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[VINTAGE VISION] Nas’s ‘Illmatic’ Turns 20
When 20-year-old MC Nas released his stellar debut Illmatic two decades ago this month, I must’ve been on the only...
When 20-year-old MC Nas released his stellar debut Illmatic two decades ago this month, I must’ve been on the only...
Although the best-selling writer Max Brooks (who penned World War Z, the zombie novel that inspired last year’s cinematic blockbuster)...
It was the summer of ’74 when I first fell in love with Chaka Khan. Living in Harlem, every radio...
With February 2014 marking the 50th anniversary of the Beatles invading America, we have been immersed in commemorative magazines, TV...
There used to be a time when, for me, Black History Month simply meant a few cool specials on PBS...
Pre-Boomerang/Cartoon Network, when there were only three major networks (CBS, NBC and ABC), part of the television ritual for kids...
Earlier this week, the family of the late musical legend Marvin Gaye was once again in the news when they...
A few years before James Brown’s death at the age of 73—on Christmas morning in 2006—I went with radio personality...
Although Alicia Keys attained superstar status in 2001 with Songs in A Minor—winning Grammys and adulation from Oprah Winfrey and...
With the release of The Butler, Fruitvale Station, 12 Years a Slave and The Best Man Holiday, 2013 has been...