Ol’ Dirty Bastard

bLISTerd: The Top Ten Neptunes/Pharrell Songs

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 5, 2013 • 3 Comments

20 years of jams.

bLISTerd: The Top 10 Musicians We’d Most Like To See Resurrected In Hologram Form

by Popblerd Staff on Apr 25, 2012 • 1 Comment

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

So now that we’re over the 2Pac hologram, which celebrity should be next to get the holographic treatment? The Popblerd staff made a list!

The Singles Bar: Jennifer Lopez’s “Dance Again”

by Jesse on Apr 5, 2012 • No Comments

music / New Releases / Pop Music / Release Dates / The Singles Bar

I have a soft spot for J.Lo. I have an even softer spot for Pitbull. Please don’t ask me to explain this common occurrence. Anyway, the two have paired up again for her brand new single “Dance Again” (Along with producer RedOne) which follows along the re-energized path of last year’s Love? album. It’s a scorcher, it’s a barn burner. It’s smokin’. In other words, it’s hot! Also, any song that starts off with quotes from an Ol’ Dirty Bastard […]

Albums That Time Forgot: JC Chasez’s “Schizophrenic”

by MJ on Jan 10, 2012 • 8 Comments

music / Pop Music

While people left and right were fawning over Justin Timberlake’s Futuresex/Lovesounds a few years ago, several thoughts were running through my head. First was the fact that John Mayer’s Continuum (released the same day) was so much better (as agreed upon by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, who gave Johnny the Best Pop Album Grammy over JT,) the second was “man, this dude needs to take a lyric writing class (“Hi, my name is Bob/and I work […]

The Top 40 Emcees of All Time (25-21)

by MJ on May 27, 2011 • 1 Comment

hip-hop / Lists! / music

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 […]

The 5ive at 5: They Went Solo Too (#3)

by MJ on Nov 3, 2010 • No Comments

Lists! / music / Pop Music

Ten years ago, *Nsync shattered records when their second proper album, “No Strings Attached”, sold 2.4 million records in it’s first week. An impressive total, to be sure, but did anyone really think that any members of the group would still be relevant ten years later? After all, teeny bopper artists tend to have fairly short shelf lives. Lo and behold, we’re almost in 2011, and Justin Timberlake is not only still relevant, he’s still flourishing in multiple mediums! His […]

Albums That Time Forgot: “Urban Renewal-An R&B Tribute to Phil Collins”

by MJ on Oct 7, 2010 • 3 Comments

Album Reviews / music / Pop Music / soul music

While I’m trying to figure out whether I want to review Phil Collins’ “Going Back” album, I thought I’d clue you guys in to an album that I bet you never even knew existed. Yes, “Urban Renewal” is a real album. Yes, it includes a sea of contemporary R&B and hip-hop artists remaking Phil Collins songs. Although some of you may wonder whose harebrained idea this was, believe me when I tell you that the idea was sound in theory, […]