Posts tagged "hip-hop"
Drews & Don'ts: The Top 7 Great Unheralded Albums By Oft-Heralded Artists

Drews & Don’ts: The Top 7 Great Unheralded Albums By Oft-Heralded Artists

Every Wednesday, music nerd and serial list-maker Drew brings you a small, highly specific, pop culture-related list to either enjoy or inspire debate. He remains the only Popblerd staffer pretentious enough to name a column after himself. First things first: these aren’t necessarily the most underrated albums of all time. That’s a different column for a different day, and for my money, would probably be populated with a fairly tiresome amount of Boston bands (still the liveliest music city I’ve […]

The Roots Announce 2013 Picnic Lineup, New Album(s)??

The Roots Announce 2013 Picnic Lineup, New Album(s)??

Two new albums and the Roots Picnic lineup announced. Do these guys ever take a break?

Popblerd's Best Albums of 2012: Drew's List

Popblerd’s Best Albums of 2012: Drew’s List

Drew unleashes a typically diverse best-of 2012 list, featuring everyone from fun. and Miguel to Regina Spektor. Oh yeah, Kendrick Lamar is here too!!

Why The Hell Should I Like?: Lil' Wayne

Why The Hell Should I Like?: Lil’ Wayne

Collin attempts to sway an army of Lil Wayne haters in the latest Why the Hell Should I Like…installment.

Printts A Superhero Status 2: Album Review

Printts A Superhero Status 2: Album Review

New Orleans rapper Printts A is making waves with his new album “Superhero Status 2.” Check out our review.

What The Hell Is Asher Roth Doing On A Track With Truck North and Black Thought?

What The Hell Is Asher Roth Doing On A Track With Truck North and Black Thought?

Roots associate Truck North teams up with Black Thought and…Asher Roth? Give a listen to “Capital Crime.”

The Viewfinder: Soul Khan, "Not Like That"

The Viewfinder: Soul Khan, “Not Like That”

Brooklyn rapper Soul Khan’s latest attacks misogyny, and you can dance to it. “Not Like That” sounds like a win to us – check the video here!

The Singles Bar: T.I. featuring Andre 3000, "Sorry"

The Singles Bar: T.I. featuring Andre 3000, “Sorry”

T.I. sets up his upcoming album with a new single, “Sorry,” but fellow Atlanta rapper Andre 3000 comes in and steals the show.

The Carlton Shuffle, 12/1/12: Hip Hop Edition

The Carlton Shuffle, 12/1/12: Hip Hop Edition

Did you catch our countdown of the 100 greatest hip hop albums of all time? Here’s the recap , with links to each installment. Working on this list has had many of the Popblerd staff on a big hip hop kick, so we decided that we’d change things up a bit for this week’s Carlton Shuffle. Rather than our usual collection of weekly staff picks, Big Money and I have painstakingly made a comprehensive playlist representing each album featured in our list (aside […]

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time (Part 5)

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.

Who The Hell Is...Fred The Godson?

Who The Hell Is…Fred The Godson?

Check out Bronx-raised MC Fred The Godson. Is he the next big thing?

The Popblerd Interview: Dres (of Black Sheep and EvitaN)

The Popblerd Interview: Dres (of Black Sheep and EvitaN)

We got a chance to sit down with a hip-hop legend. Dres of Black Sheep fame talks to us about the Native Tongues as well as his new project, EvitaN. Their album “Speed of Life” drops today!