“Working” for the Weekend – a Labor Day Salute
(Originally published September 7, 2015; updated September 4, 2016) What better way to celebrate this year’s Labor Day holiday than with another djroblist, particularly one about working songs. While you’re…
MTV Video Music Awards – Dying a Slow and Painful Death?
For a network that officially abandoned the “M” in MTV nearly six years ago, but which – for all intents and purposes – essentially ditched that “M” closer to two…
Tragic Losses of R&B Artists – What If They Had Lived?
They say that sometimes the brightest stars burnout the fastest. All the recent coverage of the tragic death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby…
Who is Abel Tesfaye?
If I asked you who was the top male solo artist of 2015 so far, you’d have several names from which to choose, as it’s been a good year for…
Straight Outta Compton – And Into The Dubious Mainstream
As moviegoers flock to the N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude) biopic Straight Outta Compton this weekend (it’s expected to earn close to $60M at the U.S. box office…the biggest R-rated opening…