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Black History: Biz Markie had the first top-10 rap song of the 1990s; at one point in 1990, he and Shock G were it for pop top 40!
(July 17, 2021). Nowadays it’s hard to imagine a world where hip-hop wasn’t the dominant music genre. Perusing this generation’s Billboard charts is just one indicator of rap’s current ubiquitous…
Black History: 10 takeaways from the movie of the year, Questlove’s “Summer of Soul”: Moon-landing? Woodstock? Nah, just Soul!
(July 13, 2021). It’s funny how in the summer of 2021 where soul music fans are eagerly anticipating the long-awaited biopic about our late Queen, Aretha Franklin, comes another movie…
Black History: How “The Declaration (of Independence)” became a controversial pop song by this iconic group in 1970
(July 4, 2021). Not too many pop groups – or any act for that matter – would consider setting the entire preamble to the “Declaration of Independence” to music and…
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40 Years Ago: 1981 Post-Disco A-to-Z…a playlist of the greatest jams from the best year of the post-disco era!
(July 01, 2021). From “A Little Bit Of Jazz” to “Zulu” and more than a hundred songs in between, boy have I got the ultimate post-disco countdown for you…and it’s…
DJ Cassidy’s “Pass The Mic: BET Awards Edition” was the absolute bomb, with these 15 classics from the ‘00s!
(June 28, 2021). Many of us of a certain age find it hard to fathom that the decade known as the aughts – the ‘00s – would ever be referred…