Wednesday, March 2 2011
Watch: Video for Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor”
Dr. Dre and Axl Rose might actually have been cut from the same artistic cloth.
Monday, February 14 2011
Rewinding the 53rd Annual Grammys
Performance-filled show often gave excellent tributes to music greats, but barely passed out any awards. This is going to be a long post!
Thursday, July 22 2010
Hip-Hop Storytellers: The Vignette
"That story is over, but my rhyme ain't done." Vignettes are important tools in hip-hop's rich and plentiful storytelling tradition.
Friday, July 16 2010
It Was Only Yesterday L.A. Went Up in Flames
Langston Hughes’ proverbial California raisin in the sun exploded to a funky beat. I stared blankly past the familiar storefronts, into a world I could barely grasp. How civil a society was it that my daughter was about to join?
Tuesday, November 17 2009
50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct
One might think that the worst outcome for an artist like 50 Cent would be to alienate enough people to render himself completely alone in the music industry.
Tuesday, May 19 2009
Eminem: Relapse
Some people grow up, and others just get older. Em may be closing in on 40, but his rhymes are more immature than ever. It's getting sad -- Flava Flav sad.
Monday, January 19 2009
Seven Ways to Detox
It's 2009, and that means it has now been a full decade since Dr. Dre's last official release. Here are some suggestions for survival while you continue to await his long-gestating follow-up, Detox.
Thursday, April 12 2007
Timbaland: Shock Value
The man who calls himself Thomas Crown steps into the spotlight for an above-average pop album that could have been so much more.
Monday, December 4 2006
Snoop Dogg: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Snoop Dogg invites a bunch of friends to the studio, records a small army of songs, accomplishes not much of anything.
