Kendrick Lamar andDrakehave been throwing shots at each other for the past decade, but it wasn't until Drake's claims of being the best of the "Big Three" rappers (including him, Lamar andJ. Cole) in 2023 that the battle climaxed. ...
With 2022'sBorn Pink, BLACKPINK became the first K-pop girl group to sell more than two million copies of an album.Born Pinkwas also the first album by a female Korean act and by an all-female group in over a decade to top the Billboard 200 chart upon release, ev...
Thanks to leesmapman for catching a typo that's been around foryears—probably a decade or more—in my catalogue ofcurrent favorite records selected by Chris and Neil in theirLiterally/Annuallypublications. I've now made the necessary correction. January 5, 2025 The PSB Tour Programs Thanks to...
Singer Chappell Roan’s decade-long overnight success story is well documented by now, but there’s still a lot to learn from the Midwestern princess about personal (re)branding. Chappell Roan spent nearly 10 years releasing music as Kayleigh Rose, whose sweet girl-next-door appeal found limit...
Bob Dylan strayed from writing protest songs by the 1970s, but this one proved there was plenty of fight in him. Taking a literal approach to its subject matter, the song chronicles the unfair trial and subsequent incarceration of boxer Rubin Carter. It would be nearly a decade before Carter...
Liszt finally decided to marry for the first time to Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein— who was, as usual, already married to someone else. He and Princess Carolyne spent over a decade trying to get her marriage annulled, to no avail. Even a sympathetic audience with Pope Pius IX in...
Elvis started in 1954 (almost half way through the 50s) and the Beatles didn’t “dethrone” him (in the US) from the charts until 1964 (almost half way through the 60s) and then Elvis returned to the charts in 1968. Yet, the 50s was Elvis’ decade and the 60s were the Beatles ...
On the back ofThe Magicians’ Landby Lev Grossman there’s a blurb that extols this trilogy as the “best fantasy series of the decade” which I thought was fairly bold as it’s going up against George R.R. Martin’sA Song of Ice and FireSeries. Heresy! And a lot of the Magicians...
A decade after embarking on her journey from a rural farming town to pursue her dreams in Nashville, Wilson achieved a remarkable milestone with her first platinum-certified song. Garnering a dedicated following worldwide, she captivated fans with a unique blend of traditional country fused with ...
Eric Wright grew up on the streets of Compton, California. He went from being a drug dealer to a multiplatinum artist as N.W.A. exploded onto the scene. Less than a decade after his career began, N.W.A. had disbanded, andEazy-E fell prey to complications from AIDS. He was just ...