3/1/2011
Kenny Chesney moved to Nashville in 1991 and cut his teeth in the city's rougher live joints until he landed the contract that would lead to his debut album, In My Wildest Dreams (1993). The (un …
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3/1/2011
Born in Haiti and relocated to Brooklyn at the tender age of nine, Wyclef Jean is one of hip-hop's true everymen: an outspoken activist, jazz-trained guitarist, fearless producer, free-flowing MC, and …
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3/1/2011
Remixing the King of Pop is one thing (the disco ball-spinning swagger of "2 Bad"), but putting the Rock - an action star and former wrestler - in a speaker-thumping tropical rap tune ("It Doesn't Matt …
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3/1/2011
It all started with Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Bobby Brown, elementary-school Boston boys singing and dreaming big. They picked up Ralph Tresvant and Ronnie DeVoe, and before long, they broke out …
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3/1/2011
There's no denying that New Edition's bright-eyed and bouncy "Popcorn Love" is a too-cute treat, but as the group grew and evolved, the boys proved they had something a little more adult to offer, incl …
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3/1/2011
No other punk band personifies the true, transcendent power of rock like Social Distortion. Beneath those tattoos, blackout shades, and black leather jackets are the loudly beating hearts of a band of …
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3/1/2011
One of the things that's always made Social Distortion more than just another punk band is the way they fused the battering-ram force of hardcore with the lonesome twang of country and the rough-edged …
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3/1/2011
The native of Portland, Oregon, found himself unsuspectingly thrust into the national spotlight when his contribution to the Good Will Hunting soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar. That lucky s …
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3/1/2011
Lenny Kravitz is a High Priest in the Temple Of '60s rock-funk-soul. Yet there's more to this artist than a gift for recombining the DNA of John Lennon and Sly Stone. Kravitz's songs are Day-Glo diary …
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