When music hits you, as Bob Marley said, you feel no pain. That is the way I feel when I first heard Tha Carter II. I’ve spoke on this album before, but I figured I’d revisit it. While not a perfect album, Lil’ Wayne’s second entry in his Carter series was one of the first […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: @BIGKRIT – Live From The Underground
A little over five years ago, Big K.R.I.T. dropped his first official release, Live From The Underground. I loved the album because, well, I’m a K.R.I.T. fan and I feel he can do no real wrong (rapping or producing). However, I felt that the album was a bit of a retread of his superior mixtapes, […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retro Review: Prince’s Self-Titled Album
Between 1978 and 1979, after the initial commercial “failure” of For You, Prince hopped back into the studio and began work of his second album. The self-titled affair, featuring a shirtless Prince staring off into the distance, featured a lot of the elements we came to know and love from Prince. It took the initial […]
Read moreRetro SOTBMusic Review: Prince – For You
Before I begin, please note that this is still only my opinion. And while this is, technically, a WIRTB (like my review of Around the World in a Day), I still am in the thought school that believes that Prince has never released a “bad” album. But, in 1978, Prince shook up the world with […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retro Review: @KingBobbyBrown – Don’t Be Cruel
Now, you know that I love DITC. So, I was all set to do a retro review on Bobby Brown’s first album King of Stage. I mean, not as many fans are aware of it (unless you know the entire history of NE; and even the recent BET movie–which was pretty encompassing for a six-hour […]
Read moreWas "Let Me Love You" Mario’s Peak?
I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I’d discuss “Let Me Love You” a bit more, especially with its recent resurgence on the sing-a-long competition Greatest Hits. So, here’s my piece and peace with this track. Photo Credit: Billboard.com As stated and reiterated here, I’ve neither negative feelings nor positive feelings about Mario’s music. For […]
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