Rob Base never thought “It Takes Two” would become a massive hit. He and DJ E-Z Rock were just aiming to make a neighborhood party record, straight from the streets of Harlem, to get bodies moving in their local clubs and skating rings. But “It Takes Two” blew up into …
Read More »Put Some Music History on Your Shelves With the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' Coffee Table Book
Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time has officially received the coffee table book treatment, with the expansive tome hitting shelves today, Nov. 1, via Abrams. The new anthology features the most recent iteration of the 500 Greatest Albums list, which was published in 2020 (the …
Read More »How Kanye West 'Cracked the Pavement' of Rap on 'Yeezus'
In 2013, Kanye West released Yeezus, his sixth studio album. It sounded like nothing the rapper had ever produced. Fans recoiled at the album’s experimental sound. This was Kanye at his most provocative, lyrically and sonically. Critics began to wonder if Ye, who seemed to be at the height of …
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