The Behind The Music series has been pretty damn good thus far, so there’s no reason to believe Sunday’s installment on Mary J. Blige will not be equally as compelling. Read the rest of this entry »

One promise I made to myself was to never again live life without NBA TV, NFL Network and DVR. Last night, I missed the highly anticipated airing of Ice Cube’s Behind The Music special on VH1. Now thanks to some brilliant individual in the marketing department, waiting for a re-run is no longer needed as an option. Read the rest of this entry »

They don’t make them like they used to. Over the years, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott has proved to be an innovator, musical prodigy, trendsetter and game changer, thrice over. She was a key component in unifying the lines of Hip-Hop and R&B for the cause of making good music, building up urban artists to become megastars in their own right, redefining a woman’s image in pop culture and all that was before her first LP. Read the rest of this entry »

Dark. Man. X.

The name sounds like the character of parodied rapper for a Ben Stiller movie at this point. But before there was Lil Wayne (as we know him now), Young Money Records and Auto-Tune, there was DMX, the Ruff Ryders and his growls and barks. Read the rest of this entry »

I think I was aware of the majority of this but I still like to listen to Clifford articulate & pontificate. Read the rest of this entry »