cloud 9,' and the frenetic energy of his song 'Haterz Everywhere,' B.o.B scored a record deal with Atlantic Records while he was still in high school. Now, the teen-aged rap phenomenon is ready to bring his genre-bending style nationwide with his highly anticipated debut, 'B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray' on Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records.
'B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray,' is a fascinating journey into the Atlanta artist's far-reaching imagination. On the track 'Not Alone,' a song B.o.B describes as an alternative rock chant, he touches on his pain as a child who was unable to fit in with his own peers. The Tombz-produced cut, 'Camera,' explores the story of a young woman who chooses life as a stripper over a college education.
B.o.B continues to rap to the ladies on 'Cyber Heaven,' where he claims his lovin' will take them out of this world, while 'Haterz Everywhere' featuring Rich Boy, a song that has flooded the South since its release in early 2007, proves his stronghold over the competition. B.o.B's most honest reflection of his artistic intent comes on 'Trippin',' where he raps about using his craft as a therapeutic means of solving his feelings of eccentricity. 'I feel like I have a really different perspective,' he says. 'When I grew up it was really hard for me to figure out why I felt that way, like I really felt like I was from another planet. Now, it's the opposite. All of that time I spent developing my talent and really analyzing myself, now I feel like I can express all of that and give all of my energy and love to the world.'
After producing the majority of his album by himself and learning to play multiple musical instruments - including the piano, trumpet and French horn - B.o.B is destined to spread his message of creativity and empowerment through his music. 'I just want to show people that there are endless possibilities of what you can do,' he says. 'You don't just have to be a rapper, you don't just have to be a trapper; you can be anything you want to be and whatever you do, just love it and it will show.'

B.B. King's music has been anthologized and put in box sets many times, but this is the first single-disc collection that truly spans the American icon's career. It starts with his breakthrough 1951 No. 1 R&B hit "Three O'Clock Blues" and ends, chronologically, with 2000's "Ten Long Years" from his platinum-selling, pop-chart-topping smash collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding with the King. In between there are 19 numbers that trace King's creative peaks (1969's "The Thrill is Gone," 1960's "Rock Me Baby") and valleys (1973's disco-inspired "I Like to Live the Love"). And they all tell the story of his growth as a performer. As the years and tunes tumble by, King's guitar solos become more expansive and adventurous, and his cross-genre experiments, like 1987's "When Love Come to Town" with U2, grow bolder. "I'll Survive," also featured here, has become King's late-career theme song, but as he heads toward his 80th birthday on September 16, 2005--still playing 150 concerts a year with his vastly influential guitar skills sharp and his voice just a bit weathered--King's version of survival contains genuine majesty. --Ted Drozdowski

Eric B & Rakim, Paid in Full

Japanese only SACD pressing. Universal. 2011.

Wb QBS 3355: The B 52s by B 52s

These boys and girls were there when New Wave was born, and they're showing no signs of growing old-or even growing up, you might say! In addition to classic B-52's hits like Rock Lobster (single version); Love Shack; Roam; Good Stuff; Deadbeat Club , and Private Idaho , this collection features two brand-new songs, Debbie and Hallucinating Pluto . It's an 18-track dance party, y'all!