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Friday Throwback – Nuttin’ But Love
Heavy D might be a forgotten soldier in today’s rap music scene, and really, kids now probably remember him for roles in Boston Public and movies like Step Up and Life. But back in the day, he was a jovial overweight lover nicknamed Water Bed Hev. And he had nuttin’ but love for ya.
I had no clue Chris Tucker was in this video.
That’s like the United Nations of hoochie mamas right there.
Middle name price tag, […]
"Thriller 25": The Funk Of 40,000 Years
If you listen to pop radio in 2008, you’ve gotta be a Michael Jackson fan. Why? Because if the popular songs of the day don’t sound like Prince, they sound like Michael. Aside from mentioning outright thieves of his look and his sound like Usher, Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo, everyone from Britney and Beyonce to Jay-Z (“American Gangster has more MJ shout outs than any record I’d ever had) and Fall Out Boy (the rock […]
Rediscovering Robyn
Has an artist that you liked ever fallen off the face of the Earth? I’m not talking literally, of course. I’m talking unexplained absences. It’s even more confusing when the artist actually has a hit and then disappears. I mean, I can understand if it’s a situation where you’re the only fan of a particular singer, but why would an artist who sells a shit-ton of records just vanish into thin air?
Case in point: Robyn. […]