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Sound And Vision: Will Nicki Minaj Vs. Mariah Carey Hurt the Rapper While Helping "American Idol"?

posted: October 26, 2012

I’m gonna knock you out…. I told you I’m not f**kin’ putting up with her f**kin’ highness over there! It’s not exactly prose worthy of Bob Dylan, or even Eminem, her sometime partner in rhyme,…
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Sound And Vision: The Best and Worst of James Bond Themes

posted: October 19, 2012

The 007 Effect: What getting cast as the main theme for one of the James Bond film franchise’s 23 official entries can do for a song. Alas, the results of being Bonded can be as…
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PSY’s K-Pop Invasion: The Continued Decline of Western Pop Courtesy of the East

posted: October 12, 2012

As if A-Pop wasn’t bad enough already. Just when one might have thought that American pop, with all its auto-tuned voices and fake plastic beats, couldn’t possibly make the eyes and ears bleed more, it’s…
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Sound And Vision: Rihanna Vs. Christina Aguilera Vs. Alicia Keys: Who Will Win November's Battle of the Divas?

posted: October 5, 2012

Sweet November is about to spawn another monster. Not a beast like the ugly, twisted child Morrissey warbled on about in 1990, but three beauties in the monster diva throwdown of the year. It will…
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Sound And Vision: The Diminishing Returns of the No. 1 Single

posted: September 28, 2012

No. 1 with a bullet: Ah, that once-relatively elusive and exclusive room at the top. The holy grail for the pop single, it used to be as high an honor and as highly desirable as…
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Sound And Vision: No Doubt Rides Again–But Can Gwen Stefani & Co. Rise Again?

posted: September 22, 2012

The ’90s are about to face a crucial test, one that might determine if the Clintonian era even has a shot at matching the staying power of the Reagan ’80s, a decade that continues to…
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