After a five-year hiatus, Kendrick Lamar declaratively stomped back on stage with his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, to explain why the crown no longer fits him. Two years later, Lamar circles back to celebrate the west on 2024's GNX, a...
“My baby boo, you either heal n—s or you kill n—s/ Both is true, it take some tough skin just to deal with you” Lamar raps on "gloria" featuring SZA, a track that opines on his relationship with the genre. The Compton-born rapper (who was born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth...
This year, Paramore won for Best Rock Album, and boygenius won for Best Alternative Album. Not only would I have loved to see them receive their awards, but I have no doubt that live performances from both of them would have brought the house down. 8. Joni Mitchell’s performance was d...
Yeah, the same Terrace Martin who rolls with Kendrick Lamar. You know that song “Damn?” THAT TERRACE MARTIN. The man is a hip-hop legend. However, back in 2007 he was just another guy trying to make it, like we all were… and his resume included some indie rappers and a couple ...
s awesome that these new artists are having fun and doing what many want to do but when it comes down to the fact, a lot of the music they have put out may not be remembered as much as what the artists like J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and more are doing. If the music doesn’t ...
the sting. The genius was as much in the part we filled in, the lines they didn’t write. That was where the sticky stuff of memory made their music a part of our own personal history. I knew about hiding behind the oleanders, heck I grew up in Arizona… It wasn’t the specific ...
“Genius” and “Excess” and “Volatility” and “Creativity” and “Zoolander” and “Eccentricity” and “Selling Out” and “Paris” and whatever else we think of when we think of Kanye West. Oh, and “Narcissism.” We can’t forget Narcissism. If you looked up the definition of ...
With his inimitable vocal delivery and lyrics that exposed the drudgery of 1970s Britain, Lydon was the spark of genius that made the Sex Pistols. But perhaps the most astonishing thing about his career is that during that ...
Lyrics: Unstoppable by SIA I’ll smile, I know what it takes to fool this town I’ll do it ’til the sun goes down And all through the night time, oh yeah, Oh, yeah, I’ll tell you what you want to hear Keep my sunglasses on while I shed a tear ...
This is guilty pleasure music, the kind of tunes that require little thought and can easily be forgotten about if not directly in your face. As moronic as the lyrics may be, “That’s Life” is a warm slice of nostalgia circa 2007-2009; “She’s my guiding star / she’s my tarot ...