(ThyBlackMan.com) DaBaby released his second album in a matter of months, Blame It on Baby, in mid-April, and it was a commercial success. The album was another commercial success for DaBaby, debuting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 while selling 124k copies in the first week. But some fans and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In April, Drake released his hit single “Toosie Slide,” and like most things Drake does, it had a polarizing response. Some understood the tactical move behind the song: blowing up Tik-Tok and social media was his prime intention as we all sit in quarantine. Others found an issue with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 1988, Public Enemy recorded “Bring the Noise.” It appears as the first song on the A-side of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and also had the strength to chart peaking at 56 in the U.S. The song featured a couple of shout ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up hip-hop is different for everyone. Hip-hop connected early for some folks, for others it hit a little later, and still there are those who are so far removed from the themes in a lot of hip-hop that they can’t relate. Also, depending on the period, the music ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Public Enemy is a group that dropped its debut late in the 1980s but came in with aggression, rawness, and energy. It was similar to LL Cool J coming in with Radio only there was less bragging and just more intensity. While I loved the “Bring the Noise” crossover ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) LL Cool J is a hip-hop legend who made his debut with the 1984 single “I Need A Beat”. That track would be featured on his debut album Radio a year later. Entering the game when a new wave of rappers were entering the east coast/NYC scene, LL Cool ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nu metal was a wave in rock and metal that a lot of Black kids got in on during the late 90s and early 00s. I know many classmates and friends who were introduced to rock through alternative rock and nu metal. Throughout the 2000s, nu metal was included ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whitney Houston was a singer with an amazing voice and stage presence. Dropping her first solo album in 1985, she was also what you’d call a hit machine with a strong musical pedigree. One could say that she was going to be a star regardless but Whitney Houston had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This five dive is a harder one as we go into the top five Little Richard songs from his 1957 full length debut. One of the earliest rock legends, Little Richard came from a gospel background which led to him getting into the business primarily performing R&B. An interesting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jimi Hendrix is one of the earliest guitar gods in rock history. The things we did with and to a guitar were groundbreaking in the 1960s. His playing became one of the concrete tracks in hard rock with a number of musicians pointing to him as an inspiration for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I love hip hop when it’s at its loudest and fastest. Sure, I enjoy chilling and just absorbing the beats and lyrics with no distractions. However, most of the time I want that intense hip hop with “Umph” to it. Skilled lyricist or barebones basic—with the right beat and conviction ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re doing another album dive and this time it’s Sound Barrier’s 1986 release Speed of Light! Sound Barrier was one of the bands mentioned in our Black heavy metal/hard rock feature and Speed of Light was the recommended album. How good is it compared to their 1983 debut Born ...