The King of Pop lives on with a pleasantly well-executed posthumous album.
Chamone! Track Listing For Michael Jackson’s Xscape Revealed
Hopefully, we’ll be “Xscape”-ing to a world where posthumous Michael Jackson material is actually good.
Note For Note: A Complete Guide To The Music Of Justin Timberlake (Part Two)
Part Two of our look at the music of Justin Timberlake…with a playlist of his biggest and best!
Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail: Album Review
If you’ve grown up with Jay-Z as a consistent presence in your life, it’s difficult to be critical of him. That might have to do with his fairly remarkable record – although he’s only released a handful of stone-cold classics (Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint unimpeachably, and I’d argue for The Black Album too), he’s released plenty of good albums, with few (if any) clunkers in the bunch. I mean, sure, Kingdom Come and American Gangster weren’t really what anyone […]
Note for Note: A Complete Guide to the Discography of LL Cool J (Part Two)
Part two of our look at LL Cool J’s discography wonders whether he should’ve quit while he was ahead.
Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience: Spin Cycle
OK, so how good is “The 20/20 Experience?” I mean, really?
Spin Cycle: Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible
Six years is a long time. Can Nelly Furtado pick up where she left off with “The Spirit Indestructible?”
Spin Cycle: Demi Lovato’s “Unbroken” // SuperHeavy’s “SuperHeavy”
A few months ago, Trustafarian favorites Sublime re-formed, replacing deceased frontman Bradley Nowell with Youtube sensation Rome Ramirez. The resulting album, Yours Truly , set precisely no one on fire, and in fact stands as one of the most egregious sins white people have committed against reggae in quite some time. SuperHeavy isn’t quite a reggae group, but it does count Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley as one of its own. Other members include Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, and Slumdog Millionaire composer […]
Blerd Appreciation: Remembering Aaliyah-10 Years Later
The day was Sunday, August 26th, 2001. Me and the person I was dating at the time were returning from a trip to the Cape. It was my first visit to the state that, in a few years, would become my home. We were fairly near New York, because I remember that we’d switched the radio dial to Z-100, NYC’s Top 40 station. They were playing “Back & Forth” or “One In A Million” or one of those Aaliyah songs […]