Vanilla Ice is throwing a Fourth of July concert in Texas…well, because he can.
(July 2, 2020). I’m not a comedian by any stretch of the imagination, but the jokes just write themselves for this article. To start, it was reported on July 1…
R.I.P. Benny Mardones – the only singer in history to be a one-hit wonder…twice!
(June 30, 2020). “She’s just 16 years old…leave her alone, they say.” Those were the memorable – if not borderline statutory – lyrics that introduced “Into the Night,” one of…
2020 BET Awards: They should be virtual EVERY year – and other quick reactions to Sunday’s show.
(June 29, 2020). I enjoyed Sunday’s BET Awards. The performances were mostly flawless, highly polished numbers that clearly benefitted from their virtual settings. The hassle of having elaborate stages, awkwardly…
I Get Songz: Kngdom is more than a rapper…he’s my nephew! He dropped a dope album; I copped this interview…
(June 24, 2020). Sometimes journalists and bloggers are so busy covering established superstars and people in the music biz they’re never gonna meet that they fail to see talent when…
Immediate reactions to SiriusXM’s Top 1000 Hip Hop Songs of All Time countdown… What they got right – and wrong
(June 20, 2020). As many of the blog’s readers know, SiriusXM has been running genre-specific, all-time Top 1000 countdowns on channel 177 for the past several weeks. This week it’s…