Tag: Rap and Hip-Hop
Lizzo’s Disco Dance Party, and 11 More New Songs
The disco revival continues on Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” which features a rubbery, “Get Lucky” bass line and…
Can Fivio Foreign Change Drill Rap?
Fivio, once a spongelike apprentice to Pop Smoke despite his seniority, has veered occasionally toward cautionary tale. In…
Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display
When Jamel Shabazz was a teenager in Brooklyn, a gang member opened his eyes to the power of…
The Grammys, Always Unpredictable, Face New Surprises
This was supposed to be the year the Grammy Awards got back to normal. In 2021, the pandemic…
Harry Styles Tries On Synth-Pop, and 13 More New Songs
In “As It Was,” Harry Styles latches on to the kind of peppy electro-pop that the Weeknd updated…
At the Super Bowl, Nostalgia’s the Only Game
“This is the millennium of Aftermath.” When Dr. Dre rapped that line on “Forgot About Dre,” from his…
Rap Takes Over Super Bowl Halftime, Balancing Celebration and Protest
Leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, much ado was made over the fact that this would…
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Headline Halftime Show As Eminem Takes a Knee
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar — three titans of Los Angeles rap — took the field…
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs
Ed Sheeran resorted to well-used card-deck analogies in “The Joker and the Queen” on his 2021 album, “=,”…
Cardi B Awarded $1.25 Million in Libel Lawsuit Against Blogger Tasha K
A federal jury awarded the rapper Cardi B around $4 million in a libel lawsuit against a celebrity…