Posts tagged "Kanye West & Jay-Z"

Chart Stalker 8/3/11: Who is Eric Church?

Simple answer: he’s the guy with the #1 album in the country right now. The North Carolina-bred country singer has scored two top 10 albums prior to the release of his latest album, Chief. Talk about truth in titles, Church finds himself the chief of the charts right now, moving 145,000 units and topping the country list as well as the overall Billboard 200. His previous album, Carolina, benefits from the release of the new album as well. The album […]

The Singles Bar: Kanye West & Jay-Z’s “Otis”

Now THIS is more like it. The release date for Kanye West & Jay-Z’s Watch the Throne (August 1) is official. Similar to this song. “Otis” is 3 1/2 minutes of solid shit-talking by some of the best shit talkers in hip-hop history. It doesn’t scream “pop hit” but it definitely has that raw, head-nod groove to it. Jay’s in his pocket here and Kanye (knowing full well he can’t try to outflow Jiggaman) quotes Audio Two and drops a […]