Mariah Carey opened her mouth and silenced the naysayers on 2005’s The Emancipation of Mimi. The album was the best-selling LP of 2005 in the United States, and yielded one of the longest running number one records in Billboard Hot 100 history. The success and singles are the stuff of […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Believe it or not, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga to the world has been making her little monsters ecstatic since 2008! This week marks the anniversary of the release of her second body of work The Fame Monster, originally slated as an EP, […]
CAUTION, RELEASED NOVEMBER 16, 2018 Since its release in November 2018, Mariah Carey’s fifteenth studio album Caution almost hasn’t aged. (Just like the Queen who created it). Lauded with rave reviews by critics upon its release, adored by the loyal Lambily in every waking minute since, the album still sounds as fresh […]
November 16, 2004. On November 16, 2004, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams reunited once more as Destiny’s Child for their final album, Destiny Fulfilled. However, to fully understand the magnitude of this moment, one must travel back and truly relive this unprecedented moment in music history. The Anticipation Was Real. […]
It was a little misty on that warm November night… when I started my 2.5 hour drive into Manhattan to tape a “Fan Video for Mariah Carey” with Jimmy Fallon. The day before, I received an invitation from Jimmy Fallon’s team to come to a taping for Mariah Carey. For Mariah Carey? Not with […]
The story of my love for Mariah Carey started in 1998 with my budding obsession for Aretha Franklin, VH1 Divas Live, and “Chain of Fools”. But my true journey on the Mariah Carey train began on Christmas 1999, when I unwrapped a copy of Rainbow underneath the Christmas tree. Rainbow […]
Crowning a Monarch In 1994, Christmas as we know it was forever changed when Mariah Carey released her first Christmas album. Before 1994, the phrase “Merry Christmas” was merely a holiday greeting… until Mariah Carey claimed the phrase for her own. Its omnipresence every holiday season makes it difficult to […]
In 2008, Michelle Williams made a bold change in direction with her third solo album. On the aptly titled Unexpected, Williams opted to release a dance pop album after releasing two successful gospel albums (Heart To Yours and Do You Know). It was a daring move that yielded an innovative and infectious […]
In the final decades of her career, Aretha Franklin released a modest amount of music compared to her early years. Gone were the days of releasing an album or two every year. So Damn Happy is one of Aretha’s final bodies of work, despite being released 15 years before her passing […]
Over the course of Aretha Franklin’s career she recorded more than 40 studio albums. Most of these albums are readily available to stream across Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. However, 6 of Aretha’s albums are absent from all platforms. While none of them rank among her best work, each album […]
