When news spread that Adele would film a one night only show at Radio City Music Hall, tickets became a frenzy. Instead of monetizing fans and charging the boat loads of money that could be charged for Adele’s first US show in years, tickets were given away for free, lottery […]
There’s something to be said for Trina’s longevity as an artist, and a female rapper. She’s on the Louboutin heels of releasing her 6th album, something that puts her ahead of every single notable woman with bars in music today. Her closest competition in number of albums released is her […]
“I heard that you’d settled down”. Funny how Adele’s own words came to ring so true for herself. After the release and indescribable acclaim and success of her sophomore album 21 in 2011, Adele nothing short of disappeared. With the exception of recording the theme to the James Bond film […]
In 2005, Lil’ Kim sat in a very different place than she does now. A trial for a perjury charge stemming from a 2001 shooting found the Queen Bee in court. She watching her former Junior M.A.F.I.A. affiliates testify against her. Soon after Lil’ Kim was found guilty of perjury […]
Troye Sivan’s journey to a full-length album continues with his second EP in just over a year, WILD. He follows up last year’s TRXYE stronger, more focused, and a more well-rounded artist. The EP was recorded over the last year. Thematically it touches on crushes, relationships, and family, reflecting how […]
“I’m thinking of you” declares Mariah in the opening line of 1997’s “My All,” the second single off her magnum opus Butterfly. The Spanish guitar-driven song went on to become her 13th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the most for a female artist at the time, and remains an […]
Love her? Then leave her. Nina Simone was, by all accounts, a musical pioneer. Her seamless integration of classical music into jazz, show tunes, blues, gospel, and soul is, in it’s own, monumental. Pair that with her unmistakable voice- by her own account was sometimes like coffee with cream, and […]
In 1992, a young Mariah Carey still had a lot of people to prove wrong. With two #1 albums, 5 #1 singles, and 2 Grammy Awards, she had accomplished a lot for a 22 year old with barely 2 years in the music business under her belt. Despite her success, […]
“This album I get to show my creativity, my versatility” – Lil’ Kim, 2000 After the death of The Notorious BIG in early 1997, the legacy he was building was left hanging in the balance. For the artists he was helping establish, especially Lil’ Kim, it became public question what […]
After the trifecta of “Vision of Love”, “Love Takes Time” and “Someday” all soaring to number one from her debut album, Mariah Carey finished out the US promotion of her first body of work with the slow-burning, intense-climaxing “I Don’t Wanna Cry.” The song went on to be Carey’s fourth consecutive […]
