Shawn Carter turns himself into performance art-check out JAY Z’s latest video, for “Picasso Baby.”
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Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail: Album Review
If you’ve grown up with Jay-Z as a consistent presence in your life, it’s difficult to be critical of him. That might have to do with his fairly remarkable record – although he’s only released a handful of stone-cold classics (Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint unimpeachably, and I’d argue for The Black Album too), he’s released plenty of good albums, with few (if any) clunkers in the bunch. I mean, sure, Kingdom Come and American Gangster weren’t really what anyone […]
The Magna Carta… Holy Grail Experience
John takes you through the entire Magna Carta… Holy Grail experience.
The Popblerd Halftime Show: Drew’s Best of 2013 So Far
Halfway through 2013, we’ve come to an interesting impasse: moreso than the last several years, the music of this year has been largely awesome. I don’t say this to suggest that I’m one of those curmudgeonly sorts that thinks new music blows; it’s just, we’ve been in a bit of a lull. Much of 2012 was boring on the album front, and 2011 was only marginally better. And yet, here we are at unlucky ’13, and I’ve already doled out […]
The Halftime Report: Cunningham’s Best of 2013 (so far)
The first half of 2013 was dominated by a string of solid releases in the garage punk and disco-house genres, and it also featured cameos from some indie-pop gems and the occasional decent R&B album. But January-through-June was owned by a very recent hip-hop release that any true head would have trouble not listening to on repeat. 1. Quasimoto-Yessir Whatever Technically a compilation of unreleased tracks from the last 14 years, Yessir Whatever hits harder than its predecessor, 2005’s The […]
We Saw It: The Kings of the Mic Tour @ Bank of America Pavilion, Boston
A group of hip-hop legends (Doug E. Fresh excluded) descended onto Boston last week for an amazing live experience.
Popblerd’s New Release Report 6/25/13
Wale returns for album #3, plus, the rest of this week’s new releases.
Popblerd’s New Release Report 6/18/13
Kanye’s not the only big-name hip hopper with an album out today.
Drake Announces 2013 Tour Dates; Featuring Miguel and Future
Drake, Miguel and Future are going on tour this summer. Wanna see ’em? Read on to see if they’ll be playing near you.
Jonny 5 of Flobots: The Popblerd Interview!
As I walked up the steps of Dado Tea next to The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA before the Flobots show, I saw a man wearing a striped shirt and glasses sitting outside sipping the rest of his drink and trying to get one of the blueberries out of the bottom while looking at his phone. We introduced ourselves and asked the basic questions before getting into topics like what music means to him and people in general, rallying with Rage […]
Talib Kweli Prisoner of Conscious: Album Review
Lyrical giant Talib Kweli returns with a new album. Check out our review of “Prisoner of Conscious.”
Don’t Run “Away” From De La Soul’s New Video
De La Soul inside a Rubik’s Cube. Wish I’d thought that one up, myself.