Music
In an era filled with AI and socio-political tension, most male artists have not truly strived to push boundaries in musicality and cultural leadership. Those who are not afraid to speak on topics that are atypical outside of the usual love, sex, and heartbreak. R&B is a genre known for...
Kpop star and Big Bang member, G Dragon, recently released his album and accompanying music video for his single Too Bad with Anderson Paak. In the video, the two danced alongside each other and seemingly had fun making a banger single. To the untrained eye, nothing seemed out of place,...
Contemporary Hip Hop hasn’t had a high-profile collab album since November 2022, courtesy of Drake and 21 Savage’s album “Her Loss,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard charts that year. However, for the up-and-comers, an announcement has been made that has gained some traction. Lyrical Lemonade announced the lineup...
The pink tax theory is a theory about gender-based marketing strategies that says products marketed toward women are often more expensive than their alternatives. Not only is this another way of discriminating against women, it’s a way to take power away from us. If you’re here to roll your eyes...
Recession music refers to songs with lyrics about cutting loose, living freely, going to the club and dancing the night away. You can find songs like this from around 2008 after the housing market crash and probably around the time of the Great Depression as well. Nowadays, if you look...
Music is a large part of entertainment, but that isn’t to say it cannot be used practically. Music has been revealed to be very beneficial for various reasons. It can help relieve stress, improve memory, provide better sleep, and much more. People often play it in the background when working...
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) have sued the Trump administration to block the deportation of foreign students who have voiced pro-Palestinian sentiments. This comes after the detainment of Columbia University graduate and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, and Indian post-doctoral student...
One of the most defining aspects of Hip Hop is competition. At best, it’s a green light for emcees to prove their lyrical capabilities at a high level in thought and identity. At worst, it often has been either a career halt for the participants and often a fatal end....
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...
