Who the hell calls her album No Boys Allowed and then does a duet with Chris Brown called "One Night Stand"? A diva who is a little confused about what she's doing. Keri Hilson has a powerhouse voice that seemed to promise great things on R&B hits like "Turnin Me On" and "Slow Dance." But her second album is hit-or-miss, with failed attempts at pop crossover (the Timbaland collabo "Breaking Point") and sub-Rihanna reggae moves. Still, the high points are worth digging out, especially the electro-porn of "The Way You Love Me" and the Ne-Yo-co-written "Pretty Girl Rock," a lighter-than-air jump-rope rhyme about how hot she is. It's a topic that seems close to her heart.

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“All Along the Watchtower”

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."