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 […]
In 1998 Aretha Franklin had far from anything to prove, but that didn’t stop her from proving a lot. After a seven-year gap, Aretha released one of her strongest and most cohesive albums to date: A Rose Is Still A Rose. The album pairs Aretha with contemporary powerhouses like Lauryn […]
Faith Hill’s “Where Are You Christmas?” To some, it’s ‘that song from the Jim Carrey remake of How The Grinch Stole Christmas’. To others, it’s a source of frustration. Each year the song rises onto the top 10 of at least one Billboard Holiday Chart. Why? In short, two words: […]
On November 11, 1997, the world was formally introduced to Destiny’s Child. With the release of their debut single “No, No, No” Parts 1 and 2, Destiny’s Child landed on the music scene and scored their first big hit. Thanks to its Part 2, a remix by Fugees frontman Wyclef […]
October marks the 10th anniversary of Britney Spears’ sixth studio album, Blackout. Before getting into the crux of things, it’s important to set the scene. 2004 It’s 2004 and In The Zone is still a recent release. The album hit No.1 and produced worldwide hits ‘Me Against The Music’, ‘Toxic’ and ‘Everytime’, […]
September 16, 1997. In September 1997, Mariah Carey released Butterfly, her self-described favorite and best album. Among her adoring fans, the #Lambily, it is widely considered the fan-favorite and best album as well, though some do differ in opinion. Still, Butterfly remains a sorely underrated classic in the grander scheme […]
July 3, 2007 Kelly Rowland’s solo career has seen many stages. For most, her return with 2007’s “Like This” was the first solo move she had made in the nearly five years following the release of her debut album. However, true fans knew better. She had a busy few years, […]
The Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul While Hip-Hop saw during the 90s a handful of women who gave the genre a breath of fresh air with their fierceness, the R&B world welcomed a different kind of Queen, one that was able to merge two worlds. Mary J. Blige was the woman to […]
For the first piece in EST. 1997’s Ladies Night: A Summer of Hip-Hop Queens series, we crown Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes the Queen Supernova of Hip-Hop. It is eery that Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes’ last body of work before her death in 2002 was entitled Supernova. A supernova, in astronomical terms, […]
In 1992, a 22 year-old Mariah Carey had much to prove. A mere two years into her career, she already notched 5 consecutive #1 singles, starting with her debut single “Vision Of Love“. She also collected 2 Grammys Awards, including Best New Artist. Despite all this success, she didn’t take her […]
