DS2

DS2 (abbreviation of Dirty Sprite 2) is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist Future. The album was released on July 17, 2015 by A1, Freebandz and Epic Records. The album serves as the sequel from his breakout mixtape Dirty Sprite (2011). The album was supported by four singles "Fuck Up Some Commas", "Real Sisters", "Blow a Bag" and "Where Ya At" featuring Drake.

Upon its release, DS2 received generally positive reviews from critics and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by several publications. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and sold 126,000 copies in its first week. The album has since been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of February 2016, the album has sold 344,000 in the United States.

Background

On July 10, 2015, Future posted the artwork and announced his new album, titled DS2, would be released on July 17, 2015. The tracklist of the album was released on July 15, 2015. In an interview with Power 105.1, he explained the official album title was abbreviated to DS2 in order to avoid copyright infringement from Sprite.

Colossal (blog)

Colossal is a Webby Award-nominated art and visual culture blog. Founded by Chicago-based editor Christopher Jobson in August 2010, the site covers topics ranging from art, design, and photography, to visual aspects of science and general creativity.

The National Endowment for the Arts has called the website a "must read." American blogger Jason Kottke describes it as "a top-notch visual art/design blog," and PBS' Art:21 said the publication "brings recognition to under-represented (or even unrepresented) artists."

Colossal has been further praised by American actor Neil Patrick Harris as "artistic, smart, and inspiring," and the publication was cited by the TED blog as one of "100 Websites You Should Know and Use" in 2013.

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Hot (Taeyang album)

Hot is the first extended play (EP) and first solo album by Korean singer Taeyang, member of Big Bang. The album was well received by fans and critics alike, winning two trophies from The 6th Korean Music Awards for the 2008 Best R&B/Soul Song (나만 바라봐, "Only Look At Me") and the 2008 Best R&B/Soul Album (Hot). Taeyang is the first "Idol group" or boyband member to receive such awards.

Two singles were released from the album, "Gido" (Hangul: 기도; "Prayer") and "Naman Barabwa" (Hangul: "나만 바라봐"; "Only Look At Me"), with music videos produced for each song. "Make Love" from this album was remade by Big Bang to be featured in their Japanese album Number 1. Bandmate G-Dragon recorded a "Part two" version of "Only Look At Me", and released it as a digital single, "나만 바라봐 Part 2 (Only Look At Me Part 2)." Both versions were performed at the M.Net MKMF Awards, where each member of Big Bang performed a song with Korean singer Hyori Lee.

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Hot (Inna song)

"Hot" is a song by Romanian dance/pop vocalist Inna extracted from her debut studio album Hot 2009. Written and produced by Sebastian Barac, Radu Bolfea and Marcel Botezan of Play & Win, "Hot" was released late as the lead single from her debut record. The song is an uptempo electro house song, with it containing elements of trance music. Lyrically, it tells a story of how strong a connection between two lovers can become. Contemporary critics received "Hot" very well, with reviewers complimenting its beats, simplicity and effectiveness.

The track was a commercial success, reaching the top-ten in Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands and Romania. "Hot" has been accompanied by two European club-themed official music video versions, with the first being released on 10 November 2008. Inna has promoted the song at various gigs across Europe and has also performed it on the 2009 Eska Music Awards, Legendario Ice Experience, Loop Live and the Sopot Hit Festival in Poland.