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Damn, girl.
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New Beyonce Videos “Diva” and “Halo”
My Poproks Top 10 Albums of 2008
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If you read this blog regularly, you may find my 1500 word Coldplay rant from earlier this year to be pretty hypocritical, considering I didn't even put the album on my own Top 10 for 2008. I guess, in the end, I couldn't justify bumping any of these albums off of my list in favor [...]
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Promo Compilation of Lily Allen’s It’s Not You, It’s Me
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A bit of a preview of Lily Allen's upcoming sophomore album, It's Not You, It's Me. According to the Youtube post, the record is due in the U.K. on February 9 of next year, and in the US on February 10. Besides "Everyone's At It" and "The Fear" (which I <3), the rest of [...]
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Songoftheday: “I Been Runnin” by Johnny Polygon
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I know it's a bit early to declare a Song of the Day, but trust me, this is it. DJ Nice & Green Lantern's new mixtape, Back 2 the Basics 2 (The Resurrection), features this track from up and comer Johnny Polygon. You may recognize Johnny from Nas' "Black President" off of his latest. Johnny [...]
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Kanye West Interview at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas
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Why is everything Kanye does so very interesting? Is it just me? Eh? Kanye sits down with KROQ's Striker in LA at their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas concert, and talks about how awesome he is, how awesome his clothes are, how awesome his music is, his obsession with Brandon Flowers (I mean, how much he likes [...]
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Metermaids Vs Sufjan Stevens, Nightlife In Illinoise
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I meant to post about this sooner. Another fun gift in my inbox this week is a new release by Metermaids, a hip hop duo from NYC. Metermaids mashed up their own debut album, Nightlife, with Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise to create the Nightlife in Illinoise EP. The mash-up album is interesting, if nothing else, and [...]
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Daniel Merriweather New Video “Change” Featuring Wale
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When I first wrote about Daniel Merriweather early this year, his new album was expected to drop in the Spring of '08. Well, it's December, and not only has the album not dropped yet, but the single seems to have changed as well. Originally a track called "Chainsaw" was up on the Myspace as the [...]
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NY Mag’s Ten Best Hip Hop Mixtapes of 2008
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Aside from Lil Wayne, Clipse, Fix Your Face, and The Nigger Tape, I haven't heard any of the mixtapes on New York Magazine's Ten Best Hip Hop Mixtapes of '08 list. I didn't even know Fabolous was still making records, let alone an "honest contender for best rapper alive." But, his and DJ Drama's There [...]
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New Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. “If I”
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Oh man, yes! Are new Justin Timberlake tracks going to start coming in now? I hope so! This one does not compare to the last time Timbaland, JT and T.I. teamed up (Justin's "My Love"), but this is a good time. If you can get past that awkward intro, you'll enjoy the rest.
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Village Voice’s Worst Lyrics of 2008
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When you dissect lyrics one line at a time, you're bound to have some that are overly literal or downright perverted. However, some of these lyrics are inexcusable within the context of pretty much anything. The Village Voice set up a tournament style countdown for the Worst Lyrics of 2008 that ends with Nickelback's "Something [...]
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New MSTRKRFT Video Feat. N.O.R.E. & Isis “Bounce”
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Whoaa. This is hardcore. R rated and such. The toronto DJ duo MSTRKRFT is set to release their sophomore full length, Fist of God in March of next year. Here's the video for the first single featuring rappers N.O.R.E. and Isis on vocals. This is some crazy lines off the toilet seat ish right here. [...]
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2008 Recap #2: The Helio Sequence Lose Their Voice, Get a Better One
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This has sort of become my tribute to great albums that are most likely going to be crossed off the short list for my Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Helio Sequence's Keep Your Eyes Ahead is going to be another tough one to exclude. Brandon Summers, the voice of the band, blew out [...]
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New N.E.R.D. Video “Sooner or Later”
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As promised, the new N.E.R.D. video for my favorite Seeing Sounds track, "Sooner or Later."
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What Johnny Marr Has to Say About A Smiths Reunion
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"The stories circulating about a Smiths reunion are, as usual, untrue. I'm currently very excited about writing and recording with The Cribs for a new album to be released next summer and we're playing shows in February, so going back in time isn't in my plans,"
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Lily Allen Covers Britney Spears’ “Womanizer”
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Oh, goody! So, Mark Ronson debuted this cover on East Village Radio this weekend, and (even though we all know how much I <3 a good Britney track), it's even better than the original! He actually said, "Check me out My Poproks," but you know those Stereogum dudes have friends in high places. I digress, [...]
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My Poproks Top 10 Singles of 2008
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It's time to officially begin Top 10 season. All of the songs on this list either charted high (or high-ish) (or in general) on the Billboards in the US and/or the UK…or anywhere else. I guess that's all pretty easy to figure out. Prepare yourself for lots of Kanye. And Poproks. Close calls: "I Kissed a Girl" by [...]
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Kanye West on SNL
Kanye. West. SNL.
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Behind the Scenes of New N.E.R.D. Video “Sooner or Later”
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So excited for this single; one of my favorite songs of the year, and definitely my favorite track on N.E.R.D.'s latest album, Seeing Sounds. What was an obvious love song on the record translates pretty nicely here to a relavent anthem for the state of the economy ("It all comes crashing down"). This behind the [...]
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Prince Jumps On-stage For Q-Tip’s “Vivrant Thing”
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According to Prexif mag, not even Q-Tip expected Prince (the artist formally known as…) to pop up on stage during "Vivrant Thing" and start playing a Gibson. However, last night at his show at Las Vegas' House of Blues, that's exactly what happened. Above is a great vid of the said appearance! You can also [...]
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If The Smiths Get Back Together I Can Die Happy
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A Smiths reunion? I swear, I had a daydream about this the other day. I pictured myself in a sold-out stadium singing along to "Shoplifters of the World Unite" and throwing up my hands at the start of Johnny Marr's guitar solo. I've also curiously been listening to The Smiths on my iPod for 3 or [...]
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