De La is back!! Sort of… It’s been a long, LONG, LONG time since the greatest rap group of all time (in my humble opinion) dropped The Grind Date. In the meantime, the plugs have been touring the country and overseas, they’ve released a couple of mixtapes, and won a long-deserved Grammy for their work on Gorillaz’ “Feel Good Inc.” They have finally decided to make their return-with a project under a pseudonym that’s got a wacky-ass premise. Just like […]
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The Singles Bar: De La Soul’s Plug 1 and Plug 2 Present First Serve’s “Pushin’ Aside, Pushin’ Along”
The Popblerd Staff Picks Their Most Anticipated Albums of 2012! (Part Two)
One thing a new year brings more than anything else is promise. Whether you feel as though this is the year you’ll get that book deal you’ve been dreaming of, or that the cross-country road trip you’ve been planning for the past two years will finally happen THIS summer, the future, much like Natasha Bedingfield sang about in that Pantene commercial, is unwritten. With release dates only set a couple of months in the future, this is also the time […]
Why the Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest? (The Rebuttal)
“ Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong. I know it’s probably hard to believe, but I didn’t listen to a lot of hip hop growing up. I know, it’s nuts right? Sure I had a copy […]
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 […]
The Top 40 Emcees of All Time: 40-36
I’m not really good at the whole dramatic buildup thing, so I’ll try to keep this preamble relatively short. First of all, this list is about great emcees, and as I’d imagine you know, great emcees are perfectly capable of making crappy records (the same way Beyonce’s albums kinda suck even though she can sing her ass off). Average emcees are capable of making great records (see: West, Kanye), so let’s not confuse the two. What makes a great emcee? […]
“The Return of” De La Soul
I stan HARD for De La Soul. Pos, Mase and Dave were at the head of the table during hip-hop’s most creative period, and they’ve hardly lost a beat in the two decades since. Although their commercial success has been intermittent, the quality of their music hasn’t wavered. 2004’s “The Grind Date” (the group’s last proper album) was a solid piece of work that was easily one of the five best hip-hop albums that year. Depending on when you ask, […]