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FUNT: An Open Invitation to Kanye West

FUNT: An Open Invitation to Kanye West

By Danny Funt March 7, 2014

Dear Mr. West: I would like to cordially invite you to be interviewed at Georgetown University, in one of our historic campus venues. Some readers will undoubtedly mock this as frivolous fan mail instead...

Kanye West Is, Indeed, A God

By Danny Funt October 1, 2013

In an interview last week with Zane Lowe of BBC Radio, Kanye West declared himself to be the biggest rock star in the world. What's clear looking at the aftermath of that hour-long segment is that West...

Friday Fixat10ns: Turnt Up 2k13

Friday Fixat10ns: Turnt Up 2k13

By Edward Lee and Edward Lee September 13, 2013

[8tracks width="300" height="250" playops="" url="https://8tracks.com/mixes/2372035"] School's been in for less than a month but it's already wearing us down. Although we might not have our summertime...

Kanye West Breaks Musical Barriers With ‘Yeezus’

By Zach Gordon June 21, 2013

Kanye West has gone mad. But, luckily for us, genius tends to border madness, at least in the music industry, and that can lead to some pretty great music. Yeezus is spectacular, strange and extravagant,...

New Slaves and Kanye Controversy

“New Slaves” and Kanye Controversy

By Nicole Jarvis and Nicole Jarvis May 22, 2013

If there are three things that Kanye West does best, they are the following: 1. Being provocative 2. Being dramatic 3. Being unintentionally hilarious After making the entire musically-inclined corner...

Summer Music Preview

By Nicole Jarvis May 16, 2013

May 21: Daft Punk | ‘Random Access Memories’ The dynamic, helmet-clad French electronica duo behind “One More Time” and “Around the World” are back, and the expectations could not be higher....

Seven Questions With Tate Tucker

Seven Questions With Tate Tucker

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee February 23, 2013

Georgetown University is full of future CEOs, diplomats, senators and ... famous rappers? You may have seen Tate Tucker (COL ’14) perform at a Georgetown event, on YouTube or maybe just in the cubicle...

Friday Fixat10ns: Getting Back Wit It

Friday Fixat10ns: Getting Back Wit’ It

By Edward Lee and Edward Lee January 18, 2013

[8tracks width="300" height="250" playops="" url="https://8tracks.com/mixes/1310449"] Whether or not you've actually back into the regular beat of things, you will be soon. This Friday Fixat10ns is a...

Guide Grooves: Ben Folds Five and G.O.O.D Music

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee September 25, 2012

[8tracks width="300" height="250" playops="" url="https://8tracks.com/mixes/1029418"] This week's Guide Grooves focuses in on the two new albums and three singles reviewed in last Friday's issue of The...

Cruel Summer’ Is G.O.O.D. Music

By Danny Funt September 21, 2012

4/5 stars When Kanye West burst onto the rap scene in 2004 with the hit single “Jesus Walks,” his record label, G.O.O.D. Music (which stands for “getting out our dreams”), was already...

New Releases // 9.2.11

By Nick Donahue September 2, 2011

"You Make Me Feel" Cobra Starship Single 1 star "You Make Me Feel Good" is one of the dumbest dance songs I've ever heard. The beauty of popular dance music is forgetting the lyrics and having...

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