Iggy Azalea shot to fame with her 2014 debut “The New Classic.” She caused a commotion, and suffered some scathing backlash, raising questions about the meaning of authenticity and the…
Nas begins his latest album, “The Lost Tapes 2,” by preemptively dismissing critics, declaring in his opening lines, “I’m oblivious to you skeptics.” With a…
The latest classic Disney film to be slotted for the inevitable live-action remake is 1994’s “The Lion King.” At this point, the announcement of each new shot-by-shot reimagining unites the world in a…
It has been just short of a year since Dev Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, released his ambitiously eclectic, socially incisive fourth album “Black Swan.” For restlessly…
Ed Sheeran seems to have no limits in his quest to systematically dominate the world of popular music as we know it. A rare example of what you might call…
After a two-year hiatus of plenty soul-searching and personal growth, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Jillian Banks, simply known as Banks, has returned with a thrilling new album, “…
Jaden Smith made his major label debut with 2017’s “SYRE,” titled with his own middle name. The album was a melodramatic outpouring taking inspiration from the myth of Icarus, who…
Over the last week, cryptic signs have started to appear throughout London. It began with ads in trains for “Anima Technologies,” followed by a social media post about a “dream camera” that captures subconscious thoughts,…