Posts tagged "Sade"
The Blerd Radio Podcast 2016: Episode 10 ("Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite")

The Blerd Radio Podcast 2016: Episode 10 (“Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite”)

The latest Blerd Radio podcast tackles the debut album by R&B superstar Maxwell. Can you believe it’s been 20 years?

Jheri Curl Special: Ranking Every #1 R&B Hit Of The ’80s From Worst To First (120-111)

Jheri Curl Special: Ranking Every #1 R&B Hit Of The ’80s From Worst To First (120-111)

Get ready to slow dance: “Endless Love” is one of the hits featured in our latest installment.

bLISTerd: 10 Great Songs That Originated On Greatest Hits Albums

bLISTerd: 10 Great Songs That Originated On Greatest Hits Albums

The members of Queen may not look very excited, but I bet they’d dig this list if they read it. After all, they’re on it.

Marsha Ambrosius Covers Sade; Announces "Friends And Lovers" Tour

Marsha Ambrosius Covers Sade; Announces “Friends And Lovers” Tour

It’s no longer Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get seductive with this amazing Sade cover by Marsha Ambrosius.

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

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

This Is No Ordinary Love: Sade & John Legend Live in Boston

When you consider the fact that Sade tours about as often as Halley’s Comet appears, the fact that I waited until the 11th hour to pick up a ticket to their latest tour seems kind of…well, foolish. After all, the venerable British band has retained their popularity for over a quarter-century now. That has to be due to something, right? Add in support from John Legend, one of the most consistent artists of the past decade in any genre, and […]

Hear Here!: “The Moon & the Sky (remix)” by Sade feat. Jay-Z

(an imagining) Location: Somewhere in England. The phone rings. “Hello, this is Sade”. “Sade, this is Jay-Z” Sade: “Who? Who’s crazy?” Jay-Z “No…Jay-Z. The rapper? Beyonce’s husband? I wanted to talk to you and see if we can make a record together.” Sade: “What are you , mad? I have a long memory, man!” Jay-Z: “What? I don’t understand. What are you talking about?” Sade: (plays a snippet of Timbaland featuring Jay-Z’s “Lobster & Scrimp”, which features the lyrics “Now […]

A Blerd Birthday!

At the beginning of last year, I decided I had to make some choices. I wasn’t sure if writing was what I wanted to do anymore, and the main site that I was contributing to at the time wasn’t making me happy. After taking my leave from that site, I figured I’d take some time, try to rejuvenate a little, and then decide what I wanted to do as far as taking a “next step”. Well, folks-taking the “next step” […]

Popblerd Presents!: The Top 40 Albums of 2010 (25-21)

Hey folks, I’ll be taking tomorrow off from posting because I intend to stuff myself silly with Christmas-related goodies (many of which will very likely contain alcohol), and I haven’t had the opportunity to build up my usual backlog of posts that I can fall back on when I’m lazy/stuffed/drunk. So to you Popblerd! readers who celebrate Christmas, I wish you a safe and joyous holiday. To those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas, enjoy your Chinese food and Tron: […]

Eminem, Lady Antebellum Lead Grammy Nominees

Eminem and Lady Antebellum lead the pack of Grammy nominees. The nominations were announced last night in Los Angeles.

Chart Stalker 8/26/10: There’s Life!!!

Eminem #1, yada yada yada blah blah blah. However, the remainder of the Top 10 on this week’s Billboard album chart gets an almost complete makeover,  by virtue of six debuts and a reentry. The only albums in this week’s Top 10 that were also in last week’s Top 10 besides Eminem are Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” (#7) and Justin Bieber’s “My World 2.0” (#8). This week’s Top 10 debuts come from R&B singer Kem (#2), singer-songwriters Ray LaMontagne (#3) […]

Sade's "Soldier of Love": Still Smooth After All These Years

People love to talk about the curse of Grammy’s Best New Artist, but what gets overlooked is the amount of times the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences has gotten it right. Case in point, the 1985 ceremonies. While nominees a-ha, Katrina & the Waves and Julian Lennon were has-beens in America by the end of the decade, eventual winner Sade has maintained a level of popularity for a quarter-century now. This is evidenced by not only the fact […]