Rap in the 1980s had a sound all its own. It was a revolutionary time when this type of music was just beginning to see widespread popularity. Before the 80s, there was no rap on the radio, and most people wouldn’t have recognized the word as anything other than what you do to a holiday…
Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock-and-roll. He left behind a legacy in the music industry and adoring fans who struggled with his passing, some refusing to believe it. During his long and successful career, Presley released 57 albums. Ranking them is not an easy task as we all have our preferences for which…
Matchbox 20 is a rock band formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida. The original members of this band were Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Kyle Cook, and Adam Gaynor. In 2004, the band took a hiatus when Adam Gaynor left the band, but they reformed in 2007 with Paul Doucette replacing Gaynor. They released their debut…
Autumn is the time of year when it’s time for things to slow down. It’s filled with familiar aromas of dying leaves, the final harvest of crops, and preparations for the onset of the holiday season. It’s a special time of year with brilliant fall earthy colors as the leaves turn to bright hues of…
Cody Jinx was born on August 18, 1980, in Halton City, Texas. Currently, his style of music is described as alt-country, Americana, and country-rock. However, unlike many country artists, he started his career performing thrash metal. His first band was Unchecked Aggression, a metal band in Fort Worth, Texas. However, in the late ’00s, he…
Demetrius Flenory, better known as Big Meech, got into peddling cocaine with his brother, Terry, in the late 1980s. Within ten years, they had grown their drug empire to run the flow of cocaine in over three major cities. Their $250-million empire, unfortunately, crashed when in 2005, the two brothers were arrested along with 100…
Matt Monro was a British singer active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. He never had a number-one song. However, he did release several Top Ten hits in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, meaning he was far from being an unknown in his time. Monro has been dead for several decades. Even so, his music…
Ed Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor who began his career in 2004 while he was in his teens, although he did not release his debut album until 2011. The genres of music with which he is associated include pop, hip-hop, and folk-pop. On many of his songs, Ed Sheeran…
Kid Cudi, also known as Scott Mescudi, entered the rap scene with his mixtape debut, “A Kid Named Cudi,” released in 2008. It sparked a musical career that pulled in millions of fans ready for a fresh new sound on the rap scene. Cudi released several mixtapes, songs, and albums. We checked out what the…