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I Can’t Believe That Song (or Album) Is 40!
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40 Years Ago: “Magic Man” Robert Winters overcame disability and made the greatest R&B ballad of an era.
(January 16, 2021). “I can pull a rabbit…out of a hat, disappear and return like (snap)…that! ‘Cause baby, I’m your magic man, yeah…” Those were the memorable opening lyrics to…
The Weeknd has a Super Bowl gig just 7 years after his breakthrough, but is that the soonest ever? Here’s the list…
(January 10, 2021). As the NFL season grinds through its playoff schedule after one of the most unusual regular seasons ever, many eyes are on pop superstar The Weeknd, who…
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Depressed? Maybe music really is the answer. But not just ANY music.
(January 9, 2021). Let me start this off by stating that I’m not a mental health professional, and the type of depression I’m referring to here is not the clinical…
Playboi Carti ends hip-hop’s longest No. 1 drought in five years
(January 04, 2021). With just 100,000 album equivalent units sold in its first week, polarizing rapper Playboi Carti does something no other hip-hop artist has done since October: reach No.…
R.I.P. MF DOOM, the truest example of an underground hip-hop superstar…
(January 2, 2020). As this is a blog site that mostly covers musicians who thrive on commercial success and topping the Billboard charts, the late MF DOOM, born Daniel Dumile…