Deliberated on by our team of writers, we’ve ranked the top albums of 2018 that we loved. If you’re familiar with the way we review songs/albums, then you know that “97” is our top score. We love every album on this list, ranked them according to how much, and weighed in with a few […]
Proceed with Caution Mariah Carey has HAD IT, and she’s making it crystal clear before even one listen to her fifteenth studio album, aptly titled, Caution. Returning to a tradition of early albums, Caution clocks in at just 10 tracks, but what it lacks in length it makes up for […]
June 24, 2003 When Beyoncé released Dangerously In Love, her debut solo album, there was a lot on the table. The star lead vocalist of the biggest girl group in pop music, she had a lot of pressure to succeed. We won’t go into the album’s resume, because it’s long and […]
written by Andrew & Vincent We didn’t rank Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” number one on our top singles of 2017 for no reason. When “Bodak Yellow” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Cardi B made history. “Bodak” became the longest running #1 for a female rapper. She was […]
Mariah Carey is pop music’s most criminally underrated songwriter. While the publicity machines behind Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Alicia Keys made it a point to shove down our throats that they are singer-songwriters, that portrayal of Mariah Carey happened far too late. When she debuted, it was all about […]
Whether your thing is Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, or something else, the music world delivered several albums that we found to be worth of being called the top albums of 2017, or as we like to call them, “97s.” We saw the long awaited return of several of our favorites, and […]
Whether it be one of many iconic remixes, a scathing diss track, a bonafide money making anthem, or a one off song… our list this year feels rather random, but full of bops all the same. Scroll down to delve into our favorite singles of 2017. At EST. 1997, we […]
Vincent Back in August when the American Pops Orchestra announced their Aretha Franklin tribute show starring Michelle Williams, I unquestionably declared I was going. I would drive down to D.C. for the weekend – no problem. But who would come with me? Immediately, of course, I thought to ask Andrew. […]
In 1997, Mary J. Blige was on top of the world professionally. Her sophomore album, 1994’s My Life was a smash. Mary was at the forefront of the hip hop-soul revolution in music, garnering her the undisputed title “Queen of Hip Hop Soul”. She changed course with 1997’s Share My […]
It’s a special occasion! Mimi’s emancipation! Well not really.. but it is her ANNIVERSARY! Yes, Mariah Carey’s anniversary (not a birthday, dahhhling!) is reason for us to celebrate and get festive. Today we want to give you guys 12 of the reasons why Queen Mariah is EVERYTHING to her #Lambily. […]
