All posts by Andrew
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Single Review: Say “Hello” to the slayage; Adele has returned!
“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...
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Get Naked: Lil’ Kim’s ‘The Naked Truth,’ 10 years later
10 years ago, Lil’ Kim sat in a very different place than she does now. After a trial for a perjury charge stemming from a...
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EP Review: ‘WILD’ by Troye Sivan
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,...
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“I’m thinking of”… Mariah Carey’s 13th #1: “My All”
“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...
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Album Review: “Nina Revisited… A Tribute To Nina Simone”
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,...
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How Mariah Carey’s first recorded cover, “I’ll Be There,” became her 6th #1
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...
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Lil’ Kim’s The Notorious K.I.M.: 15 Years Later
“This album I get to show my creativity, my versatility” – Lil’ Kim, 2000 After the death of The Notorious BIG in early 1997, the...
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“I Don’t Wanna Cry” … the ballad of Mariah Carey’s historical fourth #1
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...
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Watch: Tamia promotes new album, Love Life, with secret show at SOB’s in NYC
R&B veteran Tamia celebrated 20 years in the music industry and her 6th album Love Life Monday night. She gave a secret performance, and Q&A session, at...
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Me. I Am Misunderstood… The Elusive Chronicles of Mariah’s ill-fated 14th studio album
Introduction In 2014, Mariah Carey released her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse. Met with generally positive reviews, the album stands...
