Blur and Chief Keef top 2012’s last real week of new releases

Pick Of The Week: New
Blur, Parklive
When Blur played London’s Hyde Park earlier this year, the buzz was that it was the group’s final show ever. While that assertion turned out to not actually be true, it scared some fans enough to make them fly in for the show, which probably wasn’t a bad decision, considering how good it supposedly was. Now non-travelers can revel in the joy that is live Blur with Parklive, a five-disc set of both the Hyde Park show and a show recorded at London’s 100 Club around that same time. The whole thing comes packaged in a hardcover book with exclusive photos. Buy it now to listen to when the band actually does call it quits.
Do Not Break The Seal:
Chief Keef, Finally Rich
A whole bunch of long-delayed hip-hop records are getting dumped on the public this week, and Chief Keef’s Finally Rich is arguably the most anticipated among them. The 17-year-old Chicago rapper has gotten famous this year by being a fuck-up. First, he ran his mouth on his big, bratty hit “I Don’t Like,” and later he made headlines by holding a gun during a video shoot while on probation. All that noise doesn’t mean the kid’s much of a rapper, though, and while people like 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa seem to be on Team Keef, that doesn’t mean the rest of the world should buy his record and encourage him. After all, He’s rich already, right?