Category: music
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Thoughts On The 20/20 Experience
As most of you should already know, Justin Timberlake’s forthcoming record The 20/20 Experience has begun streaming on iTunes a week early. After running through it back-to-back-to-back, I think it’s safe for me to say that the album is really good. Whatever fears people may have had about it not living up to FutureSex/LoveSounds seem…
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I Made You All A Gift From The Heart
In honor of this meaningless day (and the fact that I just love love songs), I made you a mixtape full of feelings and junk. At any rate, it features rappers like mos def, old school jams from Lisa Lisa and Earth, Wind & Fire, melodies from The Cure and Iron & Wine and much…
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Top Moments Of Last Night’s Grammy Awards (That Didn’t Actually Happen)
I sat through enough of the Grammy’s last night to know it was just as ho-hum as it is every year. So rather than actually talking about what happened, indulge me while I say things that should’ve happened (or porribly might have happened, while I changed over to The Walking Dead). 10. LL Cool J performs…
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A Celebration in Gif-Form of Last Night’s Big Show
Last night the 49ers and the Ravens played each other in a dramatic game that came down to the wire. In the end the Ravens prevailed, Ray Lewis retired on a high note, Joe Flacco will be the elite convo, Colin Kapernick will have his chance again and the game will be remembered was one…
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Revisiting Open Mike Eagle And Thinking About Misogyny In Hip-Hop
These past couple of months–in the midst of debates about women’s issues, women’s representations in congress and women’s bodies–I (and I’m sure many others) have been thinking a lot about… well, women. More specifically, I’ve been focused on how we look at women due to popular culture and our own ideas based on years of…
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2012: Some Stuff Happened… In And Out Of Pop Culture
Time keeps moving. It just keeps going–like a freight train headed for a deadly, explosive collision. 2012 was not my best year–most of it sucked actually–but that’s alright, most years aren’t my best years. In fact, out of all the years that ever were, most haven’t been favorable to me. At any rate, I have…
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10 songs for 2012
It’s december, which means list after insufferable list claiming to be the authority on what was great about this shitty year. Not one to be holier than thou, I will also be cramming insufferable and opinionated bullshit down your throat–but you know, I won’t pretend like it’s some sort of definitive statement on what this…
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Judging A Book By Its Cover: Album Review Edition
In which I base all of my opinions of the new Wiz Khalifa album, O.N.I.F.C., on the album cover. Man, what happened to this guy. He used to be like the guy in class who’ll crack jokes and then maybe sell you some weed afterwards. Now he’s just become… well, this. I mean I get it,…
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Kendrick Lamar “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City”
The plight of the young black person, especially the male, is one that’s been documented heavily and, as time has gone on, the line between informative and sensationalist has been blurred almost beyond recognition. With the release of Kendrick Lamar’s proper debut album, Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, Kendrick has reminded us all that there is…
Israel Daramola 