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Blerd Radio 2013 | Episode 17: “1993 (Part One)”

by Popblerd Staff on Sep 19, 2013 • 7 Comments

The 4 1/2 Mikes (minus the half) get into the time machine and head back into the nine-trey for their latest podcast…whoomp, there it is!

The Top 40 Emcees of All Time: 30-26

by MJ on May 24, 2011 • 4 Comments

hip-hop / Lists! / music / Uncategorized

Check out 40-36 and 35-31 . 30. Treach Representing: Jersey When you think of Naughty by Nature, you think of hip-hop anthems with huge singalong choruses (a tactic that made them popular but then proved to be their downfall). However, what gets lost sometimes when you hear “O.P.P.” or “Hip -Hop Hooray” is that Treach could rhyme his ass off. Versatile as all fuck, able to speed-rap DAS-EFX style or go for a more simplified flow, able to appease hardrocks, pop audiences […]

Unraveling the Complicated Legacy of Tupac Shakur

by MJ on Sep 8, 2010 • 2 Comments

hip-hop / music / pop culture / R.I.P.

Tupac’s been on my mind for a couple of reasons. First off, yesterday (September 7th), marked the 14th anniversary of the night he was shot in Las Vegas, an event that led to his passing six days later. Two, a lot of blog and news outlets were buzzing about what I originally thought was a seemingly offhand comment made by Mike Tyson in which he regretted never having smoked weed with ‘Pac. It wasn’t until earlier this morning that I […]