Michael Jackson left behind an incredible amount of music, a lot of it not really known by the masses. Here are some of our favorite…
With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide…
In this exclusive interview for TheUrbandaily.com, singer and songwriter Jeff Redd shares what inspired his club classic, “You Called And Told Me” and how it…
Hip hop producers are known for digging deep in the crates for the records they use to create the songs we all know and love.…
90's hip-hop stars Kid 'N Play will reunite tonight on TV One's Way Black When for the series' last night of reminiscing on the 1990s.
Led Zeppelin is considered by many to be one of the greatest bands in the history of rock music, but their roots clearly lie in…
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with his group The Impressions, as…
On the extended version of his 1988 single “I Wish U Heaven,” Prince sang “Take this beat / I don’t mind / Got plenty others…
While music videos in the 80s and 90s were characterized by elaborate choreography and first-generation special effects, things really got kicked up a notch visually…
In the 1980s, musicians only scratched the surface of what could be done with the music video. Michael Jackson set the standard and in the…
Music videos weren’t exactly a new phenomenon when MTV debuted in 1981. French musicians had been making short films to accompany their songs since the…
It goes without saying that Kanye West, who celebrated a birthday yesterday, is one of hip-hop’s greatest producers. Taking a cue from the Wu-Tang Clan’s…
