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Posts tagged "2Pac"
Roundball Soundoff – GG’s 2013 Western Conference Preview
Tupac and GG bring the pain with the NBA 2013 Western Conference preview.
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time (Part 8)
We are closing in on the #1 rap album of all time. In the meantime, the 8th installment features friends turned rivals 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time (Part 5)
Humpty, meet Tupac. Tupac, meet Humpty. Mr. Shakur and Digital Underground reunite for the latest installment of our list of the top 100 rap albums of all time.
The Implications of Holographic Celebrity Resurrections
Blerditorial / hip-hop / music / news / pop culture / Pop Music / R.I.P. / rock music / Uncategorized
We live in interesting times. Over the years, The Coachella Valley Music Festival has become one of the premiere music festivals, whose only real competition in the US is Bonnaroo. Perhaps moreso than its Eastern counterpart, Coachella is known for producing magical moments each year. Beyond the consistently stellar lineup of electronic, indie, hip hop and pop acts that Coachella presents annually, the festival has also become known for providing a platform for highly anticipated (though not necessarily expected) reunions. […]
Tupac’s Hologram Performs At Coachella
Really late Sunday night, or Monday morning for any East Coasters who stayed up to watch on YouTube, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were into their set at Coachella when the bells to Tupac Shakur’s Hail Mary started to ring. It was rumored that a hologram of Pac would be part of Dre and Snoop’s set and those rumors were right. The virtual version of Tupac wore baggy jeans and boots, much like the 1996 version of Pac would, was shirtless, […]
New Release Report 7/5/11: Banging the Doldrums
music / New Release Report / New Releases / news / Pop Music / rock music / soul music / Uncategorized
Well, if you’re looking for a record-release bonanza to follow your gluttonous intake of grilled goods yesterday…you might want to look elsewhere. The release schedule for July 5th is incredibly light. I suppose everyone’s taking a break at the midway point of the year. Ain’t nothing wrong with that, right? If anyone has anything to say about the fact that I quoted Fall Out Boy in the title of today’s column, the comments area is below. At any rate, this […]
Blerd Briefs: A De La/Roots Collabo? Doughty Goes Underground, Van Hunt is Back & Who Shot ‘Pac?
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As I was trolling Twitter last night, I think I saw ?uestlove make an offer to De La Soul’s Posdnous…the offer to produce De La Soul’s next album. A De La/Roots collaboration? I’m surprised the whole internet didn’t get sprayed by the jizz that flew out of me when I thought of the possibility of something as momentous actually happening. What do you think the chances are of it really coming to fruition? On to other news: Mike Doughty has […]
Blerd Briefs: Hammer vs. Jay-Z, R. Kelly vs. Jay-Z…and Taylor Swift
Is it me, or has Shawn Carter become hip-hop’s #1 whipping boy? I guess that’s par for the course when you’re on top of the game, but bitterness seems to surround this cat like no other rap artist before or since. The latest person to step to Jay-Z with beef is…Hammer. No, that is not a typo. 48 year old Stanley Kirk Burrell, the genie-pants dancing, KFC shilling rapper who dropped the “MC” from his name back in the early […]
Unraveling the Complicated Legacy of Tupac Shakur
Tupac’s been on my mind for a couple of reasons. First off, yesterday (September 7th), marked the 14th anniversary of the night he was shot in Las Vegas, an event that led to his passing six days later. Two, a lot of blog and news outlets were buzzing about what I originally thought was a seemingly offhand comment made by Mike Tyson in which he regretted never having smoked weed with ‘Pac. It wasn’t until earlier this morning that I […]