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Spin Cycle: The Robert Glasper Experiment’s “Black Radio”

by MJ on Mar 1, 2012 • No Comments

Want an excellent album of jazz-inflected soul with some left-field stuff thrown in? Look no further. Robert Glasper’s “Black Radio” is your album and we’ve got the review.

A Much-Needed History Lesson: “Nice & Rough: Black Women In Rock”

by MJ on Feb 3, 2012 • No Comments

movies / music / rock music / soul music

I urge you to follow the Black Rock Coalition’s Facebook page . Not only is it important for us to preserve and extend our legacy, but they put together and promote some pretty cool stuff. Case in point… My buddy David Middleton often bemoans the lack of black female rock singers in contemporary music. The modern-day music industry has become so ingrained in formula that the thought of a sista belting to rock seems almost laughable, despite the fact that blues singers […]

Metal Monday Volume 44 (11.14.11)

by Jesse on Nov 14, 2011 • 1 Comment

Album Reviews / Metal Monday / music / New Releases / rock music

Chris Connelly’s “Artificial Madness” gets a spin in our latest Metal Monday column!

Spin Cycle: Me’shell Ndegeocello’s “Weather”

by MJ on Nov 10, 2011 • 2 Comments

Album Reviews / music / New Releases / Pop Music / soul music / Spin Cycle / Uncategorized

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meshell Ndegeocello’s new album “Weather” continues her streak of masterful and intriguing musical adventures.

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (90-81)

by MJ on Oct 26, 2011 • 9 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / pop culture / Pop Music / rock music / soul music / Uncategorized

Check out the first 10 titles on the list here I could write a preface to this and each installment in this series, but seriously (to quote the title of one of 1990’s biggest albums), what can I say about the Nineties that a VH-1 soundbite hasn’t already said? Good God, what does that say about my ability to come up with a good soundbite? I’m going back to bed now. Here’s #90-#81. Venture a guess as to what #1 is yet? Pissed off because your favorite album didn’t […]

The Singles Bar: Meshell Ndegeocello’s “Dirty World”

by MJ on Sep 16, 2011 • 2 Comments

music / New Releases / news / Pop Music / soul music / The Singles Bar

For my money, Meshell Ndegeocello is (in Kanye West voice) THE MOST SLEPT-ON ARTIST OF ALL TIME!! Seriously, I’ve been a huge fan since reading an article about her in “Black Beat” magazine (remember that?) and seeing her video for “Dred Loc” on Video Music Box (shit, remember that?) I have a special place in my heart for her 1993 debut, Plantation Lullabies. However, all of her albums since have been at least very good, and Bitter and Cookie: The […]