You may not immediately recognize The Lonely Island, but you are very familiar with their work. The team of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone are responsible for the best Saturday Night Live moments of the last few years. And now they’re giving us their greatest hits, and a whole lot more, on their debut album, Incredibad.
As usual, The Grammys didn’t live up to the hype… how could they? But on a night where Al Green, Justin Timberlake, Boyz II Men and Keith Urban improvised “Let’s Stay Together” (Chris Brown and Rihanna no-showed because of… ahem… legal trouble), the “Rap Pack” stole the show… Continue reading
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For those that don’t know, The Roots have gone into semi-retirement (at least from touring), and their new gig is as house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Continue reading
When people think of late ’60s rock and roll and the hippie movement, they think of Woodstock. But the real festival that started it all, and launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Otis Redding and Janis Joplin, was Monterey Pop in 1967. Continue reading
This is what mainstream hip-hop should sound like. Over Just Blaze’s majestic beat, Maino (I know) and T-Pain (I KNOW!!!) deliver a great, GREAT club record that will probably blow up…. NOW. Continue reading
Adrian Ruhi 