You thought the Bad Meets Evil album ‘s release signaled the end of Eminem’s Recovery campaign?!? (in Charlie Murphy voice): WRONG. “Space Bound” is the 4th video from the rapper’s latest solo effort , which debuted at the top of the charts a year ago this week and has since gone on to sell close to four million copies. It’s one of the better tracks on the album, and is accompanied by a pretty solid video, directed by Em’s long-time partner in crime, Joseph Kahn. Co-starring former adult […]
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The Viewfinder: Michael Jackson’s “Behind the Mask”
Hard to believe we’re already closing in on the second anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. Many sites/blogs, certainly including this one, will be ramping up the appreciation of the King of Pop in the coming weeks, and as it turns out, posting this video is probably the best way to kick it off. “Behind the Mask” is probably the best song on the posthumous Michael project. Hell, it’s one of the handful of tracks where you can tell beyond a […]
The Viewfinder: “Man Down” by Rihanna
I feel like it was just last week (OK, maybe it was two weeks ago) that the video for “California King Bed” premiered and now Rihanna is back with a somewhat controversial clip for “Man Down”, the reggae-spiced single from her platinum Loud album. I hate to be the spoiler, but the basic concept of the video is that Rihanna winds up shooting a man who tried to sexually assault her, running in contrast to the song’s lyrics, in which […]
The Viewfinder-Cee Lo Green Wants You
I’ve got to give props to team Cee-Lo Green. They have been trying their damndest to give the man some recognition beyond the “Fuck You” song. Unfortunately, although The Lady Killer is an excellent album (and “FU” isn’t even the best-or second best-song on it), the shadow of that song looms so large that it’s been a serious struggle getting anything else noticed. Enter “I Want You”, which is The Lady Killer‘s (counts…) fourth single? Fifth? At any rate, it’s […]
The Viewfinder: Maroon 5’s “Out of Goodbyes”
How about this one, folks? A Maroon 5 and Lady Antebellum collaboration that features not one member of either group in the video? Ladies and gentlemen, I present you “Out of Goodbyes”. I may have been remiss in calling Maroon 5’s Hands All Over a flop. It’s been certified Gold, and Adam Levine’s hosting gig on “The Voice” has re-energized the album, as it’s crept back into the Billboard Top 200 with a vengeance. This song, one of the better […]
The Viewfinder: Rihanna’s “California King Bed”
While I think many people still think of Rihanna as a pop singles artist, her albums have gotten progressively stronger and stronger. Loud is a pretty solid piece of work. I’ve not listened to it as much recently, if only because I’ve been deluged with music from everywhere else, but seeing the video for the set’s fourth single, “California King Bed”, reminds me that I need to give the record a re-listen. A straight-up pop/rock ballad (I could see Pink singing […]
The Viewfinder: “Captain Jack Sparrow” by The Lonely Island
Those crazy cutups from The Lonely Island have struck music/comedy gold once again. This time, they’ve done it with the help of the one and only Michael Bolton. “Captain Jack Sparrow” us the latest single and video from the group’s new album, Turtleneck & Chain, which comes out tomorrow. Bolton is his usual overwrought self on the chorus, but his presence in the song’s video is completely epic. Whoever saw fit to put Bolton in a variety of different guises, […]
The Viewfinder: “Chains” by Kenna
When you’ve covered someone as much as we’ve covered Kenna, the trick then becomes “what the hell else can we say about this guy?”. Hella underrated, incredibly dope, and feeding us with new music this year for the first time in four years. His work has brought out the best in the Neptunes’ production, and his latest EP, Land 2 Air Chronicles 1 , is the hotness (and it’s only three bucks on iTunes-you have NO excuse). The first video from the project has surfaced, […]
The Viewfinder: RJD2’s “Might As Well Step Forward”
RJD2 is one of those cats that can do just about anything. If the guy wanted to step behind the mic and sing a whole album, I’d be there. If the guy wanted to do an entire instrumental album, I’m in. I got hooked in (I think) ’04 with Since We Last Spoke, and I’ve been a fan ever since. I have a lot of respect for artists you can’t pigeonhole, and RJ pretty much defies description. Plus, we were born […]
The Viewfinder: Moby’s “The Day”
Moby + Heather Graham= really sad video? What a waste of a hot actress! Hmph…sorry, let the demons take over for a second. Not really sure if the video for “The Day” is actually sad so much as it’s spooky. Nah, it’s equal amounts of both. In the first clip from his new album, Destroyed (which comes out in late May), Moby (who sounds all kinds of Bowie-ish in this song, IMHO) is joined by some random actress playing a […]
The Viewfinder: “Medicine” by CirKus
Neneh lives! But if you’ve been a regular reader of this here blog, you already knew that, since we wrote up a piece on her dope sophomore album “Homebrew” and also provided you with a listen to CirKus , a project that not only includes the lady herself, but her husband, supa-producer Booga Bear (AKA Cameron McVey) and their daughter. Their upcoming album is titled Medicine, and the video for it’s title track premiered recently. It’s a very cool watch, kind of […]
The Viewfinder: Stevie Nicks’ “Secret Love”
Stevie Nicks is certainly one of the more unique vocalists (and frontpeople) of the rock era. Whether singing with Fleetwood Mac, appearing as a support or background vocalist, or performing on her own, she has a sound that can’t really be duplicated. Stevie’s first solo album, In Your Dreams, comes out next week, and she’s just released the first video from the project, entitled “Secret Love”. In recorded form, the song actually rocks a little harder than it did when […]