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Friday Night Videos!: New Year’s Edition
“This list makes me sad.” – Kelly Stitzel It started off as a good idea, doing a special FNV highlighting the top 100 of 2001, what will be ten years ago tonight. And then
Read More »CD Review: Drake, “Thank Me Later”
Drake’s full-length debut has already been dismissed by occasional Popdose correspondent and full-time idiot Jeff Vrabel, on the grounds that Drake’s lyrical outlook — which more or less boils down to “I have achieved
Read More »Basement Songs: Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
The email came on a Thursday morning, as I sat at my desk, waking up. My friend, Nancy, was running the Santa Monica half marathon in three days and she wanted to know if
Read More »CD Review: Alicia Keys, “The Element of Freedom”
Alicia Keys has shed her '70s soul inspired roots for more modern influences, but does it work? Michael Parr has the review
Read More »Letter from the Editor: My Favorite Songs of 2009
Alicia Keys, “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” from The Element of Freedom I find her albums awfully inconsistent, but Alicia Keys is a fine singles artist; other R&B performers might have her beat
Read More »CD Review: Jay-Z, “The Blueprint 3″
“I’m talkin’ ’bout music, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout rap,” spits Jay-Z in the opening moments of The Blueprint 3‘s leadoff track, “What We Talkin’ About,” and if you didn’t know any better, you’d be
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for … D’Angelo
Many thanks to Reader Jeff (an old pal from my Rutgers days) for reminding me about the time Uncle Donnie was invited up on stage at a D’Angelo show to play tambourine. Well, he
Read More »Basement Songs: Alicia Keys, “Like You’ll Never See Me Again”
Sitting on the patio at my brother’s house, as Sophie and her cousins laughed, splashing in the pool and Jacob glided though the air on the swing set, something unexpected happened. While I sat
Read More »DVD Review: “Quantum of Solace”
Quantum of Solace (2009, MGM/Fox) purchase this film from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Reboots and remakes have been all the rage in Hollywood for several years now — name a venerable film franchise, and
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