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               Hey guys! It’s here, it’s arrived and it’s fresh. The second part to the Strokes artist review is finally here where I listen to their projects in order and give my takes on them as I progress through their music. For this part, we’ll be going over the albums, “Room on Fire”, “First Impressions of Earth”, and “Angles”. That being said, lets get right into this shindig ohhh yeah.                 So the first album we’ll be going over is “Room on Fire”. Right off the bat, we’re given the song ‘What Ever Happened?’ that has this groovy sound and some Rockstar-like vocals from Julian Casablancas. The distorted sound is still there but less than the last album. This isn’t important now but after listening to the next two albums I realized that this is the transition the Strokes are taking as they continue their discography and try new things. The garage ban...

                  What’s up people! This week is going to be one of those random ones that has nothing to do with any particular album or artist. Today I wanted to talk about soundtracks in movies and how powerful a sound can be in creating a moment in films. For this post, I’m gonna focus particularly on animation since I decided to watch a bunch of Studio Ghibli movies. (By the way, for the love of god do NOT watch Grave of the Fireflies unless you want an excuse to buy a shit ton of tissues.) I decided to watch the studio’s movies in order of release date because I wanted to see how the animation style changes and evolves over time. So, the first movie I watched was A Castle in the Sky . And my oh my is that a fun movie. It literally felt like a video game except you’re watching one huge cinematic. The plot was so fun and interesting having it be about a kid who thinks there’s a castle floating in the sk...

  What’s up guys! So for this week I listened to J. Cole’s new mixtape “The Off-Season” and boy was it a vibe. I first decided to listen to the documentary posted on YouTube that shows the mentality used to create this project. J. Cole talks a lot about this idea of comfortability, and how if you’re to comfortable in life, it stops you from taking creative risks. This also makes you not want to do anything that might venture outside public taste. If something sells, and you’re used to making a certain revenue from what it, then why would you consider anything else? He also talks about the usage of features, not using many due to the public idea that the less features you have on a project, the better you are as a rapper. The documentary has J. Cole talking about these struggles but also his take on how he came back to make this project. Pretty much, if you’re comfortable with the idea of not growing as a person or creative artist, then you don’t need to do anything. But if you’re h...

  Hello folks, I am back… but not with an artist or album review. This will be another post where I talk about something I’ve noticed in today’s music industry. The topic for this week will be on the rise of UK rap and my predictions for where it will end up in the future. When I was growing up and attending middle/highschool, there was a show that I watched that revolved around analyzing rap music and the location where the music came from. It was called NOISEY, and I loved every minute of it. I specifically remember the episode that talks about UK Grime, and how it was a growing sound that had yet to reach American charts. Well, years later, I can say that I think UK rap has broken those international boundaries. I think there’s a lot of reasons for this, and a good amount has to do with our own artists from America giving the stage to many known artists now like Skepta. A memorable example would be Drake’s album “More Life” and notable features from famous UK rapper Giggs. When ...

                  What’s up guys! Welcome to the fabulous month of May and I gotta tell you all something. I… stopped listening to rap music. Not forever, but I definitely started listening to other genres a lot more. This is weird because I’ve always loved hip hop and rap, but recently I haven’t listened to anything exciting. After the Young Thug album, I came to the realization that not only is rap the new pop of our age, but now what’s happening is that there isn’t any new music that’s made me want to listen to more. It’s always the same three things: women, drugs, and money. And while I do love the occasional hype song that flexes on others, I feel like we’re losing out on creativity and the potential that music has these days. The new BROCKHAMPTON album was a great example of what I’m looking for because it was a concept album revolving around the harsh times that COVID brought upon us. But I feel like ...