Concert Review: Drake brings ‘Paradise’ to the Comcast Center
Swag. Nightclub scuffles aside, there is no trouble in Drake’s paradise. On the last stop of his “Club Paradise” tour Sunday night at the Comcast Center, the hip-hop hitmaker and Lil Wayne protege...
View ArticleThis is art: “Mercy”
“Mercy” Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz This video is bizarre, intermittently hilarious, completely atypical of rap and brilliant in ways I can’t fully comprehend. It also makes me...
View ArticleHip hop reality check: A brief manifesto on Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz...
Hip hop fans, let’s be clear about a few things. Wiz Khalifa can’t rap for shxt. Rick Ross is an impostor whose fabricated identity is based on betraying his own people. And 2 Chainz has little to...
View ArticleRap star 2 Chainz proves ignorance is bliss at Boston show
And also, 2 Braceletz. You could sum up the sold-out 2 Chainz show on Tuesday like this: Ignorance is bliss. It doesn’t matter that the Atlanta rapper is peaking at 36 in a game centered around...
View ArticleThe-Dream’s “IV Play” is versatile, visionary R&B
The-Dream may not have the star power or name recognition of some of his R&B contemporaries. He’s spent a good chunk of his career in the shadows creating hits for the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna,...
View ArticleJay Z, 2 Chainz, Timberlake heat up winter concert scene
Jay Z If you’re looking for reasons to stay indoors over the next few months (and with the wacky weather we’ve been having, who isn’t?), here’s a short list of area shows that should bring the heat....
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