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Photo Recap Of The Scene At Afropunk Fest
posted: September 10, 2012
There must have been some pretty heavy rain fall early in the spring. How else do you explain the bumper crop of festivals that have sprung up this year in late August? In the past…
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Chart Catfight!: Look Who’s Hot on Carly Rae Jepsen's Tail in the Battle of the Pop Divas!
posted: July 13, 2012
Carly Rae Jepsen is in luck. It looks like she won’t have to ensure the continuation of her celebrity run after Call Me Maybe falls from its current summit by relying on the hoopla generated…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Is fun. Having Fun Yet?
posted: April 18, 2012
First things first”while the official spelling of the band’s name is fun., with a lowercase “f” and a period at the end, the New York trio can not be held entirely accountable for the highly…
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Sound and Vision: The Fall of R&B: How Pop Is Selling Its Soul for a Dance Beat
posted: April 13, 2012
Remember the days when R&B and hip hop was the sound of pop? From the ˜90s to the mid ˜00s, music’s most dependable hitmakers”Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Usher,…
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B.o.B.'s Big Year
posted: September 29, 2010
Born Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., B.o.B. is the latest young rapper taking the pop world by storm. You could say the rock-loving rapper is on a roll of sorts and showing no signs of slowing…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: July 9, 2010
The Good Prince and Smashing Pumpkins go pro-bono Claiming the internet is completely dead, Prince announced he will release his new album, 20TEN, for free in the Saturday edition of the U.K.’s Daily Mirror. Two…
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