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Tekashi 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj find out the hard way: they CAN have a No. 1 Hot 100 hit!
(June 23, 2020). Just six weeks ago, after eleven years and 109 Hot 100 chart entries, Nicki Minaj finally got her first No. 1 single after joining female artist Doja…
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…
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When the smoke clears: These ten tracks – new and old – by J. Cole, Lil Baby, others reflect today’s times the best…
(June 17, 2020). Like the late Nina Simone once famously said, “an artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” I initially wrote a really long intro to this piece. It…
Few surprises, some irony at the top of SiriusXM’s Top 1000 Alternative Songs Countdown; plus five tips for listening…
(June 13, 2020). “Four decades of outcasts, misfits and weirdos.” That’s how SiriusXM is marketing its recurring Top 1000 genre-specific countdown airing in an encore presentation through June 17 on…
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R.I.P. Bonnie Pointer: Heaven Must Have Sent You – A Look Back At Her Most Glorious Musical Moment
(June 8, 2020). When you first heard the late Bonnie Pointer’s solo breakout hit, the disco remake of the Elgins’ “Heaven Must Have Sent You” in 1979, didn’t it just…