Culture
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Has the Concept Album Died?
Before answering that, you have to know what a concept album is. Essentially, it is an album with tracks that hold greater meaning together than individually, usually…
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How Jimmy Buffett Found Authenticity in Escapism
For some time, country music has struggled to balance pageantry and authenticity. Between the rhinestone-clad pop country icons of yesteryear and their jaded outlaw country contemporaries, the…
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Hip-Hop’s Dangerous Dance with Death
In the present day rap scene, violence has become a mainstay. However, the community has ended up losing more than what they can gain.. literally. Nipsey Hussle.…
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The Genre Problem
When a friend of mine declared they had no interest in rock music, yet couldn’t stop raving about Florence and the Machine, I was taken aback. To…