Blank CD-R Wont Burn And Read!!!

I purchase some Blank Maxell CD to burn my music to, but the CD's wont read and it just pop out of the driver. Sometimes a cd might read and it only burn halfway or dont burn at all. So my question is how do i resolve these issues?, And What CD-R brands are good to use with the Macbook?

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