Music, Races in America “The charting system was predicated on a segregated market” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 January 2017 Rock and roll is usually explained as rhythm-and-blues music—that is, music performed by black...
Music “…rock and roll…is music that anyone can play (or can imagine playing) and everyone can dance to” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 January 2017 …rock and roll…is music that anyone can play (or can imagine playing) and everyone...
Hip-Hop, Music “As a rapper, Glover has made a point of blurring the line between himself and his alter egos…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 December 2016 As a rapper, Glover has made a point of blurring the line between himself...
Music “In order for a music for young people to come into being, young people have to have a way to play it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 November 2016 In order for a music for young people to come into being, young people...
Hip-Hop “Kanye’s career-long fixation on his own contradictions eventually consolidated into an aesthetic…who wallow in soft self-loathing and explain away their loutish behavior as the result of melancholy and bruised ego” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2016 His career-long fixation on his own contradictions eventually consolidated into an aesthetic, one that...
Hip-Hop “One of the reasons Kanye West inspires such a devoted following is that, despite all of the changes in his life and in his music, we can still recognize him as the same character he was when his story began” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 August 2016 One of the reasons Kanye West inspires such a devoted following is that, despite...
Hip-Hop, Music “After years of experiencing West through Auto-Tune and mike effects, hearing his natural voice is a reminder that doubt remains his greatest motivation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2016 West hasn’t released much music since “Yeezus,” an album on which his voice began...
Hip-Hop, Music “Gucci’s trademark is his flow: buoyant and melodic, with light comedic flourishes” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 August 2016 Perhaps no rapper has had more near-misses than Gucci Mane, now a decade and...
Hip-Hop, Music “Drake understands how people live with music, how it helps us get through life, whether it’s a breakup, a court date, or an unusually long jog” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 July 2016 For Drake, redemption lies in his city and in his past, as well as...
Hip-Hop, Music “…what distinguished Drake was a sense of shameless guile, a confidence in his complex persona that was due partly to his background as an actor” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 July 2016 In the past, the impassive outlaw rapper and the gushing doe-eyed singer crossed paths...