The Only Christmas Album You Need
Bad Religion’s “Christmas Songs” celebrates a time when Christianity wasn’t merely performative.
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The Case Against Pop Christmas Music
Adam Carlson shares his thoughts on how pop Christmas music is ruining the holidays.
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New Jack Swing: The Subgenre That Revlolutionized R&B and Hip-Hop
New jack swing took over pop R&B for nearly a decade and pop music would never be the same.
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Who Writes a Song About a Car Crash?
The phenomenon remains a strange footnote in the history of American pop music.
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Just a Man and His Two Guitars
His singular guitar and his unique approach to his chosen genres mean that he sounds like no one else.
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What Shaped Dick Dale?
Dick Dale’s Lebanese roots and connection to the Arab world layed the foundation of his innovative surf-rock sound.
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Un-Accenting the Accent
Why has the American accent become de rigueur for artists around the world?
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Canibus’ Rip The Jacker: A Most Unusual Production
Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind and Canibus caught lightning in a bottle in a strange but successful way.
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The Mysterious Allure of the Double Album
The double album is a dying breed, but the vanity and ambition needed to make them will never go out of style
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Why Are There No Rap Covers?
Rap covers succeed when they take a song with universal lyrics and give it a complimentary coat of new paint.
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