My Mom Loves Bruno Mars — But How Do I Tell Her About “F, J & W”?
(February 2, 2025). Just over three years ago, I took my mom, now 80, and six of her friends to see her favorite artist, pop/R&B superstar Bruno Mars, perform at…
Old Rock Music is Carrying Current Rock’s Water; Staggering 2024 Stats Show
(January 31, 2025). For the past couple of decades, music historians and journalists alike have been pondering the state of rock and roll, focused mainly on its decline from being…
Roseanne Barr ‘Salutes’ Black Culture With New Rap Song and Braids
(January 19, 2025). No sitcom, no problem. Roseanne Barr, who was unceremoniously fired from her namesake television comedy almost seven years ago for making disparaging remarks about a Black woman…
Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard
This blog post, updated in January 2024, presents an authoritative listing of all 257 rap and hip-hop albums that have topped the Billboard 200 chart since the first in 1987.…
Trent Reznor thinks Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is 2024’s best song; I think it channels this 1982 Jeffrey Osborne hit
(January 18, 2025). When it comes to music, every man has his opinion. Recently, Trent Reznor — the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails — offered his about last year’s big…