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THROWBACK TUESDAY | BBMAK “BACK HERE”

BBMak hit the scene in 1999 with “Back Here” in the U.K. Though it originally flopped, a U.S re-release of their debut album Sooner or Later in 2000, propelled the track back into the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #13 and at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. “Back Here” takes [...]

TUESDAY THROWBACK| LIL KIM “NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY”

Ahhh its 2000. Rock is popular, R&B  is Pop and Pop is well…popular. Hip-hop is completing its commercial foundation and showing itself to be viable medium outside of the inner-cities  from which it was bred.  Lil’ Kim stood as a vibrant and brash female rapper who took charge of her sexuality and used it for [...]

TUESDAY THROWBACK| “GONE” NSYNC

There isn’t one definitive moment where 90′s teen pop ultimately went urban, but this is certainly one of them. N’sync released “Gone”, their second single from album Celebrity in 2001. The song, penned by Justin Timberkake with choreographer and former friend Wade Robson (the man whom Britney supposedly cheated on JT with), was one of [...]

TUESDAY THROWBACK| “THE BOY IS MINE”: BRANDY +MONICA

The year is 1998. Janet Jackson is arguably the queen of  blended genre of Pop/R&B,  and her princesses in waiting are Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica, with the first being the favorite to take the throne. Nonetheless, it’s the later two of three who are the stars of this summer. Brandy and Monica had the #1 [...]

TUESDAY THROWBACK| ENRIQUE IGLESISAS : BE WITH YOU

On this day 10 years ago, Enrique Iglesisas “Be With You” was the #1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100. “Be With You” was the 2nd single from Iglesias’s first English album Enrique. His latest album Euphoria will be online and in stores July 6th! Share on FacebookTweetTweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politics

TUESDAY THROWBACK| NEXT “TOO CLOSE”

Remember NEXT? Next was an R&B band who became extremely popular after the success of their second single from their debut album, “Too Close” made it to #1 on the Billboard Charts in 1998 and it was named Song of The Year by Billboard Magazine in 1998. This was the Jam! You couldn’t go to [...]

Tuesday Throwback| Spice Girls “Wannabe”

When The Notorious B.I.G died, his death marked a pivotal turn in the music industry. Gone were the days were gangsta rap and Hip-Hop ruled the airwaves, Pop music as we know it started to inch its way back through. The public was tired of the violence and unrest in the Hip-Hop community and sought [...]