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bLISTerd: The 10 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All Time

by MJ on May 4, 2012 • 1 Comment

Run-DMC is arguably the most influential hip-hop group of all time, but are they the best? Check out our latest list and see where Darryl, Jay and Joe landed.

bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the ’90s (20-11)

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 3, 2011 • 4 Comments

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

Soundgarden places two albums in our Top 20. See who else made the cut. C’mon. Aren’t you curious??

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV: The 50 Best Videos of the ’00s (50-41)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 22, 2011 • 2 Comments

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Generally speaking, the Popblerd crew has been able to come to a consensus when it comes to the best videos of the Eighties and Nineties. When it came to counting down the best videos of the past 11 1/2 years, though, we were all over the damn place. It makes sense: MTV became less of a cultural signpost as they shifted towards reality programming (buoyed by the success of “The Real World”), the music industry witnessed a severe decline in […]

bLISTERd: Happy Anniversary MTV! The Top 50 Videos of The Eighties! (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 26, 2011 • 2 Comments

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40. “New Sensation”-INXS (1988) INXS were not new when the reemerged with Kick in 1987, but they were certainly a sensation. The album was an international success and went 6x Platinum, in large part due to the series of videos that accompanied the four of the album’s hit singles. “New Sensation” was the third video from the album, featuring the band’s performance intercut with neon stop action animation to match the driving energy of the song. Among other things, […]

The Top 40 Emcees of All Time: 20-16

by MJ on May 31, 2011 • 3 Comments

hip-hop / Lists! / music

Previous entries: 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 20. Talib Kweli Representing: Brooklyn Talib Kweli’s albums are a textbook example of a brilliant songwriter living or dying by his production. While his skills are practically unassailable, his music is capable of being completely brilliant or completely boring, depending on his beat selection. It’s an affliction that’s affected more artists in the upper echelon of this list than you might think. Despite the occasional beat-related mishaps, it’s hard to say anything bad about Kweli from a mic […]

"Fear of a Black Planet" Turns 20

by MJ on Mar 15, 2010 • 2 Comments

Album Reviews / hip-hop / music / pop culture / soul music

Public Enemy is one of those acts whose work I find hard to discuss, simply because of the fact that I don’t think I’m a good enough writer to do their music justice (aww, don’t you feel sorry for me…). So agreeing to write about their damn-near perfect 1990 effort “Fear of a Black Planet” was a challenge, to say the least. “Fear” is more vibrant, more relevant than albums half it’s age-definitely a need-to-own if you’re a hip-hop fan, […]