Lil Nas X Being Out is Great; Doing So in Hip-Hop & Country, Not So Much
(July 6, 2019). Just three months ago, Lil Nas X was at the center of a Billboard chart controversy when the publication made the awkward choice of removing the rapper…
Mary J. Blige just killed (and maybe saved) the 2019 BET Awards!
We’re not worthy, Mary! On a night when the annual black cultural fest known as the BET Awards seemed as if it were devolving into a sunken place that no…
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Hip-Hop Perspective
I Can’t Believe That Song (or Album) Is 40!
R&B Music Commentary
Trivia You Can Use
Chic’s “Good Times” – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
(June 14, 2019). “Leave. your. cares. behind!” These. are. the. Good. Times!” Few tunes have shifted the landscape in popular music as much as the one released by the R&B/disco…
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Hip-Hop Perspective
My Lists
Ten African Rappers American Hip-Hop Fans Should Hear Now
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Part 5: Ten African Rappers American Hip-Hop Fans Should Hear Now!
(April 14, 2019). For the past four weeks, djrobblog has covered African hip-hop artists who should be getting some love here in America. The first four parts of this five-part…
Big-Boy Birthday Ballin’ w Dru Hill, Faith Evans and Doug E. Fresh!
Imagine you’re attending a birthday for a successful friend – a very successful friend at that – and yourself being the one pleasantly surprised. That’s what happened to this writer…