Music

These days it seems like many pop songs are engineered in a lab to go viral, and in a lot of ways, that’s correct. The latest songs of the summer are pushed to radio stations, planted in unrelated Spotify playlists, used in commercials, and discussed endlessly on pop culture Substacks. But what makes those songs so hard to get out of our heads, even when we find them annoying? Some […]

Many associate post-punk with the 1980s, but the genre saw a revival in the 2000s. At the time, emo had broken into the mainstream, and dance-rock had emerged alongside it. Therefore, 2000s post-punk felt adjacent to third-wave emo, carrying over elements into the post-punk revival. As the 2000s are now 25 years in the past, millennials have forgotten about these post-punk songs of the decade. “An Honest Mistake” by The […]

“A mission is brewing inside of me,” the rapper wrote in a letter to fans, “to see Black Womanhood exist at the center of Hip-Hop AND Pop” Read More RSS: News News 

“She was keeping a Spanish tradition of music alive, which in a spiritual way felt akin to what we’ve tried to do with Irish music,” says the band’s Carlos O’Connell Read More RSS: News News 

In early 1987, iconic rap group N.W.A. formed in Compton, California. The first incarnation included Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and DJ Yella. Later in 1988, MC Ren was added to the group as the sixth member. They released a split album, N.W.A. And The Posse in November 1987, later reissuing the album in November 1989. This split album peaked at No. 39 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop […]

Drake has frequently gotten into ridiculous beefs throughout his career. Obviously, there’s the infamous Kendrick Lamar feud, which has left the Toronto MC sending shots all by himself. Then, there’s his spat with Meek Mill or Common or even his beef with Jay-Z that revolves almost entirely around subliminal disses. But none of those have ever gotten actually physical. There’s never been a threat of violence where fans need to […]

In the mid-1980s, LL Cool J emerged during the rise of hip-hop into the mainstream. At the time, his style fit into the trends of hip-hop, predating the gangsta rap invasion of the late 80s and early 90s. As rap and hip-hop had evolved toward the end of the decade, LL Cool J received criticism for being “too soft” or commercialized. Despite his 1989 album, Walking With A Panther, peaking […]