As K’naan’s fame increases at a rapid pace (did I really hear “ABCs” while my girlfriend was watching The Hills?), it’s cool to see him release a video like this for one of Troubadour‘s more rugged songs. Continue reading
Adrian Ruhi
Multimedia journalist
Category Archives: Music
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
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
Chrisette Michele “Epiphany” (2009)
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
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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