How Should Hip-Hop/R&B Fans REALLY Feel About This Year’s Grammys?
It took 60 years, but the 2018 Grammy Awards, which aired Sunday night on CBS, appeared to have finally given hip-hop and R&B fans something to write home about. Or…
The Hip-Hop Era: Disco’s Ultimate Revenge
Much has been written about hip-hop’s recent takeover from rock as the most consumed music form in 2017, based on numbers released by Nielsen Music this month. There’ve been many…
2017’s Biggest Music Takeaway: Rock Music’s Last Rites?
Rock music may not be not dead…but its prognosis is pretty grim. As 2017 drew to a quick close, there were several reminders this past year that – as far…
A “Boy” And His $2-Million Dollar Wu-Tang Album
There aren’t many people who follow current events, and even fewer Wu-Tang Clan fans, who don’t know the story of Martin Shkreli, the boyish-looking (and acting) former pharmaceutical CEO who…
Taylor’s Got The Biggest Selling Album Of 2017 In Just 4 Days…A Sad State For Albums Indeed
It’s mid-November and until this week, the year’s biggest-selling album – not counting streaming and individual track sales converted to equivalent album units – was Ed Sheeran’s eight-month-old Divide (➗),…