Alicia Keys returns, a mother, a wife, and a “Girl on Fire.” Too bad her new album only sparks an intermittent flame.
Posts tagged "Swizz Beatz"
The Singles Bar: New Music From George Michael and Alicia Keys
George Michael and Alicia Keys both return after lengthy absences with new music. Check out the new singles from the pop titans here!
Spin Cycle: Kanye West And Jay-Z HAM It Up
After their collaboration with Rihanna on Jay-Z’s Run This Town from The Blueprint 3 and Jay-Z’s guesting verses on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, it seemed fitting that they’d work on a project together. But considering the size of both men’s egos, it wouldn’t have been out of left field to think that a full length collaboration album would be impossible to complete. Jay-Z has tried a few already times with little success, considering he and R. Kelly […]
Spin Cycle: “I Remember Me” by Jennifer Hudson
To say the last few years in Jennifer Hudson’s life have been a whirlwind would be an understatement. Since coming to prominence during the third season of “American Idol”, Hudson won an Academy Award, released her first album, won a Grammy Award, saw two hit singles spin off from the album (which sold over 3/4 of a million records), was crushed by the shocking murders of her mother, brother and nephew, got married (to a fellow reality show contestant), had […]
So Appalled? Eh, Maybe a Little Disappointed
I had to step back from this G.O.O.D. Friday stuff for a little while, lest Popblerd turn into the Kanye West blog. That said, I’ve been checking out Mr. West’s offerings and I’ve gotta say, he’s put out some pretty good stuff, although nothing’s given me that “College Dropout”/”Late Registration” feeling yet. However with Kanye, the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts. In other words, he’s best when making a completed album-length statement. I wasn’t crazy about […]
Kanye & Jigga Kill ’em on the “Power” Remix
I feel like every time I write something about Kanye West I end up spending more time explaining WHY I like him so much than actually talking about the guy’s music. You know what? Time to stop the explanations. The most talented all-around hip-hop artist of the past decade has reconfigured his song “Power” to hit a million times harder than the already pretty hard-hitting original. Everything about this song is A+ material: from Jay-Z’s tight verse (why is Jigga […]
Alicia Keys: Singer, Pianist, Wife?, Mother?, Hypocrite!!
So, I try not to get all gossipy with my posts. One thing I’m not, never want to be, and never will be is Perez Hilton. However, the news that singer/songwriter Alicia Keys is engaged to hip-hop artist/producer Swizz Beatz and is pregnant with his child kicks up some dust that I just can’t ignore. What would ordinarily be greeted with a “so what?” or “damn, another fine-ass chick off the market” is really only newsworthy because Swizz Beatz is […]
Smoothed-Out Sundays: "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)"
Alicia Keys’ albums have a tendency to wear off of me fairly quickly. I’ll rave about them when they first came out, but six months later, there will only be three or four tracks that I really like. Each successive album of hers has had more replay value than the one before it, and 2009’s “The Element of Freedom” might be the first Keys album that I can legitimately say I love all the way through. Well, except for the […]