Lil Durk often describes his sound as “melodize drill” and has released at least one mixtape every year since his debut mixtape, I’m a Hitta (2011). His debut album Remember My Name dropped in 2015, and he has remained steady in his releases ever since. Although he is a Def Jam Recordings rapper, Lil Durk…
The Black Keys recorded their first four albums in drummer Patrick Carney’s basement with around $3500 worth of scuzzy equipment. It might not have been the ideal setting, but it lent itself to some of the most powerfully visceral blues-rock this side of the 21st century. Ten albums into their career, and the band have…
After starting her career as a purveyor of wholesome, countrified pop, Olivia Newton-John went stratospheric in 1981 when she swapped nice for naughty on the multi-platinum selling Physical. Since then, she’s gone through several different reinventions, become a prominent environmental campaigner, survived cancer, and launched multiple businesses. Through it all, she’s remained one of the…
Tori Amos has been the most convincing singer in the pop industry for almost three decades. She combines musical composition knowledge with skillful poetry, sharp wit, and southern Gothic overtones. For a significant part of her solo music career, Tori has traversed various political and personal themes. Ranked below are the sixteen albums she has…
In our countdown of the top ten Camila Cabello songs, we look at Cabello’s incredible solo career since her departure from Fifth Harmony. The talented singer was born in Havana, Cuba, before she and her mum immigrated to the US when she was six years old. Her music career started with a YouTube channel where…
Toni Braxton began her performing career in the late 1980s with The Braxtons. After drawing the attention of LA Reid and Babyface, she was signed to LaFace Records as a solo artist, releasing her chart-topping debut solo album in 1993. Since then, she’s won multiple Grammys, sold over 70 million albums worldwide, and become one…
Since forming in 1973, Cheap Trick have enjoyed spectacular highs and equally spectacular lows. When they’re good, they’re very, very good, and when they’re bad, they’re… well, not horrid, but not necessarily a band you’d pay to listen to. But if there’s one thing that sets them apart from their peers, it’s their capacity…
Rick Ross has demonstrated a high level of consistency that has made him a force to reckon with in rap. The top ten Rick Ross songs feature some songs from his acclaimed album, some songs from his acclaimed 2012 album, God Forgives I Don’t as well as a couple from his 2010 album, Teflon Don….
Kenny Rogers began his recording career in the 1950s with the Scholars. After that, he performed with several other bands before finally tasting success with The Final Edition. When the band broke up in 1975, Rogers took his first steps toward solo success with his debut solo album, Love Lifted Me. His second album, Kenny…