Matthew Wilkening is the founding Editor in Chief of UltimateClassicRock.com and UltimatePrince.com.
Matthew Wilkening
20 Years Ago: Public Enemy Release Their Most Misunderstood Album, ‘Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age’
We re-examine P.E.'s strangest most polarizing work.
Top 20 Prince Songs Between 1994 and 2014
The Boombox highlights the top 20 Prince songs from the last 20 years.
25 Years Ago: ‘Batman’ Saves Prince’s Career
On June 20, 1989, one of the world's most famous superheroes helped Prince recover from the first sales slump of his career.
10 Years Ago: The Beastie Boys Respond to 9/11 With ‘To The 5 Boroughs’
Devastated by the 9/11 attacks on their hometown of New York City, the Beastie Boys made their most serious and politically charged album ever.
40 Years Ago: Sly Stone Gets Married in Front of 21,000 Fans at Madison Square Garden
Funk legend Sly Stone got married in front of 21,000 fans at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden on June 5, 1974.
Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ Turns 25
On April 14, 1988, Public Enemy unleashed their second album, a dense, dizzying masterpiece of social outrage entitled 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.'
Prince’s ‘Lovesexy’ Turns 25
On May 10, 1988, Prince won a personal battle between good and evil with the release of his 10th album, 'Lovesexy.' Unfortunately, he lost much of the record-buying public in the process.