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Tag: music history

When A Menudo Concert Paused Was in El Salvador

When I pressed play on Menudo: Forever Young on HBO Max , the new docu-series on the iconic Puerto Rican…
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Posted on: October 17, 2022 Last updated on: October 17, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

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

Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time”

“So many men, so little timeHow can I choose,So many men, so little timeHow can I choose” On March 14,…
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Posted on: September 20, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

olivia, i honestly love you. i remember the stereo with the big knob and bright neon dial. every morning i…
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Posted on: August 8, 2022 Last updated on: August 9, 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

Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: City High’s “What Would You Do?”

What would you do, if you knew that many of the songs that captivated older millennials and Gen Yers were…
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Posted on: June 30, 2022 Last updated on: June 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
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

10 Songs Leading the Latin-Freestyle Resurgence

freestyle music has direct ties to the early rise of hip-hop. like hip-hop, the freestyle genre was led by creative…
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Posted on: April 21, 2022 Last updated on: April 23, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

CAUSHUN

“Would there ever be a place for black gay/queer/SGL in hip hop?”, a question I asked myself in my youth.…
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Posted on: February 10, 2022 Last updated on: February 10, 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

LIZ TORRES

one of the first chicago house music singers to garner national notoriety in the mid-80s, especially in gay clubs, liz…
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Posted on: January 31, 2022 Last updated on: February 1, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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