Dear art industry, it’s not me … it’s you
Reflecting on art, post-lockdown In the past six months, I have not visited a single art show, gallery…
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The Memphis Rap Renaissance: A look at the city’s best works of 2020 so far
With an already stellar lineup of releases so far in 2020, Memphis hip hop is surging Two months…
Pop Smoke Lives On
From Brooklyn to Brixton, drill music keeps growing and Pop Smoke was proof When TMZ tweeted that 20-year-old…
It’s time to burn award shows
The 2019 American Music Awards (AMAs) continued to prove that they don’t understand what "genre" means either. Apparently, Taylor Swift’s Lover is a rock album. Apparently, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding is a hip hop album. Both of them are definitely pop.
Questioning materiality and artistic significance
In a time of ecological and economic crises, what significance does material culture hold? Can art play a…
A look at Kanye West’s influence on hip hop before the release his new album
While the musical phenom has been laying low this year (certainly by his standards), that notion will surely change when his upcoming album Jesus is King is released. While many may argue that this will result in Yeezy once again disrupting the hip-hop hierarchy, I would argue that his position in said structure – as King and Supreme Ruler, has never faltered.
Why world music doesn’t (or shouldn’t) exist
The case against a genre that generalizes the planet When someone talks to you about pop music, you…