Millennial Motown: The Sound Of Young America In The 80s And 90s
As the 70s became the 80s, commercial Black music in the US was ruled by one style: disco. Funk, reggae and soul sat in the...
The Origins Of ‘Kokomo’: What’s In A Name
In 1988, 24 years after their first U.S. No. 1, the Beach Boys scored, what is to date, their last U.S. No. 1. The song,...
‘Gone Troppo’: When George Harrison Let Loose
George Harrison’s tenth solo studio album was largely recorded between early May and the end of August 1982, a little over a year since he...
‘Computer Games’: How George Clinton’s Solo Debut Played To Win
Could the old funkateer still deliver the goods? Parliament-Funkadelic, the 70s masterfunkers, ran out of road as the 80s arrived, caught in a traffic jam...
‘Street Of Dreams’: Rainbow’s Soft Rock Serenade
When Rainbow returned to the Billboard Hot 100 for what turned out to be the last time, on November 5, 1983, their seventh studio album...
Eminem Returned To His Creative Peak on ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’
The Marshall Mathers LP, released in 2000, represents 27 year-old Eminem coming to terms with his newfound fame, following the pop culture-disrupting debut, The Slim Shady LP...