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A.J.
McLean, Aaron Carter At 'South Park' Party
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Source: Launch
Coolio, Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean, Aaron Carter At 'South
Park' Party
Coolio,
the Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean, Aaron Carter, and
Morris Day were among the guests at the fifth
anniversary party for Comedy Central's popular
animated series South Park Thursday (October 24), at
Quixote Studios in Hollywood.
McLean was accompanied by his fiancee, aspiring
singer-songwriter Sarah Martin, and teen star Carter
arrived with Caitlin Wachs, the child actress who
co-stars in the new WB version of the 1960s program
Family Affair. |
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other Carter-related news, the pop idol was also spotted
last week in West Hollywood's Beverly Center mall, wearing a
T-shirt and baggy jeans and flanked by a bodyguard. Though
recognized by a number of giggling teenage girls, the singer
kept shopping.
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E!
Online Review of "Now Or Never"
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Source: E! Online
Now or never? Well, we're leaning toward never as far as
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter's solo debut is concerned. Unless
you're 12 and you choose CDs based on the crushability
quotient of whoever is on the cover, you'll be turned off by
Carter's crossover from his "Quit Playing Games (with
My Heart)" days to Never's second-rate Sugar Ray pop.
Memories of his past remain on "I Got You,"
however the song also elicits Bryan Adams flashbacks.
Otherwise, this trip is full of overly sensitive moments and
some really bad geographical rhymes about ladies in
"Girls in the USA." Trust us, nobody wants it that
way.
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Backstreet
Boys Giving Each Other Space, Will Crank Out LP After
Babies, Weddings
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Source: MTV News
Just because Nick Carter released his solo debut Tuesday
doesn't mean the Backstreet Boys are taking a backseat. The
group has two songs already recorded and demo versions of
two more ready to track, Howie Dorough said at last week's
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in Miami.
"I have a feeling in the beginning of the year, we'll
really start hitting it hard," he said.
Dorough's progress report dispels talk that he, A.J. McLean,
Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson will continue as the
Backstreet Boys without Carter. The dimmed spotlight on the
rest of the group is simply the result of the members
needing some space after a decade together.
"We are all giving each other space to explore
things," Dorough said. "[While Nick's doing his
thing], the rest of us are writing for the next album. So
when [Nick's] done with his project and Brian has his baby
and A.J. gets married, we'll be able to get back into the
studio and crank out the album."
The group is experimenting with producers, though nothing's
been set. Among the knob-twiddlers being considered for the
follow-up to 2000's Black & Blue are Glen Ballard,
Babyface and Jermaine Dupri.
As far as their take on Carter's Now or Never, BSB have
nothing but love for their partner in pop.
"I'm excited about it," Dorough said. "It's
something he's wanted to do. It's got more of the
rock/alternative/pop sound, which is something he's grown up
listening to — Nirvana, Journey — and that's the
influence he brings into the group. That's just him
spreading his wings and being creative on his own."
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CDNOW.com
review of 'Now or Never'
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Source: CDNow
You may think you imagined it, but Nick Carter does steal a
Nirvana riff to open the otherwise-straightforward teen pop
ballad "Help Me," which introduces his solo debut,
Now or Never.
It seems that, unleashed from the boy band confines of the
Backstreet Boys, the singer has rock muscles he's eager to
flex, though we're not talking anything worthy of Ozzfest:
Now seems to derive its inspiration from such pop-metal boys
as Def Leppard and Bryan Adams.
The latter is a very obvious role model for such melodic,
emotive rock ballads as "Do I Have to Cry for
You," and there's no denying
the-"Animal"-like raunch of the lusty mid-tempo
arena rocker, "Girls in the USA."
The acoustic-backed, bittersweet closer, "Who Needs the
World," however, is pure B' Boys lullaby pop, but
without the harmonies, though Carter has such a sweet,
strong voice, they're hardly missed. Though he has a hand in
songwriting here, Carter chose to work closely with producer
Max Martin (BSB, Britney Spears). He keeps his subject
matter light, sticking to the things a worldly 22-year-old
success story might bother about; namely, girls ("Miss
America") and having a good time ("Is It Saturday
Yet").
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