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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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Sound and Vision: Lady Gaga's Album of the Year GRAMMY Nominee — Big Hit Or Major Miss?
posted: February 10, 2012
In pop music, you’re nobody until everybody loves you or hates you, and few recording artists polarize everybody the way Lady Gaga does. Mad genius or plain mad? A true original or hopelessly derivative? Hit…
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Sound And Vision: Britney Spears At 30 — Where Does She Go From Here?
posted: November 25, 2011
It seems like just yesterday: She was invading the dreams of pedophiles and lusty teenage boys everywhere. But that was 1998, the year Britney Spears, then sixteen, broke with her No. 1 debut single, “…Baby…
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Sound And Vision: Why I'm Seriously Considering Boycotting Music Award Shows
posted: November 18, 2011
On November 9, Nashville celebrated itself (again!) with the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, the event was hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, but the masters of ceremonies weren’t…
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Sound And Vision: Beyoncé's "Plagiarism" Controversies — Has She Been Caught Stealing, Or Is She Paying Homage (Again)?
posted: October 28, 2011
Beyoncé is having a rough 2011. I don’t know how she felt about turning thirty on September 4, but if she’s as career-obsessed as I suspect she is, it was probably the least of her…
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Sound And Vision: Can Florence + the Machine End 2011 Where Adele Started It (on Top)?
posted: September 23, 2011
Florence Welch must be in a state of extreme suspense right about now. And if she is, no one would understand how she feels better than Adele. At the dawn of 2011, Adele was in…
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