A cross hybrid of Ace of Base and Fleetwood Mac, The Wire landed like a meteor in 2013 - it crashed Pitchfork's top ten of the year, but failed to break into the Hot 100. Radio's loss.
While I'm here: back in the media-untrained day, the wife of the next act complained about losing a Grammy to U2's Bono!
And now they'll be lucky if they're nominated against her! #flawless #chimimandia
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Jay-Z's The Black Album had two main selling points: it was his 'last album,' and it featured a different producer on every track. 99 Problems, with Rick Rubin at the helm, stands out from the rest. Tapping into the zeitgeist of rap/rock at the time, but elevating itself far above the crowd, it worked because it verbalized something that all young people, particularly young males, feel - anger with authorities.
Next: Some students do well at Chemistry. Some do well at Physics. Some do well at .... fill in that blank please.
In 1990, the music industry was waiting with baited breath for the return of George Michael. By the end of the last decade, he emerged as the biggest - and most promising - male superstar of the time.
But George was tired. Fed up with record label politics, with constant promotion and with standard imagery. His response? Freedom '90. A song that stands as both a FU to his tormentors and as a call out from behind the closet doors, it also became notable for not having one shot of George in the video. Instead, to prove a point, he enlisted the biggest supermodels (back when there was such a thing) to sub in for him. The result is something in-arguably iconic.
should be at least 96 places higher
