Following Mariah Carey’s Rainbow: A Retrospective
The story of my love for Mariah Carey started in 1998 with my budding obsession for Aretha Franklin, VH1 Divas […]
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Kelly Rowland solidified her sound with ‘Ms. Kelly’
July 3, 2007 Kelly Rowland’s solo career has seen many stages. For most, her return with 2007’s “Like This” was […]
The Reigning Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul: Mary J. Blige
The Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul While Hip-Hop saw during the 90s a handful of women who gave the genre a breath […]
Hip-Hop’s Queen Supernova: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
For the first piece in EST. 1997’s Ladies Night: A Summer of Hip-Hop Queens series, we crown Lisa “Left Eye” […]
How Mariah Carey’s MTV Unplugged silenced her critics
In 1992, a 22 year-old Mariah Carey had much to prove. A mere two years into her career, she already […]
Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’: Her Greatest Vocal Performance
Have you ever heard Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace? If the answer is ‘no’, click here (YouTube) or here (Spotify), start […]
Beyoncé showed us how to “Work It Out” 15 years ago
How You Doing Honey Baby? It’s hard to imagine a time when Beyoncé wasn’t a one-name, larger-than-life superstar in her […]