R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman – the epitome of black greatness, right up to his last role…
(August 29, 2020). Actor Chadwick Boseman’s last role – as a trumpeter named Levee in legendary blues artist Ma Rainey’s Georgia Jazz Band – is yet to be seen. But…
Drake got “WAP’d” by Cardi and Megan on this week’s Hot 100, but he did move up the No. 2 leaderboard.
(August 25, 2020). When it comes to hip-hop songs and the subject of women, Drake has pretty much been a non-offender in recent years, even going as far as to…
I’m feeling “We The People” – that song by the Staple Singers you heard at the end of the DNC Thursday
(August 21, 2020). Could “We The People,” the 1972 gem by the Staple Singers, be Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s “Don’t Stop” of 2020? Folks who are too young –…
Analysis: With “WAP,” Cardi’s and Megan’s MEG (metaphor & euphemism game) is tight! Let us count the ways…
(August 16, 2020). People have been complaining for years that music isn’t creative anymore and how lyrical nuance and metaphor were lost with the 20th century. Enter Cardi B and…
The sad, recent history of posthumous No. 1 albums…and the rappers who made them
(July 18, 2020). A recent trend suggests that – despite the record-breaking, phenomenal success of hip-hop music over the past several years – rappers are also on the wrong side…