My Poproks will continue to be 99% MIA on the internets while I enjoy the New York City heat wave with family and friends. But before the weekend is official on the east coast, here’s the video for one of my favorite tracks of the year so far (official [late] post coming really, real soon), [...]

I was unable to watch the 2010 BET Awards last night, but I did catch much of the live Twittering that went down via @TheSourceMag, @XXLStaff, and @VibeMagazine. I couldn’t wait for someone to get that Chris Brown MJ tribute up on Youtube, but then I had to sleep.
So, above is Kanye opening up the [...]

So, this quickly turned into a rant.
When I first read some of the negative reviews of B.o.B’s Adventures of Bobby Ray, I strongly disagreed with a lot of the points (and as a fan of his earlier mixtapes, was borderline defensive). Some criticized the album for being unfocused, and B.o.B for being a casualty of [...]

If you’re in Los Angeles this weekend or if you live 10 blocks from the Santa Monica pier (ME!), here are some reasons why you should hit up the Pacsun Summer Solstice Beach Ballyhoo: It’s free, B.o.B, Ra Ra Riot, Matt & Kim, Minus the Bear, Santa Monica pier, ocean, sun, beach, the freeness. Yeah, [...]

Hello, my name is Liz and I am not sick of this song yet.
B.o.B. knocks out a great performance of The Adventures of Bobby Ray’s “Nothin’ On You” on Jimmy Kimmel last night with a live band and producer/guest vocalist Bruno Mars (who recently unleashed his own Best of 2k10 popgem) on guitar. The #1 [...]

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I haven’t done an album review post since 2010 happened (remember that? Crazy), and first up for the year is actually going to be a mixtape. As B.o.B. observes, this is ‘two thousand and win,’ and times are changing.
B.o.B. (Bobby Ray, Bob, aka, whatever) named the mixtape after the release date of his upcoming Atlantic [...]

Atlanta rapper and recent Atlantic Records signee, B.o.B., is set to release his long-awaited debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, on May 25. B.o.B.’s latest mixtape, May 25th (nicely done), hit the internets last weekend and features appearances from J. Cole, Asher Roth, and Charles Hamilton (so, someone still likes him).
The tagless, merciless mp3 [...]