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Thursday, December 2, 2010
New Releases / Videos / News Video: Big K.R.I.T.'s "Can't Be All"
Posted By Mike McCray on Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Anybody that's read this blog since Big K.R.I.T. dropped K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, can easily do that math that Mississippi emcee is my favorite new artist.
Apparently the Def Jam signee had some fun during his two days in Charlotte in late October, releasing a new video today for his song, "Can't Be All" with the Queen City as it's backdrop.
Spitting over Outkast's classic, "Aquemini," the rising star rides in a drop top through Uptown getting some thoughts off his chest.
The video was shot by local videographer David Luddy of iLuddy Productions and featured multiple glimpses of local emcee Deniro Farrar. Buzz for the video has other, pretty big name, rappers seeking out content from iLuddy, none of which they could spill just yet but definitely stay tuned.
News Grammy nod for Charlotte's Calvin Richardson
Posted By Mike McCray on Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Great news for local R&B singer, Calvin Richardson.
He was nominated for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for his song, "You're So Amazing" last night.
He'll be up against some big names during February's 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Also nominated in his category were R. Kelly for "When A Woman Loves," John Legend & The Roots for "Hang On In There," Ryan Shaw for "In Between" and Betty Wright for the live version of "Go."
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
CD Reviews / News CD review: Black Eyed Peas' The Beginning
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Black Eyed Peas
The Beginning
Nov. 30, 2010
The Deal: Quartet releases its latest club-ready album full of autotune.
The Good: Sometimes Fergie looks pretty hot. Sadly, there are no visuals on a CD.
The Bad: Where do I start on this one? The Black Eyed Peas sound like they've abandoned all sense of originality and have instead tried to put autotune on as much as possible. Fergie can sing, but they still put autotune on her voice?
The opening track, "The Time," is a Dirty Dancing throwback to "The Time of My Life." A couple of tracks later, they actually make a chorus out of the phrase "me love you long time."
The group used to make socially conscious music and offered a message. Now, they're simply trying to get asses moving in the club. It's sad, really. I don't know that I'd even consider most of these songs ready for radio. They're just terrible. "Love You Long Time" has a basic keyboard chord change with a simple techno beat behind it. I mean, did they even try for the new album?
"Someday" wins this album's award for repetition. It's clearly trying to take the place of "I Gotta Feeling."
Fergie has a chance to let her vocals go a bit on "Whenever," but that lyrically weak song is hiding among the rest of the crap contained within.
Many times, I would listen to a track and think, "Surely this has to be over soon" only to realize that it was maybe halfway done. ::SKIP::
The Verdict: The group used catchy choruses to win over the masses in the past, but I can't even say there's anything very catchy here. "The Time" will win the hearts of mindless Dirty Dancing fans, but that's about it. The quartet is better than this, but you'd never know it from this mindless blathering.
They should have spent less time on the road playing the same setlist over and over and more time in the studio. Get ready to suffer through this at the Super Bowl halftime in January.
Videos / News ICP celebrates holidays, sadly
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Every once in a while, the ICP posse releases a video that makes me laugh... and weep. It's a good idea, but it's hard to watch and take it seriously.
Check out their latest:
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Rain doesn't dampen the party with Kesha and Macklemore
Both sets cut short as storms roll through Charlotte, N.C.
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Live review: Fiona Apple, The Fillmore (9/26/2012) 16
Fans ate it up, but it was a trainwreck of tragic and frustrating proportions.
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Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
