The Scream Tour was exactly as advertised. I learned this when I attended a “Scream IV” concert in 2005, and found myself amidst tens of…
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The Boogie-Funk Underground
It’s been six years since Dam-Funk’s two-disc epic Toeachizown elevated boogie-funk from obscure dance music cult to a widely enjoyed pastime for 80s babies and…
View More The Boogie-Funk UndergroundBritish Jazz-Funk
Unlike New Romantic, Goth, and so many other fast fashions that whipped through the UK in the early 80s, British jazz-funk is barely known in…
View More British Jazz-FunkThe Black Box
How to reduce the errata of summer 2015 into a signal moment? There was Drake vs. Meek Mill, which was quickly subsumed by Dr. Dre’s…
View More The Black BoxRap’s New Consciousness
Since the Ferguson, Missouri protests last August, there have been an increasing number of songs addressing socio-political issues like overzealous law enforcement and economic inequality.…
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