#8. Once you heard the angelic sounds of “Pretty Wings” enter your earlobes you knew Maxwell was officially back. It had been an overdue return to music for the Brooklyn musician. But it was in the summer of ’09 that “BLACKsummers’ night”,the first of Maxwell’s 3 disc series, would get an worldwide release. The album would reach #1 , where it would go on to Gold status in its first week. Maxwell is currently nominated for 6 Grammy awards. Can he take them all?

#7 Since the release of “Day ‘n’ Nite” rapper Kid Kudi has been on everyone’s radar. The single earned Kudi his first top ten hit in ’09. Eventually it would go on to gain acclaim from both fans and critics. The hits didn’t stop there, the Cleavland rapper later sampled Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface” for his the buzzworthy track “Make Her Say”. Now on the “Pursuit of Happiness”, Kid Kudi is celebrating his 3 Grammy nominations and will be hitting the small screen for the HBO comedy series “How to Make it in America”.

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