It’s “ALL RIGHT” With Me
Ok folks, this week I decided to have a little fun with song titles. Last week, while researching for my last article about hip-hop lyrics, I did a Spotify search…
Grateful Dead – They’re (Likely) Not Who You Thought They Were
(Disclaimer: To any real Deadheads out there, this article has some shameless references to song lyrics and other Grateful Dead items by an admitted non-member of your club. But, in…
Why “No Sleeep”…slept.
Janet Jackson is imploring us to “keep the conversation going” with the recently launched marketing campaign (hashtag: #ConversationsInACafe) for the upcoming album and its first new single, “No Sleeep.” The…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians – Part IV
We’ve just completed Black Music Month, 2015, and with that comes the last of my special four-part series of the 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time. To recap, we…
Black History: 20 Greatest Black Music Producers/Songwriters of the Past 55 Years
As Black Music Month 2015 – now formally known as African-American Music Appreciation Month – races through its home stretch, I’ve been completing the last installment of my four-part countdown…