Jumping in the wayback machine for a look at the Billboard Hot 100 chart from 30 years ago this week:
74. MC Breed, "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'": The late Flint MC (he died in 2008) gave Michigan rap one of its earliest, most notable hits. It didn't perform all that well on the charts — it peaked at No. 66 on the Hot 100 — but with its G-funk groove (built around a sample of the Ohio Players' "Funky Worm"), bottomed-out bass and five full verses (!), it was and always will be a Michigan classic. He never got to paint the White House black, but I wonder if he ever got his Jeep with 'Breed' on the chrome?
54. Eddie Money, "I'll Get By": Not the Money Man's most notable hit, but this ballad was his last single to chart in the Top 40, ending a streak that began with "Baby Hold On" in 1978. Money died in 2019 but he was back in the news this week with the passing of Ronnie Spector, whom he featured on his smash hit "Take Me Home Tonight," which peaked at No. 4 — his highest charting single — in 1986. And no one would have been more excited about Pine Knob's name change than Eddie, who played there 38 times and was the venue's unofficial mascot.
