Hear those jingle bells ringin’/ Either someone’s breaking into your house or the holiday season is approaching. Join Drew as he listens to a few of the season’s most interesting Christmas albums.
Posts tagged "R&B"
Why the Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest? (The Rebuttal)
“ Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong. I know it’s probably hard to believe, but I didn’t listen to a lot of hip hop growing up. I know, it’s nuts right? Sure I had a copy […]
The Viewfinder: Johnny Gill’s “In the Mood”
JG is officially back, y’all. After a FIFTEEN YEAR absence, the lusty-voiced singer is back with a new single, “In The Mood” and an album called Still Winning. His seventh studio album overall, it arrives in stores and online on September 20th. The video for “In the Mood” is romantic and mellow, keeping in tandem with the song’s theme. Nice to see JG not trying to keep up with the (younger) Joneses by swathing his voice in Auto-Tune or hiring […]
Why the Hell Should I Like… post-’Thriller’ Michael Jackson? (The Rebuttal)
“Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit . What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite artists — one for which the other has professed dislike or disinterest — and show them why they’re wrong. I can’t say exactly why I have never sat down and listened to much of Michael Jackson’s post-Thriller music. It’s not as if he released a ton of records in […]
