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One thing I’ve always enjoyed as a music fan is the concept of microphone marriages.
What’s a mic marriage?
A mic marriage is a song with one male artist and one female artist. Not only does it offer 2 different voices, but it also offers 2 different perspectives of the same story. It doesn’t have to be a love song (although it almost always is), it could be any type of record, as long as it’s one male and one female on the song.
From a business perspective, this can prove to be a great method of combining 2 separate fanbases with similar tastes and traits, that can easily crossover to each other, as well as create a new market for the collaboration of the 2 artists together (in other words; 1 massive pool of fans & 3 different streams of products to sell them).
On a personal, music fan tip though, I love the combination of 2 great artists offering 2 separate voices to the same story.
One example of a mic marriage is Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore. They recorded an entire album together called, “Things That Lovers Do”. (This album is a must for your collection of mood music). These two are actually married which made the album even more relevant, but a mic marriage doesn’t have to be two people tied to each other in any other way other than on the song itself.
But as a music fan, if you could pick one mic marriage pair-up to record an entire album together, which one would it be?
I asked this question on Twitter a few days ago and I was overwhelmed with how many people replied with the same answer - Method Man & Mary J. Blige.
That’s probably one of the best examples there is.
Others answers included Ginuwine & Aaliyah, Nas & Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z & Beyonce and Avant & Keke Wyatt.
I like all of those pair ups, but truth be told, if I could pick only one, there’s another pair-up that I could only hope for to make an album together. They’re both well known artists, but their collaboration together is not as known.
But before I tell you who it is and you click on the play button, in order to really enjoy this song, you need to be in your personal zone
If you’re at home, just shut off the TV for a few minutes, close your eyes and listen. If you’re at work or school, just put in your earphones, zone out and just listen.
Ladies and gentleman… This. Is. Music:
Lauryn Hill ft. D’Angelo - Nothing Even Matters
That’s my favourite mic marriage. What’s yours?
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