Slick Rick released The Art Of Storytelling on May 25, 1999, just over a decade after his debut album and signature hit “La-Di-Da-Di” made him
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“Pon De Replay” is Rihanna’s debut single, the beginning of a pioneering and iconic career that continues to push the boundaries of what pop music
Emerging as one of the breakout stars from Staten Island’s legendary Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah quickly established himself as one of the premier MC’s in
The critical and commercial success of Kendrick Lamar’s second album, 2012’s Good Kid, MAAD City, totally changed the Compton rapper’s life. He had gone from
What constitutes a jazz record? It’s a question Robert Glasper doesn’t concern himself with too much. The classically trained jazz pianist has always straddled the
In 1987, writer Barry Michael Cooper went to Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater to interview then-20 year old Teddy Riley about the new R&B sound the
While punk and New Wave grabbed the UK headlines during the late 70s, in the nightclubs of London and southeast Britain, American funk music was
Over the course of her decades-spanning discography, Mary J. Blige has been a conduit for communal pain and healing. She’s shared her world and given
All decades are a period of change, but some change more than others. Motown’s peak era came during the 60s, when even this record company,
One of the oft-told stories about the evolution of mid-20th-century American culture involves Bob Dylan bringing his electric Fender Stratocaster guitar on stage at the