Pop Smoke is about to join two iconic rappers as the only artists (of any genre) to have more than one posthumous No. 1 album
(July 18, 2021). Exactly one year ago today, the blog posted an article about how late rapper Pop Smoke (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) was part of chart history when he…
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…