MetroLyrics Blog

It’s that time of year again! That’s right, it’s Grammy season, the time when the music world gets together to award the biggest and brightest stars for their work. In some ways, The Grammy Awards are like the SuperBowl. Why? Because half the fun is in the time leading up to the event, when you [...]

With 2010 in the books, it’s time to look ahead to the music of 2011. With so many big name albums dropping, we thought we’d keep you briefed on some of the biggest name albums coming this year. Check out The MetroLyrics Blog’s 10 most highly anticipated albums of 2011 below. 10. Dr. Dre – [...]

The first single, “H.A.M.,” from the upcoming Kanye West and Jay-Z collaboration album Watch The Throne hit the web late last night. For a minute here, lemme try and break this hip-hop all-star collaboration down mathematically. If my numbers are correct, Jay-Z’s record sales sit at over 50 million for his career. Add that to [...]

From the looks of things, Jay-Z’s Las Vegas New Year’s bash was a blast. The video below, captured by a party attendee, shows Jay, Kanye, and Rihanna sippin’ champagne (a bit too much, perhaps?) and toasting the night away. Now I know what you’re thinking: Why would we post a video of a party? Well, [...]

To commemorate today’s American Thanksgiving, we thought we’d put together a little list of songs that give thanks. After all, that’s what Thanksgiving is about, right? Check out 5 tracks below that we thought you’d enjoy today. 5. Fall Out Boy – “Thnks fr th Mmrs” While this track from pop-punk band Fall Out Boy [...]

Last night, Kanye dropped a fresh remix of his recent single “Power” on his blog and Twitter account–which has quickly become my favorite thing on Twitter by far. Make no mistake, this remix is REALLY remixed. Not only does he let Jay and Swizz do their thing on top of a hacked up version of [...]

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This week’s Music Video Monday has a theme. As an ode to good old fashioned film, I decided to put together a list of my favourite ever black and white music videos (or at least the ones I can remember). The black and white visual format is still one of the simplest but most effective [...]

It was all over the Internet this week, but we saw it on USA Today: “I know everybody is gonna take this wrong,” Jay-Z told MTV on Saturday at the annual 2 Kings dinner during NBA All-Star weekend in Dallas, “We Are the World, I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s [...]

Jay-Z has made the news repeatedly in October, first by making his debut appearance at London’s Alexandra Palace, then feuding with Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, and most recently by moving into Broadway with Will Smith. Since he’s also at the top of our charts (well, he’s in the number 2 spot, but that’s pretty close) with [...]