Inā noi ʻia ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kahi mele mele ʻuhane, e paʻa koke ka inoa ʻo Erykah Badu i kou hoʻomanaʻo. ʻAʻole hoihoi kēia mea mele i kona leo hoʻohiwahiwa, nani ke ʻano o ka hana, akā me kona helehelena ʻokoʻa. ʻO kahi wahine ʻeleʻele maikaʻi ke aloha nui i nā poʻo eccentric. ʻO nā pāpale mua a me nā poʻo poʻo i kona helehelena i lilo i […]

ʻO Otis Redding kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi koʻikoʻi i puka mai i ka hui mele Southern Soul i nā makahiki 1960. He leo koʻikoʻi ko ka mea hoʻokani i hiki ke hōʻike i ka hauʻoli, ka hilinaʻi, a me ka ʻeha puʻuwai. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka makemake a me ke koʻikoʻi i kāna mau leo ​​i hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia kekahi o kāna mau hoa. ʻO ia hoʻi […]

He hui hoʻomana ʻo Village People mai ʻAmelika nona nā mea hoʻokani pila i hāʻawi i ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ia ʻano e like me ka disco. Ua loli pinepine ka haku o ka hui. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia i pale i ka hui o Village People mai ka waiho ʻana i nā punahele no kekahi mau makahiki. ʻO ka mōʻaukala a me ka haku ʻana o ka Village People pili ka Village People me ka Greenwich Village […]

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Queen Queen Latifah ma kona ʻāina hānau ʻo "Queen of female rap." ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka hōkū ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani a haku mele. ʻOi aku ma mua o 30 mau kuleana o ka mea kaulana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. He mea hoihoi ia, ʻoiai ka piha maoli, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā ia iho i ka ʻoihana hoʻohālike. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi kanaka kaulana i kekahi o kāna mau nīnauele […]

ʻO ka hui SWV he hui ia o ʻekolu mau hoa kula i hoʻokō i ka lanakila nui i nā makahiki 1990 o ke kenekulia i hala. ʻO ka hui wahine he 25 miliona mau moʻolelo i kūʻai ʻia, kahi koho no ka makana mele Grammy hanohano, a me kekahi mau album ma ke kūlana platinum pālua. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana a SWV SWV (Sisters with […]

He aha kāu e hoʻopili ai i ka funk a me ka ʻuhane? ʻOiaʻiʻo, me nā leo o James Brown, Ray Charles a me George Clinton. ʻAʻole i ʻike nui ʻia ma ke ʻano o kēia poʻe kaulana kaulana ʻo Wilson Pickett. I kēia manawa, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi i ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻuhane a me ka leʻaleʻa i nā makahiki 1960. ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Wilson […]