America First? Only natives have topped the Hot 100 so far in 2024 (it’s only happened twice in chart history)
(April 14, 2024). How poetic is it that in the midst of a presidential election year where immigration is a key issue and when at least a half-dozen foreign countries…
Beef is driving hip-hop’s success this year; the impact of J. Cole’s apology (and his bow-out) is real
(April 13, 2024). Superstar rapper J. Cole — largely considered one of the Big Three MCs of this generation (along with Drake and Kendrick Lamar) — did the unthinkable earlier…
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Re: ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Forget Grammys; More pressing: How Will Billboard Handle Beyoncé’s Genre-Defying Smash?
(April 3, 2024). A lot of music industry fans and prognosticators are weighing in on whether Beyoncé’s new Cowboy Carter will finally garner the Texas superstar that elusive Album of…
‘Cowboy Carter’ is Beyoncé’s ‘Songs in the Key of Life’… seriously
(April 1, 2024). Frankly speaking, calling Cowboy Carter Beyoncé’s magnum opus wouldn’t be a stretch. It is truly an album of sublime quality — both thematically and musically — from…
No April Fools: Future is in tenth place among acts with the most No. 1 albums in history…
(April 1, 2024). This is no April Fools Day joke, unless you see a punchline in the fact that someone considered a pioneer in the hip-hop sub-genre of “mumble-rap” now…