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Posts tagged "Mariah Carey"
bLISTerd: The 20 Best Holiday Songs Of All Time (Part 2)
You can check out the first half of our list here . 10. Vince Guaraldi Trio “Christmas Time Is Here” Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of people, but one thing common to all are the memories. We all have them. In fact, ask many people and some of their earliest memories revolve around Christmas. Gifts they received, places they went, traditions their families held……Christmas is where memories are made. I place my memories into 3 distinct categories, […]
Spin Cycle: Justin Bieber’s “Under the Mistletoe”
Ho Ho Ho! It’s Justin Bieber!! And we’ve got a review of his new holiday album.
Shoulda Been a Hit: Daryl Hall’s “Help Me Find a Way to Your Heart”
Following the downturn in hits that greeted Hall & Oates at the tail end of the Eighties and early Nineties, the fairer half of the duo decided to explore solo opportunities. For his third effort, 1993’s Soul Alone, Daryl drafted a writing and production team spearheaded by the Brooklyn alt-funk trio The Family Stand, who’d most recently helmed Paula Abdul’s multi-million selling Spellbound LP. Marching into the waters of contemporary R&B was nothing new for Daryl, although the sounds of […]
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”
Hey y’all, and welcome to our latest column! For this column, my buddy Gonzo and I have decided to take a look at songs that have become more popular as covers than they did in their initial incarnations. For our inaugural post, we’ve decided to look at one of the biggest hits of the Eighties-“I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”. Originally released in 1984 by Cherrelle, the song was a huge hit on the dance and R&B charts. However, the […]
Chart Stalker 11/11/10: Yee Haw Once Again
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Country music has officially taken over, it seems. On this week’s Billboard album charts, the genre boasts the Top Three albums, four of the top ten, and eight of the top twenty (nine if you count the country/folk-influenced Mumford and Sons). As far as the other genres in the Top 20 go: two albums qualify as hip-hop, five fall under the pop umbrella (a wide spectrum that goes from Rod Stewart’s standards to Katy Perry’s dance-pop), there’s one legit rock […]
New Release Report 11/2/10: What’s Out Today? Nothing.
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No, not NOTHING nothing! “Nothing”! It’s the new album from N.E.R.D.! Good Lord, I’m corny. Anyway, this week’s list of new releases is headed up by the fourth effort from Pharrell, Chad and that other dude that doesn’t do shit. To my mild shock, it turned out to actually be a decent album. Probably my favorite Pharrell-related effort other than “In Search Of…”, the first N.E.R.D. album. It sounds fun, Pharrell’s voice and lyrics are less annoying than usual, and […]
Christmas in October?: Mariah Thinks So
I’m not quite sure what would possess someone to record more than one holiday album. However, more than a decade and a half after Mariah Carey released her gazillion-selling “Merry Christmas” album, the diva (who might be expecting a holiday bundle of joy herself) is once again in the holiday spirit. “Merry Christmas II You” comes out November 2nd, and Mariah is previewing the album with the new song “Oh Santa”. While it’s probably too early to be thinking of […]
Blerd Briefs: Mariah, Xtina & That Purple Guy
Don’t you hate it when you go on a website and all they do is direct you to another website? Yeah, me too. So go on Popdose and check out my review commemorating the 20th anniversary of the debut album by Mariah Carey. Hard to believe it’s been two decades since MC stepped on the scene. Her debut album still sounds pretty fresh. Thankfully, she’s stepped up her choreography game a little bit since then. Remember the “Someday” video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeyhROv8utM
"Pulse" Finds Toni Braxton Still on Creative Life Support
You have to give props to Toni Braxton. Closing in on twenty years in the music business, she’s definitely a survivor. She’s gone through bankruptcy, health problems, mismanagement, divorce and more than her share of label drama. Even if it weren’t for her reputation as a singer of torchy, breakup songs, you’d feel for the woman. After starting her career off with a pair of smash Grammy-winning albums and a string of hit singles (most of which were helmed by […]
Blerd Radio Episode 1: Livin' La Vida Loca
While MisenPOPic Radio is on hiatus (congrats to my homie and co-host Mikey Hersh on the birth of his daughter), I decided to come up with my own podcast. It’s a little looser and I decided to go with the host-and-two-guests format rather than just the two co-hosts. Thus, Blerd Radio was born. While me and my boy GG did a quickie test episode last week, “Livin’ La Vida Loca” is the first real episode, and it again features GG as well as my girl […]