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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…
Two 1970s hits by deceased female pop icons, plus an instant Indian classic, had emotions pouring at Sunday’s Oscars
(March 13, 2023). The 2023 Academy Awards (Sunday, March 12 in Los Angeles) will be remembered for many things happening in one place at approximately the same time (a corny…
The surprisingly low-key way Billboard covered Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1977 plane crash (and how I never whiffed this 45-year-old ‘Smell’ of theirs until now!)
(March 7, 2023). Admittedly, I’m not a guy you’d see in line to catch the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert. Something about a bunch of strung-out white…
Self-described rustic Morgan Wallen ‘thought you should know’… he’s beaten cancellation
(March 4, 2023). On Friday (Mar. 3), I listened to country superstar Morgan Wallen’s new album One Thing At A Time. As a music blogger who planned to cover this…