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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: Why Recording Artists Should Look on the Bright Side of Piracy
posted: March 30, 2012
I’m a music fan that didn’t have a lot of pocket money as a kid. I bought what I could afford and taped the rest off radio or made a tape from my friend’s copy…
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Sound And Vision: Strange Bedfellows — The Best of Music's Unlikely Collaborations
posted: December 16, 2011
“I get high with a little help from my friends,” Ringo Starr sang on the Beatles‘ 1967 classic. These days, so do many of music’s top stars. Two’s company, and so is three and sometimes…
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Sound And Vision: Why I Miss the '90s
posted: July 1, 2011
Every decade lives twice. Each one seems to get a second shot about twenty years after the fact. The ’50s were hot again in the ’70s (which might be why Happy Days was one of…
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Soundcheck: Reality TV And Hip Hop = Friends Or Foes?
posted: May 3, 2011
Whether or not you’re a fan of reality television in general, chances are you’ve been caught in the clutches of at least one guilty pleasure. Reality television has taken over every facet of pop culture…
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