Posts tagged "Timbaland"
Contemporization Be Damned: Michael Jackson's Surprisingly Solid Xscape

Contemporization Be Damned: Michael Jackson’s Surprisingly Solid Xscape

The King of Pop lives on with a pleasantly well-executed posthumous album.

This "New" MJ Track Feels "Good"

This “New” MJ Track Feels “Good”

Some peak-era MJ stuff for your ears.

Chamone! Track Listing For Michael Jackson's Xscape Revealed

Chamone! Track Listing For Michael Jackson’s Xscape Revealed

Hopefully, we’ll be “Xscape”-ing to a world where posthumous Michael Jackson material is actually good.

Note For Note: A Complete Guide To The Music Of Justin Timberlake (Part Two)

Note For Note: A Complete Guide To The Music Of Justin Timberlake (Part Two)

Part Two of our look at the music of Justin Timberlake…with a playlist of his biggest and best!

Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail: Album Review

Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail: Album Review

If you’ve grown up with Jay-Z as a consistent presence in your life, it’s difficult to be critical of him. That might have to do with his fairly remarkable record – although he’s only released a handful of stone-cold classics (Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint unimpeachably, and I’d argue for The Black Album too), he’s released plenty of good albums, with few (if any) clunkers in the bunch. I mean, sure, Kingdom Come and American Gangster weren’t really what anyone […]

I Think I've "Grown" Out of Listening to Beyonce

I Think I’ve “Grown” Out of Listening to Beyonce

New Beyonce. New blah.

Note for Note: A Complete Guide to the Discography of LL Cool J (Part Two)

Note for Note: A Complete Guide to the Discography of LL Cool J (Part Two)

Part two of our look at LL Cool J’s discography wonders whether he should’ve quit while he was ahead.

Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience: Spin Cycle

Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience: Spin Cycle

OK, so how good is “The 20/20 Experience?” I mean, really?

Justin Timberlake Completes the Trilogy with "Mirrors"

Justin Timberlake Completes the Trilogy with “Mirrors”

Justin Timberlake comes out with yet another potential heater. Will “Mirrors” have you looking forward to “The 20/20 Experience?”

Spin Cycle: Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible

Spin Cycle: Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible

Six years is a long time. Can Nelly Furtado pick up where she left off with “The Spirit Indestructible?”

Spin Cycle: Demi Lovato’s “Unbroken” // SuperHeavy’s “SuperHeavy”

A few months ago, Trustafarian favorites Sublime re-formed, replacing deceased frontman Bradley Nowell with Youtube sensation Rome Ramirez. The resulting album, Yours Truly , set precisely no one on fire, and in fact stands as one of the most egregious sins white people have committed against reggae in quite some time. SuperHeavy isn’t quite a reggae group, but it does count Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley as one of its own. Other members include Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, and Slumdog Millionaire composer […]

Blerd Appreciation: Remembering Aaliyah-10 Years Later

The day was Sunday, August 26th, 2001. Me and the person I was dating at the time were returning from a trip to the Cape. It was my first visit to the state that, in a few years, would become my home. We were fairly near New York, because I remember that we’d switched the radio dial to Z-100, NYC’s Top 40 station. They were playing “Back & Forth” or “One In A Million” or one of those Aaliyah songs […]