1. Mac Miller – Blue Side Park [Rostrum Records 2011] 2. Various Artists – Strictly the Best, Volume 45 [VP Records 2011] 3. The Black Keys – El Camino [Nonesuch 2011] 4. Willie Nelson – Remember Me, Vol. 1 [R&J Records 2011] 5. The Gourds – Old Mad Joy [Vanguard 2011] 6. The Roots – [...]
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Top Ranking Albums of November 2011
December 15, 2011
Posted in Albums of the Month, Rap Music, Reggae Music | Tagged: Amy Winehouse, Bazil, Beres Hammond, Black Keys, Blue Side Park, Bonfire, damian marley, Def Jam Records, Derajah, El Camino, folk music, Gourds, hip hop, Lioness, Mac Miller, Music 2011, NEW MUSIC, New Music 2011, Nonesuch Records, November 2011, November Music, Old Mad Joy, Omar Perry, Paris Is Burning, rap, Ray Bonneville, reggae, Reggae Music, Remember Me, Rock Music, Rock Roots, roots music, Roots Reggae Music, Rostrum Records, Ska, Soul, Strictly the Best Vol 44, tarrus riley, Texas Country Music, texas music, Texas Rock Music, The Black Keys, The Black Keys Rock, The Gourds, The Journey, The Roots, Tiger Records, Undun, Vanguard Records, Vol. 1, VP Records, Willie, willie nelson, Willie Nelson New Music | Leave a Comment »
Top Ranking Singles of 2011
December 8, 2011
Graham Wilkinson – Focus Stephen Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, & Buju Banton – Jah Army Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight Busy Signal – The Gambler Stevie Face - Can’t Go Round Emmylou Harris - My Name Is Emmett Till Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Wanted (Just Ain’t The Same) Bright Eyes – [...]
Posted in Rap Music, Reggae Music, Top Ranking Singles Series | Tagged: "Wanted", 96 Degrees, Agent Sasco, Albo, Alborosie, Alborosie Reggae Music, Alexadner, Alexander Ebert, Alexi Murdoch, American Folk Music, Amos Lee, Assassin, Beach Boys, beenie man, Beres Hammond, Bluegrass, Booty Rap, Bounty Killer, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, British Rock Pop, Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly Music, Buju Banton, Bun B, Busta Rhymes, busy signal, Cham, Chino, Chipmunk, Coldplay, Coldplay Paradise, collie buddz, Conor Oberst, country, Country Music, Country Rap Fusion, Country Reggae, Daddy Lion Chandell, damian "jr. gong" marley, damian marley, dancehall, dancehall music, dancehall reggae, Das Racist, Dawned On Me, Deejay, Demarco, Denyque, Driving Me Insane, Dubstep, Dubstep Music, Duggu Dugge, Dystopia, Easy Star All Stars, Easy Star All Stars Reggae Music, Elctro Pop, Electronica, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, etana, Eurythmics, Firewall, Focus, folk, folk music, Folk Rock, Gangsta Rap, George Jones, George Strait, George Strait Reggae, Getting Ready For Christmas Day, Gillian Welch, Goat Rodeo, Goat Rodeo Session, Gongzilla, graham wilkinson, Gregory Isaacs, GW Music, Gyptian, Gyptian Reggae, Harvey, hayes carll, hip hop, Hippies, Hippy Music, Hippy Rock, I-Octane, I-Wayne, Iba Mahr, Jah Army, Jamaican music, jamelody, James Blake, Joss Stone, Jr., jr. gong, Jr. Reid, junior gong, Junior Jazz, Junior Reid, Kenny Rogers, L.U.S.T., Lady Ann, LaForge, Larry Gatlin, Lil Wayne, Limit To Your Love, Listen To Me, Lover's Rock, LUST, Lyle Lovett, Marley, mavado, Mick Jagger, Mississippi River Music, Mista Brown, Nas, Nicole Atkins, No Cigarette Smoking In My Room, None Ah Dem, One Draw, Outro, Papa Albo, Paradise, Patsy Cline, Paul Simon, Peppa, Peter Bjorn & John, Playback, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, Pokey Laforge, Poor People Land, Popcaan, Pot Still Haffi Bubble, President Carter, Protoje, Pure As The Nile, queen ifrica, ragamuffin, Ragga, Ragga Dancehall, Ragga Music, Ragga Reggae, Rap Country Fusion, Rap Music, Rasta, Rasta Music, Rasta Reggae, Ready Fi Dem, reggae, Reggae Country, Reggae lovers, Reggae Lovers Rock, Reggae Music, Reggae Pension, Reggae Ragga, Reggae Reggae Reggae, Reggae Roots, Respect, Rewrite, Rita Marley, River Music, Robbie Robertson, Robert Ear, Robert Earl Keen, Robert Keen Jr., Rock Music, Rock Pop, Rockabilly, Rockabilly Music, Romain Virgo, roots music, Sean Pul, Second Chance, Shabba, Shabba Ranks, Shaggy, Shaka Zulu Pickney, Shyne, Singjay, Six White Horses, Smith Western, Smith Westerns, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, So Beautiful So What, Songs for Christmas, Songs for the Holidays, Spragga Benz, St. Louis, St. Louis Music, stephen marley, Steve Winwood, Stroner, SuperHeavy, tarrus riley, Texas Country Music, texas music, Texas Rock, The Band, The Decemberists, The Gambler, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, The Meditations, The Whole Love, Thievery Corp, Thievery Corporation, Third World, This Is Why We Fight, Tight Ship, Tony Matterhorn, Tony Tuff, Too Short, Uprising Roots Band, Vultures, vybz kartel, Wanda jackson, Wayne Marshall, Wilco, Will I Wait, willie nelson, Windows Are Rolled Down, Wix Khalifa, YACHT, You Know That I'm No Good, Ziggy Marley, Zilla, Zooey Deschanel | Leave a Comment »
Guru – “The Experimental Fusion of Hip-Hop and Jazz”
April 26, 2010
Unfortunately, one of the greatest American rap and hip-hop MCs died this month. Guru was an extraordinary rapper. He was both gritty and smooth. He rose to fame rhyming for the famed rap group Gang Starr. The old school rap duo featured Guru on the mic and DJ Premieron the turntables. I was a big [...]
Posted in Rap Music, Uncategorized | Tagged: Blowin Up the Spot, bob marley, Branford marsalis, Chant Down Babylon, D.C. Lee, damian marley, DC Lee, Dee C. Lee, DJ Premier, Donald Byrd, erykah Badu, French Rap, Full Clip, Gang Star, Gang Star Rap Duo, Gang Starr, Guru, Herbie Hancock, Hip Hop Jazz, Ini Kamoze, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rap, Jazz Rap Fusion, Jazzmatazz, Jazzmatazz Album, Junior Reid, Keith Elam, Le Bien Le Mal, Les Nubians, Lonnie Liston Smith, Loungin', Macy Gray, MC Solaar, No Time To Play, rap, Rap Duo, Rap France, Rap French, Rap Jazz, roots, Roy Ayers, Stand Up, stephen marley, The Roots | Leave a Comment »