Tag: pop culture

• Breaking the Circle These women are playing for huge crowds who love them

  April 21, 2019

  But in the 1930s, the Brazilian government began to recognize the power of samba, and looked to co-opt it as part of a new, unified national identity. The music once… more ›

• ‘Be urself’: meet the teens creating a generation gap in music

  April 17, 2019

  It is a disconcerting experience to look at your tweenage daughter’s Spotify playlists and realise that you have never heard of any of the artists. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/29/be-urself-meet-the-teens-creating-a-generation-gap-in-music more ›

• Anderson .Paak: ‘People are like – Damn! How are you not on crack cocaine right now?’

  April 13, 2019

  Some musicians have the misfortune to discover, at a certain point in their careers, that it is possible to lose everything. Anderson .Paak had learned this harsh lesson twice over… more ›

• Roc Marciano, the Man Who Would Be King

  April 9, 2019

  Roc Marciano’s biggest goal isn’t to achieve the riches that mainstream success brings, or to go platinum. He just really wants to score films. https://www.complex.com/music/2019/04/roc-marciano-profile more ›

• Changing the Face (and Sound) of Rap

  January 5, 2019

  “TIK TOK,” a zippy and salacious celebration of late nights and mornings-after by a new artist named Ke$ha, has spent the last few weeks zooming toward the top of the… more ›

• “Ain’t got a care in the world / but got plenty of beer / ain’t got no money in my pocket / but I’m already here”

  January 4, 2019

  If you have a car, and that car contains some kind of media-playing device—like a CD player or whatever—then you probably prize that car as one of the few spaces… more ›

• The United States of Japan

  May 6, 2018

  The United States of Japan » Thanks to hip-hop and Hollywood, the United States is still the world’s leading cultural exporter. But, in recent years, American culture has increasingly been… more ›

• the best art comes not from the exuberance of…

  November 17, 2016

  “the best art comes not from the exuberance of youth, but the mastery of form. We got it from Here proves that he was right.” – A Tribe Called Quest:… more ›

• The Forgotten Female Action Stars of the 1910s

  May 22, 2016

  The Forgotten Female Action Stars of the 1910s » biokam: A city editor orders an armed female reporter to chase down a con man and “get the story.” A railroad… more ›

• culturenlifestyle: Classical Art Meets Hip Hop:…

  March 8, 2016

  culturenlifestyle: Classical Art Meets Hip Hop: Funny Rap Lyrics Inserted Into Classical Paintings Fly Art productions is a Tumblr art page that was conceived suddenly from a spurt of boredom… more ›