The question no one is raising about the beatdown of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine last week
(March 27, 2023). The rap world isn’t shedding many tears for the beatdown that one of its own took last week at an LA Fitness gym bathroom in South Florida.…
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Trump reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s digital songs chart—while a first—is not that impressive. Here’s why.
(March 22, 2023). It turns out being arrested—if it happens—won’t be the only first that former president Donald J. Trump can claim this week. The “song” he recorded in collaboration…
‘Dansette Dreams’: A review of “too young” Gilbert O’Sullivan’s recent intimate concert performance (ahh…those 45s)
(March 20, 2023). Gilbert O’Sullivan, 76-year-old singer/songwriter who shot to stardom in the early 1970s with a string of top-40 pop hits that began with one of the biggest singles…
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Hip-hop icons 2Pac and Biggie mined Bobby Caldwell’s first album for two somber posthumous hits—and the similarities are uncanny
(March 17, 2023). It’s been more than 26 years since both 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) and Biggie (Christopher Wallace, a/k/a The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in drive-by shootings by unknown…
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Tribute: Bobby Caldwell’s hidden racial identity was no accident; ‘What You Won’t Do’ was from a record company that fooled us many times
(March 16, 2023). Bobby Caldwell, legendary soul crooner who gave us one of the most beloved and most sampled songs of the 20th century, passed away Tuesday (March 14th). What…