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RIP Critical Minded: 2012-2022

mreeves July 13, 2022 No Comments

Hi, this site is no longer being updated, and will be inactive soon. Please visit my new website: humthrush.com.

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80s Black Pop Crossover

mreeves November 28, 2016 No Comments R&B

The 1980s marked a time of industry segregation and cultural malaise. These are some of the black artists that broke through the glass ceiling.

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Bay Area Mobb Music

mreeves November 27, 2016 1 Comment Hip-Hop 1990s

The San Francisco Bay Area rap scene’s most crucial development took place during the 1990s. This was the golden age of West Coast G-funk…and mobb music.

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80s UK Jazz-Pop

mreeves November 19, 2016 No Comments PlaylistsPop MusicR&B

  The brief interest in cool, painfully hip jazz-pop in the UK was a curious thing. It was the child of New Romantic fashion hounds,…

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The Scream Years

mreeves October 15, 2016 No Comments Pop MusicR&B

The Scream Tour was exactly as advertised. I learned this when I attended a “Scream IV” concert in 2005, and found myself amidst tens of…

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