Move Over Jay Z, Eminem and Kanye…Enter the New Chart Kings: Drake, Future and Kendrick
Until recently, Jay Z, Eminem and Kanye West were the predominant figures in hip-hop – at least in terms of sales and chart success. They have 27 Number-One albums between…
Girls Have No Fun in Top Ten – for First Time in Over 33 Years!
There’s a “No-Girls Zone” around the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 this week, something that hasn’t happened since 1984. A lot can be said musically about the year…
Burton Cummings…Rocking Hard and Standing Tall – at nearly 70!
If the name Burton Cummings doesn’t necessarily roll off the tongue, perhaps these classic rock song titles will help: “American Woman,” “These Eyes,” “No Time,” “No Sugar Tonight.” Or the…
Prince – One Year Later: Ranking The Tributes!
His Purple Highness, Prince Rogers Nelson, has been gone for a year now. And like many people, I still recall exactly where I was standing and what I was doing…
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…