P!nk’s last album, The Truth About Love, was a revelation to this rock n’ roll fan. On it, P!nk rocked harder and sang more meaningfully than any rock band I’d heard in years. I’d always known that she was good,…
From the Record Crate: Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000)
Eminem’s follow-up to his 1999 debut The Slim Shady LP was where he proved, definitively, that he was not just a potty-mouthed provocateur, sent here by God to piss the world off, but also a great artist. The Slim Shady…
Our Favorite Music Biopics
We’ve seen a revival in the music biopic over the last few months between the releases of three movies. Miles Ahead follows jazz icon Miles Davis during his 1970s hiatus from music. I Saw the Light charts the life and death of…
The Academy’s Best Original Song Shortlist Features Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Leon Bridges, and More
A few days ago the Academy released their shortlist for Best Original Song, and per usual, the list is very long with some artists appearing more than once. One noticeable surprise came from the amount of hip-hop and R&B this list…
Movie Review: ‘Southpaw’
Southpaw mirrors the sport of boxing in much more than the literal sense. The strongest aspects of the film are the actions depicted within the squared circle. Outside of the ring, many of the plot points and storylines are all…
Common and Friends: Hip Hop at the Oscars
I really don’t care much for awards season, in a musical sense, because if you pay attention most songs that get nominated by the Grammys are either smash radio hits or they are overplayed and forced upon you, I only…
From the Record Crate: Cage – “Hell’s Winter” (2005)
Instead of simply resorting to ridiculous exaggerations, Cage, real name Chris Palko, draws inspiration from legitimate, impoverished experiences. A childhood that seems more crazed than conceivable, at the age of eight, Palko’s father was arrested by state troopers after threatening his…