Also ranks #6 on The Best Puerto Rican Rappers Of All Time 6 J Balvin 572 votes With a fresh perspective and unparalleled creativity, J Balvin has redefined what it means to be a Reggaeton artist in the modern era. Since his mainstream breakthrough in 2014, he's continuously pushed the ...
A pioneering percussionist and bandleader, Ray Barretto was an essential figure in the development of salsa and Latin jazz. Barretto's signature conga playing provided the rhythmic backbone for countless hit songs, both as a member of the Fania All-Stars and as a solo artist. Known for album...
I think the artist's primary responsibility is to reflect what life was like in their time. Talking Heads did that. I'm all over the map emotionally and spiritually, like most people are, so different Talking Heads records speak to me at different times, but with Remain in Light and Fear...
Finally, this list has been confined strictly to one album per band/artist. When an artist obviously has more than one essential album, we’ve made a case for the one that we believe to be the most important of the lot. Only one artist appears twice, as a group member and solo, but...
She was the complete opposite of the images that were pumped into me as a child, of what I was supposed to aspire to as a woman. She is a folk artist, in the way that Bob Dylan is. I loved that she was a poet involved in visual art. It wasn't just about the music for he...
Roberta Flack holds the unique distinction of being the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year two years in a row. She won in 1973 for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and in 1974 for “Killing Me Softly with His Song.” ...
Grammy Award for best new artist, award presented annually in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS; commonly called the Recording Academy) to recognize the year’s most outstanding new performer.
About as raw and unshakeable as historical dramas get, Steve McQueen’s first feature film is based on the six-week hunger strike conducted by IRA member Bobby Sands at Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison, an ordeal the artist-filmmaker had been obsessed with since childhood. McQueen immersed himsel...
In a2017 interviewwithGQ Style,Diplorevealed the one artist that’s continued to eludeMajorLazer‘s orbit. When asked how to get the Barbadian singer a track for consideration, the super-producer lamented about the time he played her an early demo of “Lean On,” that is before Danish sing...
The Artist even tried to make Sign o’ the Times hard to watch, keeping it out of circulation after its initial limited theatrical run and VHS release. Since Prince’s death, the film has finally become more widely available, belatedly boosting its reputation. And it’s a good thing, too...