Words about Music, Film, and Television
For many around the country, unfortunately, the most exciting aspect of the wonderful yearly Super Bowl is not in fact the game, but the halftime performance! Sure, there have been years where this could’ve been acceptable (perhaps the 2013 Super Bowl between the Broncos and Seahawks or the 2019 Super Bowl between the Rams and… Continue reading Super Bowl Halftime Shows Ranked
I turned 23 last year, February 3rd, drunk off black cherry White Claws, vodka sodas, and whiskey shots at Mel’s Burger Bar, the restaurant I was a bartender at in New York City before the entire country shut down. It was the Super Bowl and I was with a good friend, having fun watching Pat… Continue reading 23 on 23
2020 was a rather unceremonious start to the decade, as far as music goes. It isn’t even like there was a dearth of music I loved from this year, either; saying that would be disingenuous and dishonest, because there was quite a bit that I loved. However, just like with every other facet of 2020,… Continue reading Best Albums/Songs of 2020
TikTok is the most popular app in the world, as of writing this. Though it’s the first form of social media that feels entirely made to appeal to Gen Z, that hasn’t stopped people of all ages from joining. Due to the Coronavirus and society being quarantined, more and more people seem to be finding… Continue reading 25 Popular TikTok Songs Ranked Worst-to-Best
The album artwork for Lil Uzi Vert's fifth studio album, ETERNAL ATAKE In ‘17, Lil Uzi Vert released not only one of the best songs of the last decade, but potentially the defining record of his career in “XO Tour Llif3”. I quickly proclaimed on twitter that Lil Uzi would be a rap superstar. He… Continue reading ETERNAL ATAKE
That Way- Lil Uzi Vert The cover art for single "That Way" from Lil Uzi Vert After the release of “That Way” last week, I asked my followers on social media if Lil Uzi Vert was a top-15 mainstream rapper at the moment and about 55-60% said they thought he was. I’m happy to report… Continue reading Songs from Lil Uzi Vert, Jhené Aiko, and 100 gecs
CIRCLES, Mac Miller's posthumous album The night CIRCLES was released, I was working (I’m a bartender) and I had a customer tell me that he was approaching his eight-year anniversary of living in New York City. He told me that some people say you’re not a “real” New Yorker until you’ve lived there for a… Continue reading CIRCLES
3) Ballin' (feat Roddy Ricch)- Mustard Mustard's PERFECT TEN, which should have gotten much more love than it did "Ballin'" might be the best song to be released in 2019. It’s the ultimate climax to Mustard’s criminally underrated PERFECT TEN. It’s nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rap/Sung Performance category (one of two Roddy’s… Continue reading Ten Songs From 2019 I Most Listened To (Part 4/4)
5) Bad Bad Bad (feat. Lil Baby)- Young Thug Jeffrey Williams has a strong case to be made when debating who’s the most important artist of the decade. No other artist feels more omnipresent and imitated in hip-hop/pop at the moment than Young Thug. You can run down the list and name all of the… Continue reading Ten Songs From 2019 I Most Listened To (Part 3/4)
7) Birthday (feat. Monty)- Fetty Wap For the longest time, my bio on dating apps was “Fetty Wap deserved better!!”. Fetty had one of the greatest rap runs of this decade from late 14-15, when it felt like he catapulted into hip-hop superstardom overnight. His ascension seemed to reach its apex after Drake remixed "My… Continue reading Ten Songs From 2019 I Most Listened To (Part 2/4)
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