Drake: Thank Me Later
It’s difficult to manage expectations when you’ve been called the Next Big Thing in the hip-hop game for a year running. So it goes for actor-turned-rapper Drake with Thank Me Later, the debut studio album from Lil Wayne’s brightest and most visible Young Money protégé. And it’s a problem Drake created for himself, or certainly didn’t try to solve—this is the same guy who once bragged about “buzz so big I could probably sell a blank disc.”... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsA Dozen Crowd-Pleasing Jams for Your Next Karaoke Night
Karaoke is one of those self-indulgent guilty pleasures that always manages to be both beautiful and horrendous at the same time... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Best of Bonnaroo So Far
Best Set Involving Rocking Chairs and Lemonade In a special set for Chase Bank customers and some lucky press people, The Avett Brothers broke out their banjo for a lemonade-sipping, rocking chair-lounging crowd. It was the perfect backdrop for their: “I am a breathing time machine, I’ll take you all for a ride.”... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusAn Open Letter to Kanye West on "Power"
Dear Kanye: We're a little worried about you... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe 20 Greatest Music-Video Cameos of All Time
Record labels may not be shelling out the same massive music-video budgets they once did. But just because they've migrated from TV screen to computer screen doesn't mean we've lost the fine art of the Music-Video Cameo. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPretty Much Everyone Should Thank Drake for Their Guest Spots on His New Album
It took almost no time at all for Canadian rap prodigy (and Lil Wayne protégé) Drake to make the jump from cult-favorite teen heartthrob on TV’s Degrassi: The Next Generation to being hip-hop’s Next Great Thing (and one of the artists featured in Paste’s Great Expectations 2010).... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen Up: My Month of Rap, Pt. 2
I may have overstated my ignorance... read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsSix Amazing Mashup Albums
There’s that old saw about a whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That’s definitely the modus operandi when you’re crafting a single-song mashup, but what happens when you’re crafting a longer-form mashup—say, an entire album? It’s no easy task, the dustbin of history is probably littered with too many failed attempts at mashup albums. Here are six of them that go beyond simple success and into the superlative.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRumors Confirmed: Jay-Z Will Appear On First Single Off Dr. Dre's New Album
We reported that Dr. Dre's first album of the millennium would drop in 2008. And here we are two years later, still waiting... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJack White and Jay-Z Record a Song Together
The laws of musical expectations state that when you get two powerhouses like Jay-Z and Jack White together, the result should be nothing short of mindblowing. Recently, we found out about the dream team when White told UK GQ that the pair had worked together. “We did a song together a few weeks ago. It was incredible,” White said. “I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable-sounding.”... read more
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