This was the part where I started to get a headache. After feeling relatively comfortable with my choices up till now, including Andre 3000 and Jay-Z at #8 and #7, respectively , organizing the top 6 turned out to be a fairly Herculean feat. I should correct that. #1 was pretty damn easy. Organizing the next five was rough, because seriously speaking, any of the next five gentlemen on this list could have placed anywhere from #2 to #6 depending on how I was feeling. So without further ado, […]
Posts tagged "LL Cool J"
Award Show Sundays: LL Brings Hip-Hop to Middle America
While I don’t know that anyone’s calling him the G.O.A.T. anymore, LL Cool J is still one of the people who should be chiseled onto the hip-hop Mount Rushmore. His lyricism is actually at the point where it could be called underrated, he was certainly a trendsetter, he was hip-hop’s first sex symbol, made hip-hop’s first successful comeback, and to this day, is regarded as one of the genre’s (or any genre’s) most dynamic live performers. The performance we’re featuring […]
Overdue? Waits, Dr. John, Neil Diamond Lead Rock Hall Inductees
Tom Waits and Neil Diamond lead the list of 2011 inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Bon Jovi and the Beastie Boys are among the artists who were left off.
Hump Day Flashback: “Teenage Love”
Today’s Hump Day Flashback comes to you courtesy of Slick Rick. His “Teenage Love” was one of the first, and is still one of the best rap ballads.
Award Show Sundays: Getting on Board the Soul Train
This week’s Award Show Sundays pays tribute to the Soul Train Music Awards, including a clip from the very first Soul Train Awards in 1987.
Spin Cycle: Quincy Jones “Soul Bossa Nostra”
The fact that “Soul Bossa Nostra” even exists is a bit confusing to me. Like, did this album need to be made? After all-it basically amounts to a huge slap on the back for Quincy Jones. Not to say he doesn’t deserve props-the man was at the top of his game for the better part of forty years and is an integral part of music history, let alone black music history. But I question the wisdom of letting a who’s […]
Will the Hall of Fame Have Room for Bon Jovi and the Beasties?
The finalists for nomination into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2011 have been announced, and a wildly eclectic group finds themselves in contention. Several artists up for nomination this year have been knocking on the HOF’s door for eons, while some artists find themselves vying for the prestigious honor for the first time. One thing that you can’t really argue-just about every artist on this list is a certified legend. 15 artists are vying for the […]
This Week in MJ News: A New Album??
Still wondering if those unreleased Michael Jackson songs featuring the likes of will.i.am, Akon, and Ne-Yo will see the light of day? Well, wonder no more. It was just announced that the first posthumous album of never-before-heard MJ material will be hitting stores in November. Apparently, Michael left over 100 unreleased songs in his vault. I actually think that number’s kinda low. Based on the stuff that’s been floating around the internet (even before his death) and the amount of […]