Lil Wayne – Weezy’s 2011 Carnival Of Freestyles Is Here At Last
While grinding his way to the top of rap’s all-timers list, Lil Wayne has been nothing if not considerate. When...
If Lizzo Wrote An Essay About How She Was Feeling, It Would Look Like This
As an English and journalism teacher for 20 years, I have been asked a lot of questions. One inquiry is...
Nas – The MC Rattles Off Bars With The Ease Of A Magician Waving A Wand
While recording Magic, the late-December follow-up to August 2021’s King’s Disease II, the MC once known as Nasty Nas was...
Adele Is Right – Album Tracks Should Not Be Shuffled – A Grammy Winner Explains Why
For as long as albums have existed, they have offered listeners wonder, hope, truth and reality concerning the state of...
Travis Scott – From Beginning Until Now
Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an...
The Black Keys – Any Chance We Get To Turn People On Hill Country Blues, We Want To Do That
If 2019’s “Let’s Rock” allowed The Black Keys to go back to basics with their blues-smoked garage rock, then on...
Lady A – The First Volume Of A Project Returning The Trio To Their Roots
Following the success of their 2019 BMLG Records debut Ocean, Lady A returns with the first volume of a project...
John Coltrane – Lost Live Reels Shine New Light On Coltrane’s Timeless Classic
Tenor sax giant John Coltrane altered the course of jazz in December 1964 when he recorded A Love Supreme, a...
The Love-Hate Relationship Between Hip-Hop And Education
Nolan Jones, Mills College The richest men in hip-hop never finished college. Jay-Z – who is regarded as hip-hop’s first...
Wu-Tang Clan – Smooth Beats, Hard Rhymes, The Wu’s Scene-Shaking Masterpiece
In 1993, the Wu-Tang Clan were a grim, grimy, grindhouse alternative to G-funk’s baroque gangsta cinema: If Dr. Dre’s lush,...