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The ‘Michael’ Trailer is Out; I Loved MJ, I Dislike Biopics.  Why This One May Not Change Either Fact (November 8, 2025) — The teaser for Michael dropped Thursday (Nov. 6), and with it came a wave of renewed euphoria around MicRead More

Was Rap’s Absence from the Top 40 After 35 Years a Sign of a Broader Cultural Shift? Megan Thee Stallion may have rescued rap from a brief Top-40 blackout—but hip-hop’s troubles run deeper. (November 7, 202Read More

The Zen of David Byrne: A Halloween Night Where Talking Heads Met Talking Hands A Spirit Dance in Orange (November 4, 2025) – While most of Chicago’s costumed revelers were haunting bars and parties on HRead More

Vinyl Meets Pigskin: All the Hot 100 No. 1 Songs on Super Bowl Sundays: from 1 to 60 (Updated February 13, 2026).  This is DJROBBLOG’s annual update of all the No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 during Super BRead More

All the No. 1 songs on Super Bowl Sundays (Usher, Beyoncé, Janet, Taylor: one hasn’t made the list) (February 11, 2024).  Sports fans know that no NFL franchise has earned seven championship rings, although two — the New EngRead More

(August 22, 2021).  And you thought that Barry Manilow being preceded on the same stage by rapper Polo G would be the biggest meme coming out of Saturday’s (Aug. 21) half-successful attempt to conduct a music fes […]

(August 21, 2021).  Some records were made to be tied (and later broken).

In 1976-77, Stevie Wonder’s iconic album Songs in the Key of Life spent a then-record 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/H […]

(August 19, 2021).  The late Aaliyah Haughton – known by millions of adoring fans simply as Aaliyah – is still perhaps the most significant R&B artist of her era to pass away while in the prime of her c […]

(August 15, 2021).  Some musicians are so iconic that when they leave us, the news hits us like a ton of bricks and we may never forget where we were or what we were doing when we first heard it.

When three o […]

(August 10, 2021).  It’s not really news that Billie Eilish’s highly anticipated official followup to her Grammy-winning, megasmash 2019 album (When We All Fall Asleep , Where Do We Go?) has just debuted on the l […]

(August 7, 2021).  They were masked-up, vaccinated and ready to go!  Seven lovely ladies, whose knowledge of Bruno Mars ranged from zero to Silk Sonic, accompanied me to see the pop/R&B superstar perform at the […]

(August 3, 2021).  Inappropriate statements originating from two current superstars of the country and hip-hop worlds went viral and caused a huge backlash this year – the first involving the N-word, the other a […]

(July 31, 2021).  Ever notice how a well-meaning, innocent little tune could go from being largely embraced by the public to being the equivalent of a persona non grata in the blink of an eye…through no fault or […]

(July 28, 2021).  Some articles just write themselves, they’re so easy.

By now many folks have heard about the anti-gay rant that rapper DaBaby went on during a performance at Rolling Loud Miami this past wee […]