VIDEO: Busta Rhymes featuring Estelle – World Go Round

Busta Rhymes is back, this time with Estelle on the club track “World Go Round.” Hip-hop purists might scoff at Rhyme’s new dancefloor persona, but I think this track is a perfect summer tune and can even bring the hipsters AND the hoods together. I’m loving that nod to Sweet Dreams here too.
World Go Round [...]

Best of 2008: Top 50 Albums of 2008

I’m an old soul. I’ve been reading reports about how the album format is dead, and that more and more people are choosing to buy a couple of singles from iTunes than cop a full album from your local mom and pop record store. Times have changed, and I’m sure that writing is on the [...]

Reader Best of 2008: Marcus KING KONG Dowling

Name: Marcus KING KONG Dowling
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Website: True Genius Requires Insanity: http://www.tgrionline.com
So, I got asked by Stone to knock out what I thought were the top five songs of 2008. It’s a hard year to do this, as, if you ask anyone who has forsaken popular music in lieu of the musical revolution online that [...]

Track of the Week: Bost & Bim Feat Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger – Jamaican Boy

Bost & Bim Ft Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger – Jamaican Boy
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(I must thank Gilles Peterson for this one.) The Parisian duo of Bost & Bim do one thing, and do one thing well–remix popular music with a reggae twist. On their MySpace page, they rework everything from Justin [...]

Video: Adidas Originals – Celebrate Originality.

This Adidas spot is a perfect reason why I shouldn’t fast forward through commercials on my DVR. I don’t know why this commercial is so dope, but probably because this is the party that I’ve always had in my dreams. So far, I’ve counted cameos by David Beckham, Russell Simmons, Young Jeezy, Estelle, Kevin Garnett, [...]

Video: Kidz In The Hall feat Estelle – Love Hangover

This song is amazing, and I’m loving this video. This song needs to be on the radio RIGHT NOW.

The Roots on Tour with Gym Class Heroes and Estelle

The Roots are on tour again. Don’t these dudes have wives and children to go back to??
They were just on the road this spring and summer, but they head back outd with Gym Class Heroes and Estelle in the Fall. The lineup is rather odd–I don’t really see a common fanbase between these three [...]

New York People: See Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Estelle and others For FREE

Also….I hate you.
The 26th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series convenes in Brooklyn’s Wingate Field and has a stellar lineup for FREE. In addition to Jill, Estelle, Erykah,as  Patti LaBelle, July 21st will feature a “mystery guest” which people are saying could either be Issac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, or even Prince!
Of COURSE this could [...]

Review: Estelle – Shine

Estelle
Shine

Poor Estelle. First, she had to endure constant pressures from the UK music industry, who didn’t know what do do with a prominent, female, dark-skinned Black entertainer. Then, she finally gets her big break in America and her record label pressures her to change her teeth as well as her short hair. It’s been a [...]

Video: Estelle on Letterman

Wow, I’m loving the live band arrangement of “American Boy” better than the studio track. Estelle is about to do big things in America, and her album is stellar. If the UK doesn’t want her, we will definitely take her over here.
Shine drops this on May 6th.

Estelle Calls Out UK for Not Supporting Black Artists

So Estelle dropped that new single with Kanye, entitled “American Boy,” which went straight to number 1 on the UK charts. However, homegirl is causing a lot of controversy for calling out the UK music industry for not supporting Black artists:
In the Guardian, Estelle calls out Adele and Duffy, two white UK soul singers, who [...]