Artist.......: Bow Wow
Album........: Live from Sommet Center, Nashville
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rap
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: nov.-22-2008
Str.date.....: 000-00-2008
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.myspace.com/bowwow
track title time
01. Live from Sommet Center, Nashville 54:26
Runtime 54:26 min
Size 61,3 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded : November 22, 2008 (France ╘)
Performed : 2008 (Nashville)
At only age 13, Bow Wow made his rap debut on Beware of
Dog (2000), a double-platinum Top Ten hit, and though he
struggled to rival such breakout success in the years that
followed, he persevered impressively, maturing as an
artist (as well as a man) and releasing a series of albums
that met varying degrees of commercial success. In
addition to his music career, Bow Wow also found regular
work in Hollywood, beginning with Like Mike (2002), a star
vehicle for which he recorded a soundtrack. Successive
film appearances included Johnson Family Vacation (2004),
Roll Bounce (2005), and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo
Drift (2006).
Born Shad Gregory Moss on March 9, 1987, in Columbus, OH,
Bow Wow began his rap career as Lil Bow Wow, a moniker
acquired during his brief relationship with Death Row
Records, then the home of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A
subsequent relationship with Jermaine Dupri and his So So
Def label proved more fruitful for Bow Wow. Under the
guidance of Dupri -- who had previously guided other kid
rappers, namely Kris Kross and Da Brat, to mainstream
success -- and songwriter/producer Bryan-Michael Cox, the
young rapper was primed for success.
Bow Wow's debut single, "Bounce with Me," was released in
summer 2000 and appeared on the soundtrack to the Eddie
Murphy film Big Momma's House. The song featured the So So
Def female R&B group Xscape and became a Top 20 hit in
both the U.S. and U.K., charting number one on the
stateside R&B and rap singles charts. Meanwhile, Bow Wow's
debut album, Beware of Dog, also became a major hit,
selling over two and a half million copies; its commercial
success was partly due to the popular follow-up single
"Bow Wow (That's My Name)," featuring Snoop Dogg, and a
pair of subsequent minor hits, "Puppy Love" and "Ghetto
Girls." Bow Wow's second album, Doggy Bag (2002), was
another major success; it peaked at number six on
Billboard's album chart, eventually going platinum, and it
featured two strong singles, "Thank You" (which
prominently samples the Cars' 1981 hit "I'm Not the One")
and "Take Ya Home" (produced by the Neptunes during their
prime).
Bow Wow broke off his relationship with Jermaine Dupri for
his third album, Unleashed (2003). Released by Columbia,
the album was a commercial disappointment, peaking at
number three on the album chart yet selling less than a
million copies in the long run. A couple well-charting
singles did result, though -- "Let's Get Down," featuring
Birdman, and "My Baby," featuring Jagged Edge -- and the
album did boast some first-rate production work, including
more beats by the Neptunes. Dupri resumed his executive
production role for Bow Wow's next album, Wanted (2005),
and good fortune resulted. The album went platinum,
peaking at number three, and a pair of singles -- "Let Me
Hold You," featuring Omarion, and "Like You," featuring
Ciara (with whom he was romantically linked for a while)
-- went Top Five.
The hits continued for Bow Wow in subsequent years. His
fifth album, The Price of Fame (2006), included a few big
ones: "Shortie Like Mine," featuring Chris Brown, "Outta
My System," featuring T-Pain, and "I'm a Flirt," featuring
R. Kelly. For Face Off (2007), he collaborated with one of
his peers, Omarion, an R&B star and friend with whom he
toured.