Music

ETI takes an in-depth look at a significant album from her past. After Janet Jackson’s 1986 album Control and its assertion of her identity as an artist, Janet Jackson was thinking big. Rhythm Nation 1814 is a thrilling […]

The best Kanye West line of 2018 isn’t even a Kanye line. It’s on his brilliant collaborative album with Kid Cudi, Kids See Ghosts. Cudi, who has been candid about his struggles with mental illness but hadn’t been […]

ETI and the Janet Jackson camp have a great working relationship. We were the first website to announce the initial return of Janet Jackson back to music in 2015. So to be able to first […]

Before Tupac Shakur got his own record deal (or even a guest verse), he was on the scene paying his dues like any hungry rapper. And that included general roadie duties for Digital Underground, the self-proclaimed “freaks […]

In the history of modern music rankings, only a handful of songs have ever debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Hot 100 is widely considered the definitive all-genre singles chart in the US. Although it […]

When Kobe Bryant passed away on Jan. 26 at the age of 41, we were reminded of other iconic figures whose lives were tragically cut short. One of those people is The Notorious B.I.G. Not only was the […]

Though Forest Whitaker’s 1995 film Waiting to Exhale, based on the book by Terry McMillan was pivotal for Black women, the soundtrack has withstood the test of time. The award-winning soundtrack written and produced by Kenneth “Babyface” […]

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has had nothing short of a record-setting career: In June, Forbes dubbed Carter the first hip-hop artist to become a billionaire. But there was one thing in particular that Carter did early in his career that […]

Senegalese-American singer Akon says young music artists should avoid looking for lucrative record deals and instead focus on building their careers independently. “In the next 3 to 5 years, the major labels won’t exist anymore,” […]

Lil Yachty has emerged as one of hip-hop’s biggest stars of the moment: his first album, Teenage Emotions, debuted at Number Five, after his single “1 Night” racked up more than 107 million YouTube views. […]

“The music industry is now a digital business,” says the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America. U.S. revenues from streaming music eclipsed those from digital downloads for the first time in 2015, a […]

The Grammy Award winner made the announcement on Twitter in a video co-starring his friend and late night TV host Jimmy Fallon. This will be Justin Timberlake’s third halftime performance. Justin Timberlake needs to apologize […]

Lil Nas X isn’t an anomaly because black people have been a part of country music for a long time. When the writer and activist James Baldwin took part in a Cambridge University debate about […]

In celebration of Janet Jackson’s Vegas residency, each Thursday in the month of May, ETI takes an in-depth look at a significant album from her past. After her 1986 album Control and its assertion of her […]

In preparation to Janet Jackson’s Vegas residency, each Thursday in the month of May, ETI takes an in-depth look at a significant album from her past. Today, we revisit Janet Jackson’s 2004 album, a lush […]

Whether you love him, hate him or you somehow don’t have an opinion about Ye, it’s likely you know who Kanye West is. He’s got record-breaking album sales, he’s married to one of the biggest celebrities alive today […]

Before we get started let us say, this isn’t a popularity list, this is a list of the most influential. The people on this list changed music forever and inspired artists to follow in their […]

Top Songs is a feature in which we definitively handpick the very best songs in an artist or band’s catalog. Sounds simple, right? Oh, if only. For the truly great artists, their art implies a thorough […]

Not even 30 year old Nija Charles has already done what many songwriters would consider a career peak: She wrote two songs for Beyoncé. “[Producer] Wondagurl’s manager, Brandon Kitchen, got a few of my songs […]

Rock and roll has been a huge cultural force since it burst upon the musical scene in the 1950s. Not only has it dramatically altered the evolution of popular music, it has influenced fashion, human […]

A love song is a song about romantic love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring. A comprehensive list of even the best known performers and composers of […]

Madonna turns 60 on August 16, and she has amassed one of the greatest music catalogues in history — but her visuals have always been at least as important to her legacy. At The New […]

If Michael Jackson is the King of Pop then Madonna hands down has to be crowned The Queen! Though she’s probably best known to a new generation as a social media stunt queen and for refusing to dress […]