How Fellow Michigander Eminem Kept Stevie Wonder’s 48-Year Chart Record Safe from Taylor Swift
(July 21, 2024). In October 1976, Stevie Wonder’s magnum opus — Songs In The Key Of Life — became only the third album ever to enter the Billboard 200 at…
Billboard and Vibe magazines rank the 50 greatest hip-hop MCs ever: here are the results and the blog’s take (did they get it right?)
(February 13, 2023). The celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary is fully underway as various institutions commemorate the milestone this year. First, the Grammys celebrated last Sunday (Feb. 5) with a…
This year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was exactly what it was supposed to be, and that’s not for everybody…
(February 14, 2022). The Super Bowl LVI halftime show (Sunday, Feb. 13) is now in the record books. Along with the game itself between the L.A. Rams and the Cincinnati…
Taylor, Sir Paul and Shady combine to create a chart first (kind of)…
(December 28, 2020). There may be prior instances of what this article is about to cover, but this blogger doubts it. Besides, I’m not prepared to do the exhaustive 60-plus…
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Eminem album at No. 3, but a quirk keeps his No. 1 streak alive; Hip-hop albums experience longest No. 1 drought in FIVE years!
(December 27, 2020). The year 2020 hasn’t yet ended, but hip-hop music will likely top all other genres in consumption percentage for the fourth year in a row when the…