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What’s Your Favorite Peabo Bryson Hot 100 Hit? Vote!

Peabo Bryson was the king of collaborations in the 1990s. Of his 12 Hot 100 hits, seven were collaborations with other top artists, including two pairings each with Regina Belle and Roberta Flack. Related Grammy-Winning Singer Peabo Bryson Under Medical Care After Suffering a Stroke Peabo Bryson Gets Ready to ‘Stand for Love’ on New Album […]

Michael Jackson’s Deep Cut ‘Chicago’ Debuts on Billboard Hot 100

Michael Jackson’s not-so-hidden gem “Chicago” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, among overall growth for his catalog as the late King of Pop’s biopic Michael continues to dominate at the box office. Related Drake’s ‘Janice STFU’ Becomes His First Multi-Week Hot 100 No. 1 This Decade ‘Michael’ Closing in on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ as Top-Grossing […]

Age-Old Rhythms, Echoes of Oppression & An Iconic New Orleans House: Inside International Vodou Day

Inside Kingsway — a historic, gorgeous New Orleans residence that legendary producer Daniel Lanois turned into an idiosyncratic recording studio in the late ‘80s and ‘90s for Bob Dylan, U2, R.E.M., Emmylou Harris and others — Afro-Caribbean rhythms are vibrating and Vodou priestesses are singing. Although it’s loaded with instruments (and a Senegalese fertility bed […]

Jay-Z’s ‘Root’s Picnic Freestyle’: The 9 Best Lines

Jay-Z is officially back outside. The man they call Jay-Hova the God MC shut down the Rap Internet with an a cappella freestyle during his Roots Picnic set over the weekend. In his March interview with GQ, he told folks that he was going to be on the offensive, so we shouldn’t be surprised that […]

How Drake Rediscovered His Greatest Asset

For a second straight week, Drake sits atop the Billboard 200 with his record-breaking album, ICEMAN. After flooding the market last month with the triple-album release of Habibti, Maid of Honour, and ICEMAN, the Toronto superstar has reclaimed his place at the center of the music conversation. Following a rocky stretch defined by his loss […]