Month: November 2020
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State of The Game Vol.34-Evolution of Megan
AGENDANew Business● Discuss Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album Good News . Was it successfulor is the support for Megan transcending the music?● Chart the evolution of Meg through her projects: Good News, Fever, TinaSnow. NOTES● While Tina Snow (2018) is not Meg’s first project it feels like thefirst incarnation of who we see now. It’s […]
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Mac Miller Moments: Dang!
by Keith Rollins The power of music is in its ability to transport. A great song functions as a reprieve from reality. An escape to a crafted world constructed with detailed imagery and emotions specific to the artist. A great song is a well designed city. The more thought and care that is put into […]
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Song of The Year-Good Day by Video Dave produced by Smoke Bonito
by Dan-O This isn’t a review. It’s a thank you note. controlsList=”nodownload”> COVID 19 trapped us in the house with the reality of Breonna Taylor. The no-knock-warrant oops-wrong-address killing that never left my mind. I woke day after day searching the news for any indication charges were being pressed or any sense of injustice was […]
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A Thousand Points of Sound
by Dan-O
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State of The Game Vol. 33-Flow Study 1998-1999
by Dan-O AGENDAFlow history● Take a look at three very different very important albums from1998-1999.● Isolate what makes these flows so unique and how that informs the totallistening experience. NOTES● Aceyalone-A Book of Human Language-released April 1998. Everyone knowsthe pop West Coast sound but the underground West Coast sound wasestablished with two groups: Freestyle Fellowship […]
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5 Questions for Chris Crack
by Dan-O I’m me for the sole purpose that nobody else can do that. I don’t think the Chris Crack of 2017 could fathom the run he is on right now. No blueprint existed for making albums this way. His release schedule this year: White People Love Algorithms in April, Cute Boys (The Rise of […]
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State of The Game Vol. 32-UK rap 2020
by Dan-O AGENDAUK HIP HOP● Assess 2 UK pop rap albums from 2020.● Assess 2 UK underground rap albums from 2020. NOTES● Headie One -Edna was released in October and hit #1 on the UK albumcharts. Kenny Beats, Drake, Future, Skepta, and Stormzy all appear. Doesthis fit as an important pop rap album in 2020?● […]
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#BandcampGold-Midnight Sons by Zilla Rocca and DJ Chong Wizard
by Dan-O Zilla Rocca doesn’t believe in perfect idols but he believes in surviving the right way. If you go back to 2018’s Hard Boiled ep he phrases it very concisely “We’ve all given half to the hand in our face. We’ve all taken stones from the holiest place.(Run Rabbit Run)” The world runs schemes on us […]
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