Category Archives: Music Posts
From Here to Bruno Mars
Male pop stars are a strange breed. Generally, they start out making sappy, sweet pop music about girls or love in the abstract. After a few years of this, however, there comes a time when all pop stars have … Continue reading
Charting the rise of the extended hip-hop album
The last few years have been pretty great for hip-hop: Frank Ocean’s Blonde was a smash success in 2016 and 2017 saw stellar releases from Kendrick, Jay-Z and Tyler, The Creator. However, in addition to some stand-out successes, the last … Continue reading
Radio Edits: A Love Letter
Everyone remembers the first time they heard a swear in a song. For some people, it was Rob Tyner commanding MC5 to “kick out the jams, motherfuckers.” For others, it was Axel Rose telling his detractors to “fuck off” on … Continue reading
Living here in Khaled-Town: how DJ Khaled shared (and over-shared) his life with us
If you’re even remotely involved with social media right now, specifically Snapchat, you’ve probably seen DJ Khaled in some fashion.
Why Hip Hop is angry over Slim Jesus and why it shouldn’t matter
Of the newer sub-genres of hip hop, none has been more prolific and recognizable than Drill Music. Drill is a trap-influenced style of hip hop out of Chicago that focuses on lyrics glorifying guns and gang violence, as well as … Continue reading
I’m fairly sure Adele and Drake wrote the same song…
The entire month of October, one song reigned supreme in the public eye: Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” The weird, minimal instrumental, coupled with the easily digested lyrical content firmly cemented the song into the public consciousness. Then he released a video … Continue reading
The Most Gracious of Hosts: Coheed and Cambria celebrates ten years of Good Apollo
Coheed and Cambria are one of the most popular rock bands of the last 20 years. Their career has so far spanned seven albums (and with the release of The Color Before The Sun in October, an even eight) and … Continue reading
Why Miley Cyrus’ “Petz” fails to hit the mark
During last Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, host Miley Cyrus announced that her new album Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz would be available, bypassing the normal pre-release cycle that a majority of today’s releases go through. This trend of … Continue reading
Death Grips release another track from Jenny Death
Well, it’s happening.
Links to recent writing
Now that I am no longer living in Charleston, I realized I should probably post something here for those at home. Attached are links to recent stories I wrote for the Daily Eastern News: Residence halls drop in numbers from … Continue reading
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