Tag: DRAKE
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My Hottest Music Takes
These are a few takes that I have about music that are too short to make into an actual full-length article. Enjoy! Playboi Carti is Better as a “Sellout” Every once in a while, I re-listen to albums that had crazy hype but fell short (cinephiles call it “Phantom Menaceing” for movies: believing a movie…
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Ranking Drake Intro Tracks
Aubrey Graham is like Star Wars. Both started off with good intentions, hoping to push the boundaries of the respective medium they are in. But then, those good intentions got washed away, year after year, as greed took over. For Star Wars, this happened when George Lucas introduced the Ewoks in order to sell more…
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Why America Loves Taylor Swift So Much
If I asked 100 people on the street before September 13, 2009 who would be the biggest artist of the upcoming decade, they would have given a plethora of answers. Some would have said Lady Gaga, after she’d just released The Fame Monster with big hits like “Poker Face” and “Bad Romance”, or Katy Perry,…
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The Elements of a Great Posse Cut
I’ll discuss each element I feel is critical in making an epic posse cut, and provide an example of a song that perfectly represents that element.
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J. Cole’s No Diss Zone
This week, the rap world was shook by one of the dumbest decisions in an artist’s career, as J. Cole apologized to Kendrick for his new diss track to him “7 Minute Drill”, saying it was “The lamest sh*t I’ve ever done”; which, to be fair, is true.
The Music In My Mind 