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Moby, Innocents: Album Review
Richard Melville Hall (aka Moby) is back with his 11th album and continues his deft broad stroke artistry utilizing electronic music as the backdrop for his tales. For this album he’s enlisted a some interesting choices for guest vocals. Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, QOTSA), Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) and Cold Specks are just a few of the names to drop by. He has a script and sticks to it. The album opens with an echoed/syncopated set of notes that […]
Spin Cycle: Lupe Fiasco “Lasers”
I’ve mentioned it several times before…when an album has drama surrounding it, a lot of times it’s hard to separate the drama from the music being created. That phenomenon reared it’s ugly head yet again with the release of Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco’s third album, Lasers. The album’s been on various release schedules for almost a year, and has had several teaser singles surface over that time. The word on the street is that Lupe and his label, Atlantic, were […]
The Viewfinder: Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor”
Two videos in, and although an official release date hasn’t been set, it looks like Dr. Dre’s Detox is coming for real this time, huh? The latest clip is for “I Need a Doctor”, which features Eminem and Skylar Grey. Actually, Eminem’s presence on this song is so strong I feel like it should be billed as “Eminem featuring Dr. Dre”, but nevertheless…the video is all about Dre. Cleverly referencing Dre’s past and accomplishments throughout the seven-minute clip, “I Need […]
Who the Hell is…Skylar Grey?
Out of nowhere, the name Skylar Grey has been attached to some of the biggest pop records on the radio. She co-wrote Eminem & Rihanna’s hit “Love the Way You Lie”. She is a featured vocalist on Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home” and most recently, she’s provided the hooks for Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor” and Lupe Fiasco’s “Words I Never Said”. She also appeared on the recent Grammy Awards along side Dre and Em. Still, the question remains…who the […]
Popblerd! Presents: Your 2011 Grammy Awards Live Blog (& Drinking Game)!
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Some folks go crazy over the Academy Awards. Some folks go nuts over the Super Bowl. For me, unless a New York City team is in the World Series or Super Bowl, my most exciting pop culture event has to be the Grammy Awards. It intrigued me as a kid-it was probably the first award show I ever saw. I believe it was the 1980 ceremony, and all I remember is that The Doobie Brothers were performing, I was watching […]
Hear Here!: “I Need a Doctor” by Dr. Dre (feat. Eminem)
That “Kush” experiment didn’t work out the way we wanted it to, did it? Dr. Dre finally (officially) releases new music from the long-in-gestation Detox, and what happens? No one really gives a good God damn. “Kush” stalled somewhere in the middle of the charts. Not that it was a bad song per se, but it certainly wasn’t the certified dopeness Dre was capable of. It was also probably worth noting that both his co-stars, Snoop Dogg and Akon, have […]