The Miracles, "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" Even over the course of just a few years (this is from 1962), the Motown sound evolved very rapidly. That's not to say anything wrong with this, it's delightful, but Motown moved really fast, and by...
Chuck D, "Mistachuck" Chuck D put out one solo album, Autobiography of Mistachuck, which really very much fits in alongside the mid-90s Public Enemy stuff, neither notably better or worse than the main band's stuff from that time. It has the same issue as those...
Two songs that I had to upload today! That's when you know you're getting the good stuff. And by good stuff, I mean "probably forgotten underground rock or C-list third-wave ska." Eric B. & Rakim, "I Know You Got Soul (Acapella)" Paid In Full, one of...
A couple of very influential releases today. Eric B. & Rakim, "My Melody" This is a track from Paid in Full, a groundbreaking record where Rakim raised the bar for MCs far beyond where it was before. It's a record where his rhyming still sounds fresh,...
