Entertainment
Ascending and Reflecting: J. Cole’s The Fall-Off as a Study in Time, Growth, and Legacy
J. Cole has often cast himself as hip hop’s moral center, a moral inquiry into fame, ambition, and Black American
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Musings
Ebo Taylor: Sonic Architect of a Continent
Ebo Taylor with multiple grammy-nominated Ghanaian artiste, Rocky Dawuni. Picture courtesy: Rocky Dawuni Facebook page. Ebo Taylor, one of the
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Entertainment
Kweku Smoke: The Quiet Walk Forward
Walk With Me is different. Smoke is alone here not lonely, but in that quiet state where you become the
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Book Reviews
The Soundtrack of Ache: On Chimeka Garricks’ A Broken People’s Playlist
Some books are symphonic. Others are closer to mixtapes—loose, lived-in, stitched together by effect rather than plot. Chimeka Garricks’ A
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Entertainment
Black Sherif’s Iron Boy is a War Cry in the Language of the Weary
There’s something deeply spiritual about the way Black Sherif makes music. Not spiritual in the choral-soprano, incense-burning sense, but in
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Reflections of a Maverick Citizen...
LOVE IN THE DARK
I remember standing at the gate of that famous house along the banks of the great river. Dusk was falling
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