Music
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Solange Fans Rejoice! New Music Is Coming Soon
My favorite Solange moment of this year was her joining her sister Beyoncé on stage at Coachella Beychella and dropping it so low so many times, my knees got tired. It wasn’t just the move itself; it was the attitude that poured out of it. That subtle “I see you looking, but I still don’t…
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Missy Elliott’s Ready to Get Us Dancing Again: Teases New Music for 2019
Twenty-nineteen is about to be titled the “Year of Dance,” because Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott is coming back with new music after almost 15 years. The woman who made the trash bag iconic took to Twitter to let y’all know that she’s about to come back and hit us with the hee! But we almost didn’t…
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We Gon' Let Taylor Break Her Lil' Record, But the 2018 American Music Awards Show Belonged to Us
Real talk? We knew what the 2018 American Music Awards were gonna be about before the first statuette had even been awarded. The intention of the evening was made clear the second it was announced that Taylor Swift only needed three more wins to unseat the much-beloved late, great Whitney Houston as the female artist…
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Made for Now? 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Include Janet Jackson and LL Cool J
Will this be the year Janet Jackson finally gets her due as one of the most important icons in music? After four prior nominations, will LL Cool J be formally recognized as one of hip-hop’s pioneers? And nearly 40 years after their last platinum-selling release, Masterjam, will Rufus and Chaka Khan finally take their rightful…
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10 Reasons Why Kanye West Going to Africa to Finish His Album Yandhi Might Work Out for Us All (It Also Might Not)
Kanye West—you may have heard of him—is on the move. On the heels of recent comments about the 13th Amendment and his apparent undying love for our current president and emergency alerter, Kanye has decided to venture to Somewhere In Africa to finish recording his second (you could argue third) album of 2018, Yandhi. The…
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André 3000 Said: 'The South Got Something to Say.' Aquemini, Which Turns 20 Today, Said It All
On September 29, 1998, Outkast dropped their third album, Aquemini, so named after the portmanteau of Big and Dre’s zodiac signs, Aquarius and Gemini, respectively. It was their level all the way up album. The Source, still relevant at the time, gave it the vaunted 5 Mic rating, making it a classic. The album is…
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A Ridiculous Story About Getting Petty Larcenied by a Crackhead 20 Years Ago to the Day on September 29, 1998
On September 29, 1998, I was a sophomore at Morehouse College. I didn’t live on-campus. I was living in the westside of Atlanta house on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd SW that my grandmother lived in for much of my youth. At some point, my cousin bought her a house in Adamsville—two miles west on…
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Fit for a Queen: Gladys Knight, Ledisi Among Singers Tapped to Honor Aretha Franklin at the American Music Awards
The Aretha Franklin tribute at this year’s American Music Awards will pay tribute to the Queen of Soul’s gospel roots. According to the AP, Dick clark productions will tap Gladys Knight and Ledisi to take on the iconic singer’s “Amazing Grace” album on Oct. 9, as will Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, and CeCe Winans. Rickey…
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In Honor of #NationalOneHitWonderDay, Here’s a List of Our Favorite One-Hit Wonders
Who knew there was an actual day set aside to celebrate those who came, dropped their one interesting hit on us and then faded back into obscurity—never to be heard from again. There are some one-hit wonders who have managed to rise back up again for an encore, but for the most part, they bless…
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Ja-Rule Called Himself the LeBron James of Rap. Let's Help Him Find Some More Appropriate Analogies
Well, we’ve come to that once-a-year-event where Ja-Rule manages to sneak himself into a headline. This time, it’s over a claim he made that he is the LeBron James of rap, raising questions that Ja may not actually know who LeBron James is and what he does. Ja-Rule (birth name: Jeffrey Atkins) gave himself the…