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Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s ...

Others are just confusing, like the emulation of a tabla on “Basic Space.” These elements might have sounded fresh at the ...

New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard and Billboard Español ...

Melody Prochet gets a new band but keeps her old sound in her appealing fifth album Thirteen years and five albums into her ...

Born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 1941, Cropper co-wrote the classic songs Green Onions for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and ...

An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few ...

B.H. The famous intro to Pickett’s signature song came from Cropper noodling around on his guitar before a session in Memphis ...