The Boom Box

But it's been very rewarding at the same time, seeing these incredible places, venues I haven't been to in such a long time, being able to test out a new song, play songs people have known for many years, celebrate musicianship. the audience listened to it, they clapped, but who would have known a year later that same 'new' song that people were just vibing out on, became the song where if I don't do it, they'll be upset. I try to give people what they want, with a little bit of what I want, too," Maxwell said. It's a lot of people and you're playing to a big, broader audience that definitely want the first seven things that are listed on your "most played" Spotify playlist.

LL Cool J is on the list of legendary artists and bands nominated for induction into the  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for 2019. For LL, this marks the fifth time he's been eligible for the  Hall, and we believe he deserves to be enshrined. From rapping to acting to writing, LL Cool J is hip-hop's first Renaissance man. If the nominating committee is still undecided, here are five reasons why LL Cool J should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) of the Beastie Boys purchased a $1.73 million home in South Pasadena, Calif. According to the Los Angeles Times, the house was originally listed in June for $1.688 million, and the sale closed in August for $42,000 more than the asking price. In addition to the new home purchase, Horovitz recently released a new book with bandmate, Mike Diamond, called Beastie Boys Book. Among other things, the book details how the band wasted "so much f---ing money" making their sophomore album, Paul's Boutique, and also how they got played for Donny Osmond.

1993: MeShell Ndegeocello changes the game with her debut MeShell Ndegeocello helped usher in the new soul era with her game-changing entry into music, 1993's dark, velvety Plantation Lullabies, which was released on Madonna's Maverick Records. Considered ahead of her time, Ndegeocello's debut is considered a landmark album in emergence of the new soul movement that was later defined by artists like Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Maxwell, whose music often drifted into the socio-political positioning of black people while exploring the nuances of life and love. A response to Dr. Dre's juggernaut album, The Chronic, Eazy-E's The most notable song from the eight-track offering is the diss "Real Muthaphuckkin G's," where Eazy-E comically took aim at Dr. Dre following Dre and Snoop Dogg's brutal diss on The Chronic's "Dre Day."