Category Archives: Hip Hop

Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Classic Rock / Classic Television / Hip Hop / Pop Culture / Reviews / Rock & Roll / Singers / Soul / Talk Shows / Television / Video / Video Reviews

Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party Premiere Episode 12/18/78 The Time & Make-Up Show 8/19/79 The Halloween Show 10/31/79 (Brinkfilm/MVD-2006) The question isn’t this: how much can you endure of artsy New York hipsters who think they are smarter, cooler and more detached than you? The question is this: how do all the Lower East Side struggling … Continue reading →

“Weird Al” Yankovic – Straight Outta the Box
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“Weird Al” Yankovic – Straight Outta the Box

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“Weird Al” Yankovic Straight Outta the Box By Ronald Sklar Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: October 9, 2006. Some artists – Nirvana, for instance – didn’t feel that they had truly made it until Weird Al Yankovic had parodied them. Right on – the man who got his start with his silly but rockin’ accordion, … Continue reading →

Live 8 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Live 8 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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Live 8 (Capitol Records-2005) The television coverage for the massive Live 8 concerts on MTV and VH1 was awful. It was all about the personalities, not the music. This was supposed to the most important concert experience of the decade, and yet very little of the performance footage actually ended up on screen. The viewer … Continue reading →

Usher – Getting Into the Movie Mix
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Usher – Getting Into the Movie Mix

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USHER GETTING INTO THE MOVIE MIX by Brad Balfour For Usher Raymond IV, making the move from R&B superstar / singer / composer (his most recent album Confessions sold nine million copies) to actor had to present some risks – if not to his pocketbook, then to his ego. But Usher decided to take that risk when he was offered the role … Continue reading →

Us3 – Questions and Answers
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Us3 – Questions and Answers

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Us3 Questions and Answers by Abraham Kuranga You’ve heard the song a thousand times and probably didn’t know to whom you were listening.  The hip-hop meets jazz feel of “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” undoubtedly made you move to its infectious rhythm.  The name of the group, in case you were wondering, is called Us3 (pronounced Us Three) and they … Continue reading →

Live Aid (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Live Aid (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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Live Aid (Warner Strategic Marketing-2004) It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There is no better example of this than the agonizingly sixteen-hour-long Live Aid broadcast on July 13, 1985 (now available on DVD). The official excuse for the concert was to raise money to feed the starving people … Continue reading →

Brandy-The Best of Brandy (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Brandy-The Best of Brandy (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Brandy–The Best of Brandy (Atlantic) Actress and singer Brandy has grown up before our eyes, going from a sitcom daughter (on Thea and later her own hit Moesha) to a star on the radio. Her music has always been a savvy construction of dance beats and soft ballads; enjoyable enough to get you to sort of overlook the fact … Continue reading →

Brooke Valentine – Gold Chain
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Brooke Valentine – Gold Chain

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Brooke Valentine Gold Chain by Abraham Kuranga It’s almost every little girl’s dream to become a shining star.  For Houston, Texas native Brooke Valentine, that fantasy is coming true.  With her soon-to-be-released debut, Chain Letter, Valentine has made her way to the stage and has no immediate plans of getting off.  “To me, everyday is Valentine’s Day,” she says.  “I’m … Continue reading →

Out Front with Jay-Z
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Out Front with Jay-Z

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JAY-Z OUT FRONT WITH JAY-Z by Brad Balfour Thanks to his current conflicts with fellow tour-ist R. Kelly, Brooklyn born hip-hop chart topper Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) doesn’t come down from the headlines. But there’s another reason — the release of his live concert/semi-autobiographical feature, Fade to Black (producer Rick Rubin). Chronicling his Madison Square Garden performance … Continue reading →