Cole takes shots throughout the album that don’t directly seem related or to be addressing Kendrick (until the end) but instead address us as a whole: there is no one better than him. First track in and you can already tell he’s HUNGRY.
That’s the first time The Afros come to mind, and it vanished just as quickly
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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.
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With his poetic social commentary, Kendrick Lamar never fails to engage us politically, and DAMN was similar to his previous release. Some of the most insightful and thought-provoking quotes are “XXX.” (police brutality), “FEER.” (who is praying for Kendrick Lamar), and “YAH.” (religion). However, “FEAR” is the album’s most significant track—not any of the three above tracks.
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.
Analog arts have a certain mood that they exude. Particularly with film, there is frequently an element that is lost with digital. This is especially true of images from earlier eras that are captured in photography. The images of Akimitsu Takagi are the most accurate representation of this occurrence in Japanese tattooing.
Have you never heard of Raphae Ueda? You’re about to, then. The skater, who is 15 years old, is well known for his innate talent. Since his father, Lincoln Ueda, was Raphae’s main inspiration and a competitive vert skater in the 1990s and 2000s, it might be genetic. Raphae is making the most of his talent by carefully honing his skills, studying and observing his rivals, and keeping his focus on the end goal: his future.
Despite my admiration for him, there’s a director I’ve been actively reluctant to talk about for a long time. Michael Haneke his name, and his films are infamous for being unsettling to watch owing to their unusual style and treatment of challenging subjects. That’s why I kept my distance from him. But here we are, and that means I’ve re-watched the majority of Michael Haneke’s films twice to figure out what makes them so unnerving yet beautiful. So let’s get this party started.
Stephen King’s work concentrates on psychological terror, almost pushing us away from the jump scares and gore to present us with a world where we fear our own imaginations. Sure, there are times when we feel like we’re watching a conventional horror movie or are too terrified to turn the page of his novel, but more often than not, we’re caught in our own brains and the fear that resides within them.
The Stillwater neighborhood is banding together to remember a local skateboarder who passed away the previous year and wants to build a new skate park in his memory. After a two-year break, 35,000 people poured on Stillwater this past weekend for the return of Lumberjack Days, one of Minnesota’s oldest celebrations.
Jamie Hewlett has transformed the look of the British comic book and music industries over the course of a career spanning more than two decades. At a time when strong female characters in superhero stories were scarce, he created Tank Girl. Along with Damon Albarn, he also employed the all-animated band Gorillaz to explore the possibilities of pop music. He later produced Monkey: Journey to the West, an operatic retelling of a 16th-century Chinese legend, refusing to fit into any preconceived categories.
Jason Dill, a skateboarder, began taking pictures in the late 1990s. Numerous of them. He traveled almost everywhere with disposable cameras and the occasional point-and-shoot, filming his life as many people do today with cell phones. He remembered recently, “It’s just what you did.” He warned that if you didn’t, those moments before social media would be irretrievably lost.
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Just weeks after the Jimi Hendrix estate sued the estates of the other two members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, the estates of Redding and Mitchell have sued Sony Music Entertainment for streaming royalties.
Although Neil Young’s songs are no longer available on Spotify, the musician hasn’t had his last say. Rather than contributing to the debate over Joe Rogan’s show, his main aim is Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek.
Young published a fresh open letter on his Neil Young’s Archives website, in which he expressed his concern about misinformation and those who spread it. While first lecturing about “climate disaster” and the difficulties with fossil fuels and those who sponsor them, the musician then shifted his focus to the world’s “creators,” once again urging people to boycott Spotify.
“To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than SPOTIFY to be the home of your art,” stated Young, then turning to those who work for the company.
“To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem – not Joe Rogan. Ek pulls the strings. Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. The only goals stated by EK are about numbers – not art, not creativity.”
Young’s full letter can be seen below.
In our communication age, disinformation is the problem. Ditch the misinformers. Find a good clean place to support with your monthly checks. You have the real power. Use it.
To the baby boomers, I say 70 percent of the country’s financial assets are in your hands compared with just about 5 percent for millennials. You and I need to lead.
In our age of Climate Chaos, I say ditch the companies contributing to the mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth.
For their continued funding of the fossil fuel damage even as the global temperature keeps climbing, I say take your money from the accounts of these American banks today:
Chase
Citi
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them. You have the power to change the world. We can do it together. Your grandchildren will thank you in history.
To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this:
You must be able to find a better place than SPOTIFY to be the home of your art.
To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem – not Joe Rogan. Ek pulls the strings.
Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. The only goals stated by EK are about numbers – not art, not creativity.
Notice that EK never mentions the Medical Professionals who started this conversation. Look, one last time – at the statements EK has made.
Then be free and take the good path.
Young’s first spat with Spotify began with the musician delivering a request to the company, expressing his concern over the propagation of “false information” about vaccines and using the Joe Rogan Experience podcast as an example. “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both, “Young stated.
With the release of 39/Smooth in 1990, a young band known as Green Day began to gain traction in the Bay Area’s emerging punk scene. They became one of Lookout Records’ most popular acts with their sophomore album Kerplunk, but word got out about these upstarts, and major labels began knocking.
Just because Slash has written an autobiography on his life doesn’t imply he’s interested in reading about other people’s lives. The guitar legend hinted as much in an interview with Barbara Caserta for Italy’s Linea Rock.
