Music
The music industry just took an unexpected hit of bad news when Music Video Director Marty Callner passed away at the age of 78. His loss this week has led to the urge to reflect on all his work and properly understand how important his role was to so many...
TikTok started as a dance app that allowed any sound to be used as background for users’videos. Overtime, the app has grown to feature much more than dances, although they remain ahuge part of the posts on the app. Nowadays, any soundbites from movies, tv and radio shows, podcasts and...
Kanye West, now known as “Ye,” has always done things that are outside the norm. Whether telling the world on national TV that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” or interrupting Taylor Swift’s 2009 VMA speech to claim that “Beyonce had the best video of all time,” this man...
The late Angie Stone was many things: an artist, an actress, a songwriter, and a record producer. To many people in the music community, she was a pivotal figure in the Neo-Soul movement. Hit songs such as “No More Rain(In This Cloud),” “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” and “Baby” showcased...
Influencer Hanna Berner was given the opportunity of a lifetime to interview celebrities on the red carpet at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party, which seems to be happening more and more as influencers grow in popularity. These micro-celebrities are given journalist jobs without any training in journalism, PR or media literacy....
We’ve had many great modern musicals, such as “Hamilton,” written by the excellent Lin-Manuel Miranda, and “Dear Evan Hansen”, by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, but we’re still missing something. It’s as if the quality of our musicals has gone down. Don’t even get me started on the movie adaptation...
In a decade where R&B has struggled to find its identity, often caught between the nostalgia of the past and the genre-blending tendencies of the present, Ojerime has emerged as a rare talent who embodies the best of both worlds. While mainstream R&B continues to lean towards pop, trap beats,...
A few days after the Grammys, a seemingly random man filmed himself in his Amazon delivery truck after completing a delivery. He flexes in the camera, exclaiming that he won a Grammy. The man’s name is Joey Hamhock, and whether you recognize that name or not, the reality is that...
There is not always a concrete answer to how certain songs rise to popularity. With the media landscape constantly evolving, it can be a struggle for artists to remain relevant and provide music that can keep up with every phase of the year. However, for some artists, they can prove...
The West Coast Hip Hop scene has showcased a great number of unities, the East Coast however, is truly lacking. A reality that many hip hop connoisseurs are not ready to admit. Watching Kendrick Lamar’s run from Spring ’24 to the aftermath of Super Bowl LIX, has left me in...
Before social media, only two communities were a part of the conversation: those who liked something and those who didn’t. Those who wanted something would speak loud and proud about their admiration, and those who didn’t would jump in and counter why something was undeserving of admiration. It was the...
On Sunday, February 16, Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary, with current and past cast members reuniting to recreate some of the show’s most iconic sketches. Of course, this included a variety of musical sketches, from “Lobster Les Mis” to a classic Lonely Island Digital Short. The best of...
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