I really don’t know what happened to Father MC. Father MC’s Father’s Day was one of the first rap CDs I ever bought with my own money. I was a huge fan of his song I’ll Do 4 U and even dug Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated. With those song titles, dude was definitely trying to reach out to the females who were seemingly being dissed in other rap songs. But what might’ve been his best song [...]
Friday Throwback – Soul Train Edition
Big Money wrote a fine piece about Don Cornelius earlier this week after the news of his passing hit. I can’t really add anything to it other than that to me, he was one of the most recognizable music figures when I was growing up. I honestly don’t remember who was on Solid Gold. But outside of Dick Clark, I don’t think there’s anyone else I associated with music or music television more so than Cornelius. Here’s something to chew on: MTV was a network dedicated to [...]
The Popblerd Staff Predicts Super Bowl XLVI
While our greatest strength as a pop culture website is on the music side, we know a little bit about sports too. If you followed my 10 Yard Fight column over the football season, you know that I’m a fan of the San Francisco 49ers and that I’m still feeling heartbreak warfare over my 49ers losing in the NFC Championship to the New York Giants. Those Giants face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on the biggest sports day in all of the [...]
Poptificating – The Kobe Vs. LeBron Debate
Kobe vs. Lebron. LeBron vs. Kobe. It’s not quite Magic vs. Bird. Or even Wilt vs. Russell. But NBA fans love arguing over who is the better player. What characteristics define who the better player is? Kobe’s the better scorer. LeBron’s the better all-around player. Kobe has a mean streak. LeBron’s doesn’t match Kobe’s. One supposedly is the game’s ultimate closer, while the other doesn’t have the closing mentality ( however, that may very well be wrong ). LeBron has won 11 of their 13 head-to-head match-ups. [...]
Sweet Chin Muzak – The Prince Of Motown And Big Time Timmy Jim
Prince Fielder heads to Motown…and more baseball news in this week’s Sweet Chin Muzak column.
10 Yard Fight – 808s & Heartbreak
I feel like a sad Kanye record. Maybe Welcome To Heartbreak: “And my head keeps spinning/I can’t stop having these visions/I gotta get wit’ it.” Or how about See You In My Nightmares? “Okay I’m back up on my grind/You do you and I’m just gon’ do mine/You do you cause I’m just gon’ be fine/Okay I got you out my mind.” I think that if I had an 808 drum machine and actually knew how to produce music and [...]
Friday Throwback: Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days”
As our own Drew pointed out yesterday in his Singles Bar column which featured a stream of Bruce Springsteen’s new single , Bruce and company are back again with a brand new album on March 6. Listening to the new single made me think about my favorite all-time Springsteen video. Of course it was the one with the baseball backdrop! As I stated in a previous Friday Throwback , I was really introduced to music videos via my dad who video taped them. I first saw the Glory Days video [...]
10 Yard Fight – The Grab
The sun has set. The dust has settled. And while I rarely toot my own horn for my NFL predictions (since predicting games has as much to do with luck as it does skill), I have to point out that I picked all four NFL divisional games right on down to the upsets. Proof . Next weekend, in the conference championships, the New England Patriots will host the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers will host the New York Giants. [...]
Friday Throwback – Jay-Z’s I Can’t Get With That
Blue Ivy Carter was born to Beyonce and Jay-Z on January 7th, making her still less than a week old today. It also makes her the youngest charting “artist” in Billboard history. Because her cries and gurgles are credited on Jay-Z’s Glory, which Big Money linked to earlier this week , she gets to bask in the “glory” of a being on the R&B/Hip Hop songs chart. I imagine the song will gain even more momentum. BIC’s arrival made me think about Jay-Z’s [...]
Popstradamus predicts … 2012
Two days before 2011 became 2012, several of us threw out predictions that we think will happen in the pop culture world for 2012. Some of them are silly. Some are serious. Some may even happen. I give to you, predictions for 2012 by members of the Popblerd staff. Mike A. The eight-track tape will make a comeback. Hipsters, bored with vinyl now that it has begun to make a “mainstream” revival, look to a long lost relic of the [...]
10 Yard Fight – Tebow-mania Is Runnin’ Wild!
If I could compare Tim Tebow to someone, it would be Hulk Hogan. Why Hulk Hogan? Well, if you were a kid in the mid-80s, you probably remember Hogan’s creed. You train, say your prayers, and eat your vitamins. Hogan’s vitamins were a little more potent than yours and mine, but is there a better comparison? The Hulkster was the Real American. He’d be losing every match against bigger and badder foes. But the crowd would start to roar. He’d [...]
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