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Iconic moments in music history.

From ‘Be Faithful’ to Forever: Scoop’s Voice Now Echoes in Harlem’s Concrete
A Street Named Scoop: The Unlikely Journey of Harlem’s Most Electrifying Export By NWO Sparrow There are voices that define eras, Biggie’s effortless Brooklyn cool, Busta’s manic energy, Missy’s futuristic flow, and then there’s Fatman Scoop, the human airhorn who turned ad-libs into anthems. On August 9, Harlem will cement his legacy in concrete as 109th Street and 5th Avenue becomes “Isaac ‘Fatman Scoop’ Freeman III Place.” But this isn’t just another street co-naming. It’s the culmination of a story that’s pure New York, a kid from the projects who became the undisputed blueprint for hype men worldwide, The voice that once made stadiums tremble and block parties erupt will now echo forever through Harlem’s streets. This is a permanent tribute to the Grammy-winning hype man who left us too soon but whose impact will never fade.
By NWO SPARROW7 months ago in Beat
🪞Hauntology and the Echoes of Forgotten Futures . AI-Generated.
In the fog-drenched halls of dark ambient music, there's a particular kind of ghost that lingers—not just specters of the past, but hauntings from futures we imagined and lost.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
🚪 Between Worlds: Liminality and Threshold Emotion in Dark Ambient . AI-Generated.
There’s a moment before the dream begins. There’s a breath between the inhale and the exhale. There’s a hallway, a mist, a doorway not yet stepped through.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
🗺️ Sound as a Place: How Music Becomes Emotional Geography . AI-Generated.
Close your eyes. Think of the last song that truly moved you. Now think: Where did it take you? Not just emotionally—but physically, spatially. Did it drop you into a rainy city at midnight? A sunlit rooftop in summer? An empty bedroom at 2AM? Did it make you feel like you were somewhere else entirely—maybe even a place that doesn’t exist?
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
The War Room
Introduction My friend Matthew Fromm just published a story on Vocal that made me think of "The War Room" by Public Service Broadcasting which you can read here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Beat
Rikki La Rouge Latin Crossover 🇨🇺 🎼 🌕
MTV has acknowledged Rikki La Rouge as an artist and Latin artist she even had a MTV website too. RIKKI wrote a lifetime achievement award proposal to The Latin Grammys 2014 for Willy Chirino to which Willy received that year. on the reverbnation latin music chart in Miami,FL Rikki spent alot of time at number one. Mi Corazon Cubano and Bombon Sexual (Reggaeton Remix 2012) are the two singles from Rikki La Rouge that received double credit for radio from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Rikki La Rouge album "San Antonio" released on Christmas Day 2013 on Interscope Digital Distribution (UMG) /Universal Music Group is a 57th Grammy award 1st round nomination ballot album. With Clear Channel communication as an IHEARTRADIO artist Rikki has had 5 hit songs : LA CESTA HIERBA (52 PLAYS), El Aqua y El Sol (29 plays), Sexual Bombon (21 plays), Mi Ruego Por tu Dulce Amor (21 plays), and Caminare Caminare (15 plays). Rikki La Rouge credits Willy Chirino and his daughters Angie and Nicolle and Jesse The Chirino sisters with Musically discovering her. Rikki La Rouge discography: Interscope Digital Distribution/Tunecore/Universal Music Group (UMG) All Releases on Interscope via Interscope Digital Distribution for the entire Rikki La Rouge discography please the Rikki La Rouge All Music Guide page. Rikki always wanted to have a song that would inspire a "dance craze" like the Macarena and she found it in the song "Sazon" which was originally a merenque then was a cumbia on the album "el otro lado de yo" and it's finally incarnation as a 'dance craze" song "Sazon-(MIAMI REMIX). Willy showed support for Rikki and the song by retweeting it to his followers on twitter. Jango.com-Internet Radio (a leader in internet Radio) introduced my music to listeners and fans of Willy Chirino and Celia Cruz. The single was "La Cesta Hierba". on recording her first Spanish musical cd's created a new kind of are they called 'lo sabor de Nueva York ": 1/2 Cuban music and 1/2 Mexican music with American music of the streets. Rikki is a crossover artist into Musica Latina. Rikki La ROUGE Singer/Songwriter/publisher/producer. Rikki is lifelong supporter of CUBA LIBRE and her people and all other countries in the fight. With her music RIKKI recorded an album called "Operacion:La Verdad", in the name of democracy and libretad for Cuban people and Bolivian people. put it on the list of Latin Grammy registration as a way to bring the whole world attencion that is exactly happening in Cuba and Bolivia.Rikki's music made it to Cuba. the song "Libretad Por BOLIVIA" from the album "Operation: La Verdad" found its way to Bolivia courtesy of YouTube with the message of democracy and freedom came to Bolivia. Primary influences for Rikki in musica latina who also broke through to become international stars influences Willy Chirino and Selena. On youtube in rikki's profile in the similar artists who rikki is similar to and they to her in vice versa are Willy Chirino and Selena.
By Rikki La Rouge7 months ago in Beat
From Songs To Symphonies
Introduction This is a Seven Days In excavation from 31st January 2020 about how musicians expanded their musical pieces from three-minute songs to twenty-minute opuses and further. I will expand this piece as well because I know there are other pieces that are relevant.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Beat
Rate-O-Rama #37: Wynken, Blynken and Nod
🥳🎉🎊Are you ready to have fun, let’s play Rate-O-Rama! 🥳🎉🎊 🚀🎸🎹🥁🎺🎼 If you’d like to receive a notification when the next Rate-O-Rama post is published, let me know in the comments.
By Rick Henry Christopher 7 months ago in Beat
☀️ Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1 . AI-Generated.
When the air gets warmer and the days stretch a little longer, there’s an unspoken magic that settles over everything. It’s in the quiet stillness of early morning light, the soft hum of a fan in the background, or the way sunlight dances on your skin during a lazy walk home. Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1, the latest compilation from The Yume Collective, captures that magic in musical form.
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
Some Canterbury Tales
Introduction I recently joined a Facebook group, "The Canterbury Scene", and they are extremely engaging and have been very welcoming when I have posted there, so I thought I would make a playlist of some of my favourite songs by Canterbury-related artists. You can check the group out here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Beat
Do Artists Get Paid to Perform at Hot 97 Summer Jam? Here's the Real Deal. By NWO Sparrow
Every June, the tri-state locks in on Hot 97 Summer Jam like it’s the Super Bowl of hip-hop. Artists fly in, fans flood wherever the big show will be hosted that year between New York and New Jersey. Surprise guests pop out, and the culture gets its annual fireworks show. But behind the lights, the social media recaps, and the flexed out setlists — one question always lingers among the casuals , Do the artists actually get paid to perform at Summer Jam?
By NWO SPARROW8 months ago in Beat
Sh*t I Could Watch Over and Over and Do # 14
"I'm the last man talking to the first machine. And I don't know which one of us is real." — Unknown Everyone knows already that robots are superior, far superior to mankind: and damn if they don't smell better. Furthermore, robots are going to rise up, like in Karel Čapek's classic 1920 science fiction play R.U.R., and destroy Western civilization quicker than you can say "Great Satan." Furthermore, robot chicks do it better, baby, particularly if they're covered in breathable latex. Can you think of another partner to be with who can, quite literally, turn on "vibrate" mode at the drop of the proverbial switch?
By Tom Baker8 months ago in Beat