Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Lonely Island + The Roots

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Andy Samberg was a guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight and he had a surprise: a performance of “I’m On A Boat” with his Lonely Island cohorts and musical backing by The Roots. Continue reading

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Mos Def “Casa Bey” (2009)

Mos Def is back, or I at least hope so. After releasing two uneven albums, “Casa Bey” is his new single which hopes to excite the fanbase.

Sounds good to me. Continue reading

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24 Season 7: Episode 22

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Jack Bauer has a very simple decision to make on next week’s episode, the 2-hour season finale of season 7: Keep the bastard Tony in FBI custody and stop the swine flu deployment madness once and for all, in exchange for the small fee of his daughter Kim’s life. Continue reading

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Chrisette Michele “Epiphany” (2009)

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From the May 11, 2009 issue of The Miami Herald (web / print)

Chrisette Michele deserved better production than she was getting. Although she shined recently on Nas’  Nat King Cole tribute “Can’t Forget About You” and The Roots’ energetic go-go-infused “Rising Up,” her smoky jazz vocals were sometimes out of place on her 2007 debut, I Am. Continue reading

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Incubus “Black Heart Intertia” (2009)

After a brief hiatus, Incubus is back with a new single, “Black Heart Inertia,” from its upcoming greatest hits album, along with a new U.S. tour.

(To watch the music video, which YouTube won’t let me embed, click here.) Continue reading

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