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Artist: The Beatles
So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced... [+] Read More
Artist: Britney Spears
More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys certainly paved the way for her own commercial breakthrough, but Spears didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell... [+] Read More
Artist: RBD
There may be little that is musically authentic about RBD, a prefabricated pop/rock act that was initiated on television, yet the group of Mexican teens achieved astounding commercial success, quickly becoming a multilingual pop culture juggernaut whose market impact stretched from Brazil to the United States. The group is comprised of six... [+] Read More
Artist: The Bee Gees
No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s has experienced more ups and downs in its popularity, or attracted a more varied audience across the decades than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters in their own right and style, perfecting in the process a... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy More
As long as the beat is snappy, fans of this artist don't seem to care whether his name is listed as Billy Moore or Billy More. Moreover, once these dancefloor denizens start raving, they most likely would have trouble telling single from double, be it letters from the alphabet or bales of hay that are being squinted at. The list of More or Moore... [+] Read More
Artist: Necro
Brooklyn-based hardcore rapper Necro raised the bar for perversity in the late '90s and early 2000s with his music and films. Influenced by drugs, gore, pornography, and violence, Necro set out to incorporate these themes into his rapping. He effectively did so on his debut full-length, I Need Drugs (2000). The album featured drug songs (the... [+] Read More
Artist: Mobb Deep
As golden age rap suddenly gave way to West Coast gangsta in the early '90s, an East Coast variety of hardcore rap arose in turn, with Mobb Deep initially standing tall as one of New York's hardcore figureheads on the basis of their epochal Infamous album. Released in April 1995, The Infamous was released almost exactly a year after Illmatic and... [+] Read More
Artist: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston is inarguably one of the of the biggest female pop stars of all time. Her accomplishments as a hitmaker are extraordinary; just to scratch the surface, she became the first artist ever to have seven consecutive singles hit number one, and her 1993 Dolly Parton cover "I Will Always Love You" became nothing less than the biggest... [+] Read More
Artist: E-40
Throughout the '90s and into the next decade, E-40 led a generation of Cali Bay Area rappers and attracted a large cult following of listeners that spread from the West Coast to the South. His uncanny rhyme delivery set him apart from the mainstream, as he coined his own lexicon of street-speak and experimented with overdubbed vocals. Moreover,... [+] Read More
Artist: Mystic Djim
Mystic Djim is a major figure in the current music scene in Cameroon, if not the most important. He is a reggae singer (though without dreadlocks, which are a signal of drug usage in Cameroon), but more importantly he is the major producer in the music circles of the country. He owns and operates Mystic Djim's Mobile Studio, which provides the... [+] Read More
Artist: Livio
Though the rap game was overpopulated with run-of-the-mill artists in the early 2000s -- conveniently divided into one of three coasts and their respective styles -- Livio impressed many in the underground scene with his unique twist on the standard West Coast style. Coming from the unlikely home base of Seattle, Livio aligned himself with the... [+] Read More
Artist: Pantera
No band affected the metal world more than Pantera during the early to mid-'90s. Beginning with its 1990 album, Cowboys from Hell, the post-thrash band put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. Sure, a lot of... [+] Read More
Artist: Boyz II Men
According to no less an authority than the RIAA, Boyz II Men are the most commercially successful R&B group of all time. They've sold ludicrous numbers of records and been involved in three of the longest-running number-one pop singles in history, and they've done it as a unit of equals. In fact, their four-part harmonies blend so smoothly that... [+] Read More
Artist: Fireballet
Begun in North Jersey as The Fireball Kids, Fireballet marked the American emergence of bands that would at least attempt to contend with the classical vocabulary of European counterparts like Emerson Lake and Palmer and Gentle Giant. Moreover, the band boasted the production talents of a bona-fide founding father of prog rock: Ian McDonald,... [+] Read More
Artist: Heavy Stereo
Heavy Stereo was among a number of British guitar bands signed in the wake of Oasis' worldwide popularity in the mid-'90s; in fact, their only album, Deja Voodoo, was released on Creation Records, the label that discovered Oasis. What separated Heavy Stereo from their peers was their unapologetic affection for '70s glam rock; they were massively... [+] Read More
Artist: Casey McSocial
Mix the funk and intensity of the Red Hot Chili Peppers lead riffs and jams with the groovy, laid back ska rhythms and vocals of Sublime and you get just a small idea of what Casey McSocial is all about. Moreover the four piece group, Casey McSocial, is a tightly knit musical display with a strong foundation of clean, syncopated funky rhythms,... [+] Read More
Artist: B Wicked
B-wicked, a.k.a Bertin Katz joined BNE at the end of 2004, a unique and fresh addition to our happy family. Bertin is here to spice up our musical agenda, bringing his huge musical background and personal addictions to rock, funk, soul, trip hop and alternative electronica to a place where he had to explode from the inside.We think it’s... [+] Read More
Artist: SednA
I was born in Sivas in 1985;I have been living in Bursa for 16 years; and just graduated from Uldag University;from the English department;and know I'm preparin for KPSS to be an Englih teacher. My life style is hiphop and my music is rap and r&b soul.Firstly;I started to listen and learn about rap and hiphop in the year of 2000. For 5 years I... [+] Read More
Artist: 4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes howled their way onto the charts in 1993 with "What's Up?" and then vanished without a whisper. Formed in 1989 with Linda Perry (vocals), Roger Rocha (guitar), Christa Hillhouse (bass), and Dawn Richardson (drums), 4 Non Blondes had no problems attracting major labels, but they didn't know how to market them. The band was... [+] Read More
Artist: Pia Zadora
Often derided by critics in the early '80s for her starring roles in really bad movies, Pia Zadora found more respect as a singer. A former child actress, Zadora became a favorite target for film reviewers who argued that her acting career was the result of being married to multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis. (Her Golden Globe award in 1982 was... [+] Read More
Artist: Ray Stevens
One of the most popular novelty artists of all time, Ray Stevens enjoyed a remarkably long career, with a stretch of charting singles -- some of them major hits -- that spanned four decades. Unlike parody king Weird Al Yankovic, Stevens made most of his impact with original material, often based on cultural trends of the day. Yet his knack for... [+] Read More
Artist: Juicy J
Together with production partner DJ Paul, Juicy J played an important role in the South's rise to prominence within the once East- and West Coast-dominated rap industry. Behind the duo's leadership, Three 6 Mafia rose from an underground phenomenon in Memphis to a nationally recognized rap empire, spinning off numerous solo albums for the... [+] Read More
Artist: DJ Paul
Together with production partner Juicy J, DJ Paul played an important role in the South's rise to prominence within the once East- and West Coast-dominated rap industry. Behind the duo's leadership, Three 6 Mafia rose from an underground phenomenon in Memphis to a nationally recognized rap empire, spinning off numerous solo albums for the... [+] Read More
Artist: Bradford
Morrissey's praise for Bradford was far from a shocking revelation. The Blackburn, England, group's breezy, jangling riffs mirrored the Smiths' ringing guitars; moreover, Smiths producer Stephen Street even turned the knobs on Bradford's only LP, 1989's Shouting Quietly. Bradford were seen as inheritors of the Smiths' mope rock throne when they... [+] Read More
Artist: Eric B. & Rakim
They never had a mainstream hit of their own, but during rap's so-called golden age in the late '80s, Eric B. & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop. Not only was their chemistry superb, but individually, each represented the absolute state of the art in their respective skills. Eric B. was a... [+] Read More
