By overcoming personal hardships, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Mary J Blige is living proof of this. She has gone through depression, drug and substance abuse, infidelity and has had to overcome all this to be regarded as the Queen of Soul and Hip Hop. Mary J Blige’s career began back…
A beat drop is a sudden change in a track’s rhythm or bass line. It tends to be associated with electronic dance music. However, it can be found in other genres, which makes sense because it originated in the disco and rock music of the 1970s. There are incredible beat-drop songs, meaning interested individuals shouldn’t…
There’s something irresistible about a power ballad, especially a power ballad for the 90s. The hair might have been laughable, the shoulder pads might have been ludicrous, and the videos might have been self-indulgent, but 90s pop stars knew how to craft a future karaoke classic. Guilty pleasures or not, we dare you not to…
NOFX are a punk band that’s a little different from most punk bands, from today or from the day that NOFX started. They aren’t necessarily a comedic band but they certainly have their fair share of comedic points of view. Overall, NOFX vocalist Fat Mike has always been very outspoken but over recent years, he…
For over 20 years, Sum 41 has been gracing the stages and airwaves with hit after hit. Their smash-hit album, All Killer No Filler, released in 2001, selling over 2 million copies and earning Diamond status in the US. 6 albums later and the band is still touring relentlessly each year. The bands latest album,…
The only thing better than one rock star? Two of them. Most of the time, anyway. Not every collaboration ends well, especially when you have two big egos competing for their share of the limelight. But when they work, the results can be magical. Whether we’re talking Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and…
Daryle Singletary songs were made to withstand the test of time, and they certainly do that. Although he was only on the country scene for a relatively few number of years before his tragic passing in his late 40s, he left a legacy of music behind for fans to remember him by. Daryle was a…
Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer and songwriter who was born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort Macleod, Alberta, on November 7, 1943. She began her career in 1964 and is associated with the folk, rock, jazz, and pop genres of music. Mitchell is also known for playing the guitar and piano in many of her…
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…