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-41 posts tagged "Kendrick Lamar"
Ryan Israel | Thursday, September 24, 2020
It’s 2020, the world is on fire, they killed Pop Smoke, Kanye leaked his contract, Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper released a devotional love song, Bobby Shmurda and Drakeo the Ruler are still in jail, Kendrick Lamar is M.I.A. and if it’s a hit, it’s probably a TikTok hit. But rap music hasn’t stopped.
Ryan Israel and Mike Donovan | Friday, May 15, 2020
It’s time to turn the clock back to what, in retrospect, seems like a simpler time: late summer 2016. The class of 2020 first arrived on campus via an “Ultralight Beam,” looking forward to four years of academic and faith “Formation” and dreaming of staying up “All Night” with friends. Not yet “Destroyed by Hippie Powers,”
Ryan Israel, Jim Moster and Dessi Gomez | Wednesday, April 29, 2020
There’s always something to look forward to. For Scene writers, that something is usually a forthcoming album from a personal-favorite artist, a new television show with rave reviews or a movie from A24. Sometimes, the build up to the release of a new thing can be more exciting than the thing itself. So come and
Ryan Israel | Monday, March 30, 2020
Drake is the most ubiquitous, influential and popular music artist of the past decade. Drake is The Beatles. He has plenty of flaws — Google ghostwriters, hiding a child and more — and some really not great music. He’s also had some stellar feature appearances, outstanding songs and a few good albums. To stir up
Ryan Israel | Wednesday, December 4, 2019
A lot — and I mean a lot — of good music was released in the 2010s. Genres were blended, stars were born and social media gave us all an up-close view of the action. But the decade also saw a massive shift in the way we consume music. With the rise of services such
Ryan Israel | Wednesday, October 9, 2019
2019 has been a strange year for rap music. Drake and Kendrick Lamar, two of the genre’s most prevalent artists, have yet to release any new music. Kanye West’s recent “Jesus Is King” debacle has garnered plenty of attention but has yet to yield any actual music. So instead of the usual players dominating the
Ryan Israel | Friday, September 6, 2019
To “go sicko mode” is to go off, to go crazy, to reach a level of performance, excitement, joy or fanaticism that could be defined as “sicko” — the definition is fairly open. In “Look Mom I Can Fly,” the new Travis Scott documentary on Netflix, Travis goes “sicko mode” when first playing Drake’s contribution
Hayden Adams | Monday, April 1, 2019
Music is terrible nowadays. The music industry has been saturated with artists who pander to the masses with stupid “songs” with little-to-no substance. I miss the days when most artists could play an instrument, write and compose their own songs and sing it. I don’t want to be misunderstood. I enjoy some of today’s music,
Ryan Israel | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The impact of Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” cannot be understated. The 2017 album spawned two hit singles — the brutal “DNA.” and the catchy “HUMBLE.” — featuring the most iconic cover art of the last decade — which will be recreated for years to come — and won the Pulitzer Prize for music, becoming the first
Ryan Israel | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
“We’re gonna introduce now the North Clayton Eagles / Coached by James Gwynn / His starters, number 21, Tauheed Epps.” The announcer’s voice cuts out, but you can watch, or just imagine, the rest. A tall, lanky high school kid strides past his teammates — receiving high fives as he goes — then shakes hands