The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2018

For the third year in running, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. As with last year, the list was compiled through the votes of our music staff, plus…

TYF’s Top 10 Albums of 2018 (So Far)

2018 has already seen plenty of great music, and fans of pretty much every genre should be quite content with the records that have come out in the first half of year. We’ve seen career defining masterpieces, impressive debuts and…

Lil Rel Howery On His Love of Basketball (and Hannibal Buress) and Working With Legends in ‘Uncle Drew’ [Interview]

Breakout roles can come from any film or from any character. Lil Rel Howery’s came in the form of a dreaded TSA agent that quickly turned into one of the best comedic characters in one of the best films of…

Album Review: The Carters – “Everything is Love”

As the cultural phenoms they are, Beyoncé and Jay-Z continue to find new ways to get the world eating out of the palms of their hands. On an otherwise quiet summer evening, music lovers flocked to their computers in unison…

“Upgrade” Movie Review: Tech Actioner Spams Fun, Blood to Offset Déjà-Vu

The implant is no Audemars Piguet, but hey, it still elevates the wearer! What a toothsome phrase, “what if.” Powerful, too, especially in the sci-fi genre, as any mishandling or undertreating will set a future-set film on a surefire path…

Music Interview: Aplus

The music industry is a crazy thing to be part of. There’s the ups and the downs but no matter what, you stick through it. Sure, that could be said for any industry but as of right now we’re talking…

Who to See Bumbershoot Day 3

Still reeling from Day 1 and 2 of Bumbershoot? One more day to go but who do you have to check out? There are so many stages and art installations, it’s hard to choose. We broke down our ideal schedule…