The Best Answer To The Question “Is Drake a Culture Vulture?”
My 2016 piece on this topic
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Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate and uncredited use...
The influence of K-pop in fashion
Very excited to host this piece on K-pop's global fashion influence written by Colombian blogger and college student Guillermo Forero. This piece was originally...
Album-equivalent units are not “cheating”
Music streaming records get broken every full moon these days, which makes the novelty of album-equivalent units (AEUs) hard to judge. And unless you...
A Brief History of Anime in Hip-Hop
Rappers are influenced by all kinds of social and cultural factors. Any worthy hip-hop fan can name a few artists heavily inspired by comic...
The 5 Most Entertaining UK Drill Rappers, In My American Opinion
Disclaimers:
This is a piece on my preferences, not an attempt at an official top-5 claim. Don't get ya feelings hurt.
The label "entertaining"...
How Rappers Have Shed The Corny Label
In my first piece on the subject of corniness in hip-hop, I pointed out which factors in an artist's music or persona contributed to...
What’s “Corny” in Hip-Hop?
Make sure to check out HipHopMadness' video on the subject. The following is a lightly-edited version of the video's script, so forgive me for...
American Arrogance is Keeping Grime from a US Crossover
ATC collaborated with YouTube channel HipHopMadness to bring investigative hip-hop writing to visual life. This piece is a lightly-edited transcript of a video...
“War” and “Exposing Me”: When Drill Music Is Too Real For You
Chief Keef's "War" (2014) is a Drill classic (Fredo's "War" is hot too, RIP). FBG Duck and Rooga's "Exposing Me (Remix)" is quickly on...
Drake Has Sold More Records Than Lil Wayne and Jay-Z
The following evaluation draws from an analysis of data compiled on Wikipedia’s "List of best-selling music artists" page, as well as Wikipedia...