Eminem

It is unlikely that you missed news of this import over the weekend, but just in case here is the story.

The video for Eminem’s new song came out over the weekend. The song is good. The rat-a-tat marching band snare seems to be a natural fit, and Em’s rapping sounds more honestly engaged than it has for a long time. The singing? I… don’t know. The melody is catchy, I find myself humming it a…

Man, when you’re on a roll. To accompany his comeback single “Power,” which has many people standing up at their computer terminals to shout out loud and type extra hard about how much they love it, Kanye West went and got the renowned New…

MTV Shows

The verdict on last night’s “excitement” at the MTV Movie awards: Eh. “Was it staged? Most likely. Eminem is a master pitchmen, and he’s used his homophobic tag to move records before (see the Grammys’ 2001 performance with Elton John). But if it was…