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bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of All-Time: The Full List, Plus…Extras!

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 27, 2012 • 2 Comments

Our full list of the 100 greatest rap albums of the Nineties, plus, a few fun facts!

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time (Part 8)

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 21, 2012 • 14 Comments

bLISTerd / hip-hop / Lists! / music / Pop Music

We are closing in on the #1 rap album of all time. In the meantime, the 8th installment features friends turned rivals 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.

bLISTerd Presents: The Best Hip-Hop Remixes Of All Time (Big Money’s Mix)

by MJ on Apr 3, 2012 • 6 Comments

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Get ready to jingle with Big Money’s list of the 20 best hip-hop remixes of all time.

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (70-61)

by Popblerd Staff on Oct 28, 2011 • 1 Comment

bLISTerd / hip-hop / Lists! / music / pop culture / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

Eminem’s breakthrough album finishes on our list of the Best Albums of the Nineties. Who else made the cut?

The Top 40 Emcees of All Time: #4 and #3

by MJ on Jun 25, 2011 • 3 Comments

hip-hop / Lists! / music

I know, I know, I’m drawing this out. But #1 is within striking distance! Check out #5 and #6 here , and let’s keep it moving!! 4) KRS-ONE Representing: The South Bronx! South South Bronx! There’s no question that Kris Parker was one of the men who changed the game in 1987-1988 when hip-hop went out of the Adidas/brag rhyming era into something a little more lyrically complex. Truth be told, there were some compelling reasons to place him at #1. […]

Chart Stalker 9/15/10: I Need a Witty Sara Bareilles Reference?

by MJ on Sep 15, 2010 • No Comments

Country Music / hip-hop / Michael Jackson / music / news / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

This week’s Billboard album chart crowns a new leader, and her name is…Sara Bareilles?? The unassuming singer-songwriter, who initially made waves when her hit single “Love Song” was featured in a TV commercial, sells 90,000 copies of her sophomore effort, “Kaleidoscope Heart”, leading the pack of four debuts in the Top 10. Slipknot side project Stone Sour starts off at #6 with their latest effort, “Audio Secrecy”, and they are followed by indie rock titans Interpol at #7 and alt-rock […]

One for Biggie and Brooklyn

by MJ on May 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

hip-hop / music / pop culture

Today would have been Christopher Wallace’s 38th birthday. Obviously, B.I.G.’s murder thirteen years ago (THIRTEEN YEARS!!) robbed the world of an A-class rapper, someone who quite possibly could have gone on to be the greatest emcee of all time (not like Lil Wayne “Greatest Rapper Alive” hype talk…I mean, seriously) and someone who is still, with a 2-album body of work, is in my all-time Top Five. But it’s interesting to wonder what would have happened if B.I.G. had actually […]

Blerd Appreciation: B.I.G. Forever

by MJ on Mar 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Blerd Appreciation / hip-hop / music / pop culture / R.I.P.

A lot of things go into making a great emcee. You’ve got to have a great delivery, a unique voice, a strong vocabulary, the ability to create an impactful punchline or a memorable verse, emotional resonance (or just plain old heart), charisma, and you’ve got to have good narrative skills. A truly legendary emcee possesses all of those traits, and there are only a handful of rappers who can rate near the top of all of those categories: The Notorious […]