Ella Langley And Charli XCX Head MD’s Tracks Amid A Billboard Hip-Hop Crisis

You may have seen elsewhere the alarms blaring — is rap no longer pop music? We’ll defer a whole crisis breakdown, but it’s hard to ignore the facts. For the first time in years, Billboard’s top 40 doesn’t include a whisper of hip-hop. On our charts, however, there’s still plenty to note, as Megan Thee […]

On Halloween, Revisiting Michael Jackson video ‘Thriller’ After 40+ Years

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" cover art

Michael Jackson made the most iconic “Thriller” music video and album in the early 1980s forever changed the music and entertainment industry. Directed by John Landis, the 14-minute video featured groundbreaking special effects, elaborate choreography, and a memorable zombie dance sequence that is widely known and recognizable, even 42 years later. Breaking Boundaries With The […]

Why You Should Check Out Memphis’ CMG And Their Label Tapes

The cover art for Gangsta Art 2, the third official compilation album released by Memphis' CMG Records.

Since rap has become big business, the label compilation tape has been a crucial part of the genre’s fabric. What began in the heyday of Death Row Records with their Murder Was the Case soundtrack has shifted and grown in the years since—giving us a historic run of G-Unit tapes in the mid-2000s, and then […]

MD Discovery: How Sid Sriram Is Shifting the Genre Scene

Sid Sriram

Wildly inventive, effervescent, and eclectic, Indian singer-songwriter Sid Sriram is making waves across the world. Embracing both his American nationality and Indian heritage, Sid Sriram has quickly become a master producer of all different styles of music. Let’s check out this intriguing artist together… Carnatic, Soul, and Jazz Fusion Born in India but moving to […]