We are loathe to spend time writing this, yet can’t help but feel obligated. Yesterday, We Are The World: 25 For Haiti was unveiled during NBC’s broadcast of the Winter Olympics. Unlike several of the participants, we’re old enough to remember the original vividly, and watching the reboot was not unlike being waterboarded with Wyclef Jean’s diarrhea. Full Article »

Antiquiet was only alive for the final third of the decade, which means that we finally have an excuse to gush over the albums that defined the past ten years for us and, ultimately, inspired us to put this site together in the first place. Full Article »

Mr. Hudson’s mentor and executive producer Kanye West has been quoted as saying: “I believe Mr Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, to be one of the most important artists of his generation.” An uncharacteristically yielding statement from King Ego – but what does it mean about Straight No Chaser, Hudson’s latest album? Is Kanye’s stamp of approval a sign of true talent or, at least, a hitmaking stroke? Full Article »

The MTV Video Music Awards were worth watching this year. Sort of.

I mean, if you’ve got taste in music, if you take the art form seriously, it was a vapid shitshow of pure pantomiming and derivation, with the possible exceptions of inspired performances by Muse and Lady Gaga. But on the other hand… Full Article »

If you dig hip hop at all, even occasionally or casually, you’ve at least heard of the new Jay-Z track Death Of Autotune, the lead single from his forthcoming Blueprint 3.

The track itself is not among Hov’s best if you ask me, and that’s why we haven’t fussed much about it around here. But a story on Billboard caught my eye today; an interview in which Jay explains how Kanye West inspired it. But it’s not a dis. Full Article »