Odd week in hip-hop: Drake ends No. 1 album streak; Nicki Minaj gets first No. 1 single…and timing is the reason for both.
(May 11, 2020). They say when it comes to the charts and hitting No. 1, timing is everything. That proves to be the case for two 11-year rap veterans on…
The late Betty Wright’s song catalogue was like one long bad relationship…until a man named “Dimples” came along.
(May 11, 2020). When news of soul music icon Betty Wright’s death hit the music world on Mother’s Day, the first song many of us thought of was her signature…
Little Richard – The Last Original Black Symbol of the two worlds of Rock and Roll
(May 10, 2020). We may never be able to erase the images of Little Richard – the once self-proclaimed “Queen of Rock and Roll” (dubiously to Elvis’s “King”), the creator…
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Here, My Dear – 3 old guys ponder Marvin Gaye’s bitter alimony album; is it REALLY a classic?
(May 7, 2020). Motown legend Marvin Gaye originally intended to create a crap album when he recorded the 12 songs that would eventually form Here, My Dear, a collection of…
First Time in History – the Top Ten albums of the week are all hip-hop/R&B!
(May 5, 2020). Actually, it’s the top eleven albums, and it was inevitable. Three years ago, the combined music genre of R&B and hip-hop finally overtook rock as the most…