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…
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…
Can We Stop Being Pimped? The Ugly Story Involving Hip-Hop Artists in 2017
Earlier this year, hip-hop (which, sadly, for stat tracking purposes now includes R&B as a sub-genre, versus the other way around) was declared the most consumed genre in music, beating…
DAMN. Should We Really Be Celebrating Kendrick?
Kendrick Lamar, this generation’s hip-hop idol and critics’ darling, just dropped his fourth full album, DAMN., the official follow-up to his classic To Pimp A Butterfly (with the 2016 set…
Where Are This Generation’s Protest Songs (and Artists)?
Although in his July 12 speech at the memorial for the five recently slain Dallas police officers, President Barack Obama offered a glimmer of hope to a nation still reeling…