Music

Few artists represent their city quite like Chance The Rapper. Chicago is a foundational piece to telling his story, the good and the bad. There’s a rich artistic scene to the tragic gun violence that can take place. Artists from Common and Twista to Chief Keef and Lil Durk to Chance The Rapper and Noname depict the full breadth of Chicago’s artistic mission statement. Chance, in particular, is especially molded […]

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The internet dictates a lot of the new superstars in music today. However, the problem is that people find all of it to be deeply inorganic and dishonest. Labels will push an artist at a rapid pace, and it becomes incredibly disorienting for fans. Consequently, new artists get labeled “industry plants” accordingly. Then, all of the love rising stars receive slowly wanes because they find everything to be fake. It […]

Rick Ross may not like Drake nowadays. But he’s also no hater, either. Consequently, he’s making it a point to support his former friend, even if they’re not close anymore. In an interview with Rap Life, Rozay effectively teased an end to their quiet cold war. Ultimately, he just wants to see the Toronto MC win. “Drake, if you listening to this homie, listen to me. My n***a, shine. I […]

Some artists can be extremely sensitive to criticism. Maybe it’s the fact that a harsh review equals bad publicity, which messes with their money. Maybe it’s just being protective over the music that means a lot to them. Regardless, whenever there’s a bad review in publications like Pitchfork, it becomes a major piece of discourse. It’s something Childish Gambino became quickly acquainted with when outlets trashed his debut album Camp. […]

First of all, I’d like everyone to know that the following cringey rock songs were sourced from a personally curated playlist called “music for middle school boys” (self-explanatory). Now, I like to consider myself somewhat of an expert on this flavor of rock song (grain of salt included). Not because I was ever a middle school boy. But because my hometown hard rock radio station was saturated with them, and […]

Some of the best episodes of Saturday Night Live are when the musical guest gets in on the sketch comedy action. What’s rarer is the sketch comedy coming into the musical guest performance, but that’s exactly what Queens of the Stone Age did with their lone appearance. Back in 2005, the stoner rock band was a musical guest during the show’s 30th season. Their particular episodes pair them with legendary […]