“Return of the Mack” should have made Mark Morrison into a star and not a one-hit wonder. Unfortunately, he just couldn’t stay out of trouble.
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Kevin Federline was good at dancing, marrying well and being a WWE heel. But a rapper? Not so much…
Biz Markie’s career never recovered after a copyright lawsuit over sampling.
When New Kids on the Block (sorry, NKOTB) tried to re-invent their sound, let’s just say it was not successful.
Once upon a time, concept albums were hip. It was a long time ago, back when the shower curtain wasn’t the only piece of vinyl in your house, and the only CDs were the ones issued by banks. If you were bored of singing the standard pop ditties about love, cars and having fun, then concept albums were the way to go. Artists like Pink Floyd, the Who and David Bowie wrote about serious issues like war, madness and consumerism and elevated themselves as artists.
How an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.