Missed ’em? Check out previous entries in the countdown. 26-30 31-35 36-40 Now, moving on… 25. Del tha Funkee Homosapien Representing: Oakland Ice Cube’s bizarro cousin has never had the mainstream success that his relative has, but Del remains a cherished member of the hip-hop underground after twenty years in the game. With his slightly stoned (OK, very stoned flow) and free-associative lyrics, he is still one of the best to ever represent the Bay. At very least, he’s proof that there are […]
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Chart Stalker 10/7/10: The Yee-Haw Edition
Guess what type of music people are still buying? Ding Ding Ding!! Country music! Kenny Chesney becomes the second straight country act to debut at #1 on the national Billboard charts. His latest effort, “Hemingway’s Whiskey”, starts with 183,000 units. It replaces Zac Brown Band’s “You Get What You Give” at the top of the chart. The Grammy winning band’s sophomore effort slides two spots to #3 this week. Guess what other type of music people are apparently still buying? […]
Moonlighting: The Popdose Guide to Ice Cube
If I said that the reason I haven’t followed up my Madonna series on this here site was that I’d been busy working on the Popdose Guide to Ice Cube , would you believe me? No? Well, damn it. I tried. Anyway, when the site’s esteemed editor-in-chief Jeff Giles approached me with the idea of assisting him with this series, I jumped at the opportunity. I was pretty familiar with the majority of Ice Cube’s catalog, even though I cringed at the thought of having to listen […]
New Release Report 9/28/10: Walking Down “Lonely Avenue” with Ben Folds
When I saw Ben Folds in concert earlier this year, he noted that the album he’d been working on with British author Nick Hornby had been completed, and I was super intrigued. I’m a pretty major Folds fan, and “High Fidelity” has long been on the list of my favorite books and films (and I also picked up “Long Way Down” over the summer…it was a great read). The one song that Folds played from the collaboration that night was […]
Saturday Backspin: "Fuck Compton"
Just so you know, the East/West Coast rap wars didn’t start with Tupac and Biggie. Actually, that beef always kind of made me laugh. ‘Pac was born in New York. Anyway, the animosity between rappers from New York and rappers from California started almost as soon as West Coast rappers began making noise. Growing up in Brooklyn, no one in my neighborhood was walking around with Ice-T tapes. Cali cats were corny. They wore jheri curls or perms. New York […]
Saturday Backspin: "Undercover Lover"
This Saturday, we’re gonna rock it on the smooth tip with King Sun’s classic “Undercover Lover”-a song dedicated to all the committed folks who are keeping someone special on the low. Sun’s giving us his best Barry White on this track, describing the relationship he and his side chick have over a finely chosen sample of Stevie Wonder’s “Hey Love”. Sun managed to pull off a sensual hip-hop track without coming off soft or corny. King Sun was one of […]