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Popblerd’s New Release Report 8/21/12: Trey Day (Again)

by MJ on Aug 21, 2012 • No Comments

Trey Songz is back for Chapter V, and he’s at the head of a new release schedule that also includes The Darkness, DJ Khaled & Bloc Party.

The Singles Bar: Kanye West’s “Theraflu”

by MJ on Apr 5, 2012 • 1 Comment

hip-hop / music / pop culture / Pop Music / The Singles Bar

A) I hate DJ Khaled B) I’ll tolerate him for some Kanye. Mr. West dropped a surprise on us, with a new track entitled “Theraflu.” It sounds much more cookie-cutter hip-hop than his usual material, but the track is still pretty solid. ‘Ye gets a few shots in at Amber Rose and Kris Humphries, and sounds a bit more angry than we’ve become accustomed to hearing him lately. Don’t know if this is the lead single from an upcoming album-there […]

Chart Stalker 7/20/11: Blake’s “Red River” Floats to the Top

by MJ on Jul 20, 2011 • 2 Comments

hip-hop / music / New Releases / news / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

Last week’s chart was so boring we went back into the wayback machine and rolled into 1991. Now it’s back to the present, and a chart that finds six new albums in the Top Ten, led by a country star and reality show judge. The most tangible (and immediate) success story from “The Voice” has to be Blake Shelton’s. The country singer scores his first ever chart-topper with Red River Blue. Blake is the first of the show’s judges (or […]

Award Show Sundays Special: The 2011 BET Awards Live Blog

by MJ on Jun 26, 2011 • 3 Comments

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It’s been a minute since we live-blogged an awards show around these parts. I gave some consideration to doing some commentary on the Billboard Music Awards, but got pulled into another direction-a move that turned out to be a wise one (since all of the clips I saw from the show and all of the commentary I saw on social media was lukewarm.) I have a love-hate relationship with the BET Awards (to say nothing of my largely HATE relationship […]