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Tag: 1990s

Still Special: 25 Years of “The Velvet Rope”

One could talk for hours about the cultural significance of an album like The Velvet Rope: the way its composition and…
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Posted on: October 5, 2022 Last updated on: October 5, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DARRYL PANDY

in 1986, house music was still on the ascent in the US and abroad when “love can’t turn around,” a…
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Posted on: October 5, 2022 Last updated on: October 5, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

TEVIN CAMPBELL

most recording artists only wish to have recorded with quincy jones and prince, but by age 14, tevin campbell worked…
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Posted on: August 19, 2022 Last updated on: August 19, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Madonna’s “In This Life”

Picture it! America 1992. AIDS becomes the number one cause of death for men 25 – 44 years old. Activists…
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Posted on: August 16, 2022 Last updated on: August 16, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Kevin Aviance

Kevin Aviance’s “Cunty” Remains a Legendary & Impactful Song

standing at over six feet tall, kevin aviance annihilated social expectations of gender expression all while conquering ballroom and dance…
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Posted on: July 30, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

UNCANNY ALLIANCE

in the early 1990s, there was no shortage of dance groups from new york garnering national notoriety at both the…
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Posted on: June 30, 2022 Last updated on: June 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

For My Mother: “A Day In My Life (Without You)”

I remember the night in the summer of 1991 as I sat on the steps with my two-speaker double cassette…
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Posted on: June 22, 2022 Last updated on: June 22, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” Does

Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Does

if you are up at this time like i am it is probably because you have been dancing in the…
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Posted on: June 21, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

the songs i loved: mc trouble’s “(i wanna) make you mine”

there was a time beginning in the early 1990s when highly choreographed hip-hop music videos were frowned upon and viewed…
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Posted on: April 18, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of

i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon…
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Posted on: February 14, 2022 Last updated on: February 14, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
in the summer of 1988, i had a friend named jacqueline who lived next door from us. she was a…
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Posted on: February 13, 2022 Last updated on: February 13, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

OAKTOWN’S 357

oaktown’s 357 were one of hip-hop’s most exciting groups of the early 1990s. heir combination of catchy rhymes, dope fashions,…
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Posted on: February 7, 2022 Last updated on: February 7, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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