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...heavily reported, she collaborated with today’s top hip-pop hitmakers: Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Nate Danja Hills, and, of course, Timbaland. “Beat Goes On,” the most retro of the set, even features a Kanye cameo. Why is she working with these guys? She’s never dabbled with hip-hop production before, and what’s more, she’s rarely been one to collaborate with other artists...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madonna | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

Whenever someone asks me why I'm still a Roman Catholic in spite of the pedophile scandals and the retro dogma, I usually reach for Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron and its story about a Catholic trying to convert a non-Catholic friend. The friend insists on visiting Rome so he can observe the Holy See himself. This being the 14th century, when church leaders were about as saintly as Enron executives, the Catholic fears that his pal will return home appalled. And so he does - but he declares he's ready to become a Catholic anyway. The reason: he figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Catholic's Take on the Pope's Trip | 4/19/2008 | See Source »

...invested in them. (His movies are distributed by the indie Lionsgate.) Nor does he get much help from critics, whose reactions to his work range mostly from dismissive to baffled. His wild concoctions of brassy humor and fulsome sentiment seem to them out of fashion without being smartly retro. Perry must figure his critics have their minds made up in advance; he doesn't offer the press early screenings of his movies, including his latest, the film version of Meet the Browns, which opens March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God and Tyler Perry vs. Hollywood | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

Shampoo may be too retro for most millennials, but they maintain a healthy obsession with hair care, spending more than twice what core luxury boomers do on the category. And when purchasing beauty products, core millennials are more likely to track high-fashion trends and cutting-edge brands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Luxury Survey | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...syrupyR&B crooners, and cheesy synthesizergrooves—a collage of post-gangsta postcrunkelectro experimentation. The videofor “Sensual Seduction” takes itself onlyhalf-seriously; depending on your opinion,it’s either the dumbest move in theman’s career or a hilarious retro homageto the important figures of pre-hip-hop.The 21 tracks on “Ego Trippin’” are agenerous helping of Snoop, which is botha good and bad thing. There are a numberof good songs, such as “Press Play,” onwhich DJ Quik...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Snoop Dogg | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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