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Kendrick Lamar, “The Colbert Report”, And Life-Affirming Music

by MJ on Dec 18, 2014 • No Comments

Kendrick Lamar is the illest cat out right now. Check his appearance on “The Colbert Report.”

Spin Cycle: The Robert Glasper Experiment’s “Black Radio”

by MJ on Mar 1, 2012 • No Comments

Album Reviews / music / New Releases / Pop Music / soul music / Spin Cycle

Want an excellent album of jazz-inflected soul with some left-field stuff thrown in? Look no further. Robert Glasper’s “Black Radio” is your album and we’ve got the review.

We Saw It!: The Roots @ The House of Blues in Boston 12/26

by MJ on Dec 29, 2011 • 4 Comments

Concert Reviews / hip-hop / music

How does a dyed-in-the-wool hip-hop fan like me wait until 2012 to see his very first Roots show? I guess it’s been a combination of limited resources, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and just plain bad luck (I was supposed to see them at the Apollo a few years back, but my ticket connection fell through.) So when it was announced that The Roots would be playing Boston’s House of Blues on the day after Christmas, […]

The Viewfinder: Bilal’s “Levels”

by MJ on Jan 28, 2011 • No Comments

music / New Releases / soul music / The Viewfinder / Videos

One of the great things about the YouTube revolution is the fact that it’s made artists a little more creative with their visual presentation. For a while, we were at the point where just about every video on MTV was a big-budget production featuring bottles popping, the obligatory club scene and…well, basically everything The Roots lampooned in their video for “What They Do”. That period lasted way too damn long. Anyway, one of the freakiest videos I’ve seen in a […]

Popblerd! Presents: The Best Albums of 2010 (20-16)

by MJ on Dec 28, 2010 • 5 Comments

Country Music / Lists! / Pop Music / soul music / Uncategorized

Popblerd’s list of the Top 40 albums of the year reaches its’ second half, featuring albums by Bilal, Erykah Badu, and El DeBarge.

My Soul Train Awards Not-So-Live Blog

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 29, 2010 • 3 Comments

award shows / music / soul music

A live-blog of the 2010 Soul Train Music Awards. This show featured performances by Erykah Badu and Cee-Lo Green, as well as tributes to Anita Baker and Ronald Isley.