Hip-hop fans look forward to the Rock The Bells festival each year. This all-star hip-hop road show often offers cool reunions as well as the opportunity to see classic albums performed in their entirety. This year’s lineup brings together the past, the present and the future with a lineup of artists that includes (on select dates) superstars Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, J. Cole. Festival mainstay Nas will be on the tour, and there will also be appearances from legends like […]
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Spin Cycle: “The Hunger Games” Original Soundtrack
It’s the #1 soundtrack to the #1 movie in the land! Taylor Swift! Maroon 5! Kid Cudi! Check out what Brittany has to say about the “Hunger Games” soundtrack!
Blerd Radio: (Un)charted Territory
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Guess what, folks? It’s time for another Blerd Radio episode! This episode finds Big Money Mike joined by Popblerd co-conspirators Mike Duquette and Zack Stiegler and special guest Michael Parr . Among the topics discussed: -The quality of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball album, the similarity of a certain track to a song by They Might Be Giants, and the curious lack of people of color at your average Boss show. -The underwhelming singles from Madonna’s upcoming MDMA album. Has the Queen of Pop lost […]
Spin Cycle: The Knux’s “Eraser”
The merger of rap and rock is a notoriously dubious proposition: sure, sometimes you get surefire party-rockers like Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s legendary “Walk This Way” team up, Anthrax and Public Enemy’s raucous “Bring the Noise”, or the entire righteous-anger-fueled career of Rage Against the Machine. But more often than not you get Crazy Town. You get Quarashi. You get Limp Bizkit. You get Lil’ Wayne’s Rebirth album, the sound of leaping headfirst into a blender and turning it on. Enter The […]
The Viewfinder: Kanye West “All of the Lights”
So, um…what happened to the “Monster” video? A rough cut of the clip was floating around the net a month or so ago, but there was never an official release. Did “Monster” just not gain traction on the radio? Was the internet chatter about the video’s alleged misogyny enough to kill the video? (I don’t see that happening, but ya never know). Did the mercurial Kanye just have a change of heart? Who knows? At any rate, the third video […]
Chart Stalker 11/18/10: SuBo FTW!
Big things happen when you drag pops and grandpa out to the record store. Check out this week’s Billboard album chart, and you’ll find Susan Boyle scoring another big debut. The owner of 2009’s biggest selling album looks to score a huge seller in 2010 with “The Gift”. The collection of new material and holiday classics scans 318,000 units, easily taking the top spot away from Taylor Swift . Not that Taylor’s doing too shabby. “Speak Now” adds another 212,000 copies to […]
Chart Stalker 11/11/10: Yee Haw Once Again
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Country music has officially taken over, it seems. On this week’s Billboard album charts, the genre boasts the Top Three albums, four of the top ten, and eight of the top twenty (nine if you count the country/folk-influenced Mumford and Sons). As far as the other genres in the Top 20 go: two albums qualify as hip-hop, five fall under the pop umbrella (a wide spectrum that goes from Rod Stewart’s standards to Katy Perry’s dance-pop), there’s one legit rock […]
New Release Report 11/9/10: Cee-Lo, Kid Cudi, SuBo and More!
A couple of titles that have had their release dates shuffled around more than a deck of cards finally see the light today, led by Cee-Lo Green’s “The Lady Killa”. The long-awaited third solo effort from the Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley member has received some pretty solid reviews so far. If it’s anything like first single “Fuck You” or his cover of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You”, then I’m all over this one. Cee-Lo hasn’t disappointed me yet. […]
Hear Here!: “The Joy” by Kanye West (and Friends)
Another week, another Kanye tune. The latest track is entitled “The Joy”. One thing I’m starting to get a little concerned about is that many of the tracks that have surfaced recently are a bit overstuffed with guests. Case in point: “Joy” is credited as co-starring Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, Pete Rock and Curtis Mayfield. Can’t we just call this a Kanye and Jay record? Mayfield (obviously) appears via sample, while Uncle Charlie’s contribution is brief and negligible. Cudi’s […]
Chart Stalker 9/1/10: The Girls Have It
New blood at the top of the chart, y’all! The Top 2 albums both sell over 100,000 units as well (with Eminem at #3 just short of six figures). Leading the charge is Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”, which starts off with 192,000 units. While some might think that a small number in light of “California Gurlz” being inescapable this summer, it’s also worth nothing that this is more than 4 times what Katy’s debut album started with, and “I Kissed […]