New Albums You Need To Hear

The Black Keys: Brothers

Hey, it's The Black Keys, they are always good. The duo takes their signature distorted, muddy, shitkickin', blues rock for a run on this one folks. Pretty standard sounding for them, which in my opinion isn't exactly a bad thing. 15 tracks of all around greatness. It's one of those ALBUMS that you can put on and listen all the way through. Really good stuff here.
(remember BlakRoc?)


The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt


Young Bob (Dylan that is) aka "The Tallest Man on Earth" is back with his second album entitled "The Wild Hunt". As I've said before, I don't care if he sounds like Bob Dylan, I like Bob Dylan, and I like him. Poetic, Folky, Real.
(Tallest Man Videos)




Eminem. People say he's the best rapper (although people say Lil Wayne is too) for a reason...because he is. I'm not going to get into a debate or anything, everybody's got an opinion. My opinion is that there are different types rap and different styles of rappers. I'll leave it at that. His "Recovery" album doesn't drop until June 22nd but this mixtape came out yesterday. It's got some pretty cool blends and mixes on it but the quality isn't all that great. Anyway, just wanted to bring this up on everyone's radar, JUNE 22nd (prolly will leak earlier though...)
(other Em related things)


Holy Fuck: Latin

I FUCKIN' (haha) love these guys. As I've said before, I enjoy the crazy-electro-punk-jam-tronic noise that they make. This album continues the tradition laid down in their other 2 albums (which are great) but has a tighter, structured feel to it. I'm not sure if it has as much initial excitement and energy as it's predecessors, but it still grooves, and gets pretty wild once you get into the middle and end of the album.


All right, that's enough for now.

Oh and I must thank the music snobs over at Pitchfork for being so on top of things. I wouldn't have even known most of these albums dropped if it wasn't for them.

Okay, go listen to music .

BLAKROC and Black Friday

In more ways than one today is BLA(c)K Friday. It's the biggest shopping day of the year, where it might not be be odd to see two mothers fighting over the last Nintendo Wii at Best Buy while their husbands are next door at Sears duking it out over the last set of Craftsman Power Tools.

Too much man!

Anyway, here's something to celebrate. Today the BlakRoc album drops! If you haven't been following, BlakRoc is The Black Keys project with: Billy Danze (of MOP), Jim Jones, Nicole Wray, NOE, Mos Def, ODB, Pharoahe Monch, Q-Tip, Raekwon, & RZA.

Pick it up here

Check out the BlakRoc webisodes here

BLAKROC EPISODE #10 !!!!

BLAKROC you know, the collaboration between The Black Keys and: Mof Def, Raekwon, Q-Tip, ODB, RZA, Jim Jones,Nicole Wray, Ludacris, NOE, Pharoahe Monch, and Billy Danze, has returned with Episode number 10

In this episode, the lovely Nikki Wray returns to lay down another track with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Check it out!

Watch the other week's episodes HERE

BLAKROC Episode 9 !!!!!

You know it! BLAKROC is back in action with episode 9 !

Pharoahe Monch makes his first appearance and does something rather "Un-Monch-like" as he writes his rhymes within a short amount of time in the studio (he says it usually takes him days). After a little warming up he delivers! Check it out.

And don't you forget!!!! November 27th is BLAK Friday!!!




Check out the other episodes HERE

BLAKROC Episode 8 !!!!!

BLAKROC is ba-ba-ba-back with Episode 8 !!!! M.O.P's Billy Danze makes his first appearance and with a little help from that Hennessy, gets in the booth and kills it !!! He's got that real dirty gritty street voice (you know, for the ladies)

Check it out.

BlakRoc Episode 7 !

BLAKROC is back with episode 7. Q-Tip nonchalantly makes his first appearance and throws a little some some into the mix.

Remember...November 27th is BLAK Friday.



Check out the previous episodes here

BlakRoc Episodes 5 and 6

BLAKROC is back with episodes 5 and 6.

On episode 5 Nikki Wray makes her first appearance with a very soulful contribution to the record. Jim Jones returns, does what he does best...smokes a blunt and then delivers (decently).




On episode 6 the Black Keys go it alone for a bit until NOE makes his first appearance and kills it. Check em out!

Remember November 27th!!!








Check out the other episodes Here and Here

BlakRoc Episodes 3 and 4

Here it is, BLAKROC episodes 3 and 4. Things just keeps getting better and better.I think this is going to be a great album and I seriously can't wait for November 27th.

Episode 3 Jim Jones finally makes an appearance, talks about Michael Jordan with Mos, smokes a blunt, and then delivers.

Episode 4 Wu Tang's RZA shows up, fucks around on a guitar, works some production magic, smokes a blunt and get into it.

Check em out. GIT EM.





for 1-2 check HERE

BLAKROC Webisode #2

In my opinion, this is the way music is supposed to be created. Musicians getting together, each contributing their own piece. Can't wait for the BLAKROC album to drop November 27th.

BLAKROC Is The Black Keys collaberation with: Mof Def, Raekwon, Q-Tip, ODB, RZA, Jim Jones,Nicole Wray, Ludacris, NOE, Pharoahe Monch, and Billy Danze.