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Hip-Hops Origin Story Is One of Political Struggle, Creative Resistance

Hip-Hop’s Origin Story Is One of Political Struggle, Creative Resistance

By Cameron Newman November 6, 2020

Hip-hop was a niche genre only a few decades ago, but today hip-hop is the most popular form of music in the country and one of the most popular worldwide. By 2018, Drake, arguably the most popular rapper...

Activism, Protest Are Central to Hip-Hop as Artists Continue to Fight the Power

Activism, Protest Are Central to Hip-Hop as Artists Continue to ‘Fight the Power’

By Sara Roberts November 6, 2020

From the recent surge in popularity of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion to the lasting fame of Tupac and Biggie Smalls, hip-hop’s influence goes far beyond its auditory and visual appeal; since its creation,...

Women in Hip-Hop Navigate Objectification, Owning Their Sexual Power

Women in Hip-Hop Navigate Objectification, Owning Their Sexual Power

By Adriana Guzman and Gizem Bilen November 5, 2020

In 1973, 25 dollars and a mission to go back-to-school shopping pushed adolescent Cindy Campbell to host an event that would inadvertently lead to the genesis of hip-hop. Campbell planned and hosted...

LA Trio Wallows Serve Uplifting, Dreamy Pop on Remote EP

LA Trio Wallows Serve Uplifting, Dreamy Pop on ‘Remote’ EP

By Maggie McHale October 28, 2020

★★★★☆ Indie pop-rock band and trio Wallow’s most recent extended play, “Remote,” serves as an escapist break from the hazy, COVID-19-pandemic-saturated limbo that has become the world’s ...

The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

By Daya Benami Narasimhan October 23, 2020

After 10 fond years, Washington, D.C. music fans said goodbye to one of their favorite music venues when U Street Music Hall shut down in early October. The independent music venues that have long lined...

21 Savage and Metro Boomin Reunite in Sonically Impressive, Amusing Savage Mode II

21 Savage and Metro Boomin Reunite in Sonically Impressive, Amusing ‘Savage Mode II’

By Ishaan Rai October 8, 2020

★★★★☆ With unorthodox trap beats, energetic flows and multiple appearances by iconic actor Morgan Freeman, 21 Savage’s most recent horror-tinged collaboration with producer Metro Boomin...

Samias Debut Album Tells the Tale of Coming of Age in the Time of Quarantine

Samia’s Debut Album Tells the Tale of Coming of Age in the Time of Quarantine

By Elena Ergener September 23, 2020

★★★★☆ Indie singer Samia Finnerty’s “The Baby” was not written about coming of age during quarantine, but somehow the description fits perfectly.  Samia’s debut captures the nostalgia...

EP Roundup: 3 Artists Inspire With Innovative Cross-Genre Beats

EP Roundup: 3 Artists Inspire With Innovative Cross-Genre Beats

By Kira Pomeranz September 17, 2020

As the lull of fall classes begins to settle in, there have been several new EP releases that have proven to be an exciting counter to the dreariness of the everyday Zoom routine. Each of these short...

Taylor Swift Returns to Form With Minimalist Production, Nuanced Storytelling on ‘folklore’

Taylor Swift Returns to Form With Minimalist Production, Nuanced Storytelling on ‘folklore’

By Kira Pomeranz July 31, 2020

★★★★☆ I’m 7 years old again, telling my mom to keep the car engine running so we can finish the song “Teardrops on My Guitar,” hoping that afterward, the radio station will tell me...

Back To Yours Reflects on New Beginnings on Debut Album Where Are We Going

Back To Yours Reflects on New Beginnings on Debut Album “Where Are We Going”

By Kira Pomeranz May 1, 2020

★★★☆☆ On April 24, what would have been Georgetown Day, Back to Yours members Bryce Kassalow (COL ’21), Tommy Levin (COL ’20), Daniel Luttway (COL ’20), Aiden Jones (COL ’20) and...

For Graduating Student Band Back to Yours, College Culminates in Debut Album

For Graduating Student Band Back to Yours, College Culminates in Debut Album

By Alexandra Brunjes April 30, 2020

Indie-rock group Back to Yours had their first performance in the fall of 2017, during the culminating showcase of Georgetown University’s one-credit “Guild of Bands” class, a semester-long course...

THE WEEKND | After Hours is The Weeknds most complete project since his turn towards pop music in 2015. Blending his signature breathy vocals with atmospheric production and moody lyrics, the project offers something for new and old fans alike.

The Weeknd Returns to Form With Impassioned Vocals, Atmospheric Production on ‘After Hours’

By Allan Navarro March 28, 2020

★★★★★ Featuring heavy influences from 80s pop and psychedelic, The Weeknd’s impassioned vocal delivery and atmospheric beats on his fourth studio album, “After Hours,” headline an awe-inspiring...

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