“She was living off a tightness in her chest: life.”
“She was living off a tightness in her chest: life.”
Angelically, Lauryn Hill opens this gut-wrencher with quite lonely vocals – a refreshing yet gloomy follow-up to “The Beast.” This back-and-forth presents as a theme throughout the album, exhibiting the musical range of not only Hill but the trio as a whole.
On August 3rd, 1995 everything changed for hip-hop outcasts – Andre and Big Boy aside – Black Thought and Amir Thompson aka Questlove. The Roots are a creative achievement.
It’s always been so amazing to me that you can listen to just a few seconds of a song, and it can bring up so much emotion and memories. The 9th track off of Kanye West’s “My Dark Twisted Fantasy” may not be the most popular, and calling it his best would only create a war.
The type of Hip Hop that blows up all over TikTok, pollutes the radio, and breaks charts on Spotify does nothing but degrade women, flex flashy jewelry, and promote the stereotypical lifestyle of black individuals – not only making it seem entertaining but desirable.
Killah Priest released “Starring King Zohar,” two years after “The Psychic World of Walter Reed,” which is likely an alter persona in the vein of Kool Keith. In actuality, “Planet of the Gods,” is a Mr. Reed record.
Michael Barzman, a Los Angeles auctioneer, admitted to lying to the FBI about creating fake Basquiat artwork for the Orlando Museum of Art.
Nearly every piece that illustrator and street artist Rex has produced, including innumerable canvases, murals, and digital artworks, depicts a scene from Saudi Arabian life.
Through creativity, up-and-coming designers are carving out their own niche in the arts, and Jack Daniel’s Classic Remix honors them. For its third year, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey and Tennessee Apple enlisted Nigeria Ealey, Design Director of TIER, and jewelry designer Kristopher Kites to add their individual spins to a fashion capsule.
Slowthai has undoubtedly been quite active. He gained notoriety quickly in 2019 with the divisive and divisive “Nothing Wonderful About Britain,” but two years later, on “TYRON,” he returned to pleasantly surprise me. Given that he used his real name as the album’s title, it was practically inevitable that he would throw everything into it.