Justin Timberlake is a man out of time on ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

[ad_1] It would’ve been weird enough for Justin Timberlake, of all people, to open his new album with a sob story about the high price of fame. But one in which he frames the pain he’s endured as a byproduct of his devotion to his Tennessee hometown? That’s truly unhinged. Yet it’s just what Timberlake… Continue reading Justin Timberlake is a man out of time on ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

Black Thought praises ASAP Rocky’s music, shades Kanye

[ad_1] Black Thought is giving credit where credit is due. In a Pitchfork interview published Monday, the legendary Roots rapper spoke about the rap albums that have had a lasting impact on him over the last 50 years. One album he made sure to highlight? ASAP Rocky’s 2013 debut album “LONG.LIVE.ASAP.” “This album ushered in… Continue reading Black Thought praises ASAP Rocky’s music, shades Kanye

Ice-T on ‘New Jack City’: ‘I thought it was career suicide’

[ad_1] Rappers had been in movies before 1991. Fab 5 Freddy played a version of himself in 1983’s semi-documentary “Wild Style.” Melle Mel rocked a party wearing a zebra-print vest in 1984’s “Beat Street.” And who can forget Run-D.M.C.’s quest for vigilante justice in 1988’s “Tougher Than Leather”? But not until Ice-T appeared in “New… Continue reading Ice-T on ‘New Jack City’: ‘I thought it was career suicide’