Is Beyoncé “soulless” for sampling Kelis’s “Get Along With You” on “Energy” from her Renaissance album without contacting Kelis first? Did the Grammys get it wrong when they said Afrobeats has African-American influences? Related posts: Media Questions Of The Week Media Questions Of The Week Media Questions Of The WeekContinue Reading
Kelis recorded “Popular Thug” for her 2001 album Wanderland. The quirky song about a woman falling for the proverbial bad boy was humorous and sounded like no other R&B singer at the time. Pusha T of The Clipse was the featured rapper who provided the comeback to Kelis’s complaint. TheContinue Reading
Who are the four record labels that BMG found that paid Black artists paid 3.4% less than white artists during their audit of legacy contracts?  Did Michael Jackson really want Pharrell to do produce songs like the ones he did for N.O.R.E. instead of the music given to Justin TimberlakeContinue Reading
[youtube id=”3AszPTJXIgM”]Usher’s “U Don’t Have To Call” embraced the feelings of relationship disappointment with a pep that reclaimed freedom in being single. Pharrell and Chad Hugo wrote the song as The Neptunes for Michael Jackson but Usher recorded it after Jackson’s management declined it. Usher had much success with “UContinue Reading