First Time in History – the Top Ten albums of the week are all hip-hop/R&B!
(May 5, 2020). Actually, it’s the top eleven albums, and it was inevitable. Three years ago, the combined music genre of R&B and hip-hop finally overtook rock as the most…
How TikTok Changed the Way Songs Are Popularized
(May 2, 2020). Whether we like it or not, TikTok has had a massive and indelible impact on how we produce and consume music. For the uninitiated, TikTok is that…
Running it back: Who really won the Babyface ‘VERZUZ’ Teddy Riley Instagram battle…round by round.
(April 21, 2020). Last night, the epic battle (finally) took place on the Instagram stage between legendary producers Teddy Riley and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. First scheduled for three weeks ago…
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I Don't Get It - or Maybe I Do
R&B Music Commentary
The Business of Music
Trivia You Can Use
Blasphemy? Drake’s clever No. 1 grab ‘slides’ him into elite company with two R&B legends…
(April 17, 2020). Earlier this week, it was announced that the ubiquitous Canadian rapper Drake got his first No. 1 single of the new decade (and his seventh overall) on…
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Hip-Hop Perspective
I Can’t Believe That Song (or Album) Is 40!
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R&B Music Commentary
Trivia You Can Use
40YO: Remembering YMO’s “Computer Game” and the 1st Japanese band to hit the R&B chart in America…
(April 12, 2020). How many folks of a certain age remember “Computer Game,” the quirky, but funky, instrumental jam that R&B radio programmers were all over in the late winter…