SUMN I WROTE ⋆
SUMN I WROTE ⋆
I remember I would turn on my iPod touch, my TV, or my mom’s phone and see my icon, Beyoncé. She was it baby! She had the body, she danced, she sang, she acted, she did everything I dreamed of doing. I would watch old tours and music videos to study the way she moved, how she used her fingers to guide her vocal performance, what shoes she paired with her outfits, her adlibs, and every detail down to the credits at the end. I didn’t know who I was, but something in me knew who I wanted to be.
the deeper connection between the queer community and female artists
FEB. ‘24
RAW or NAW? a city girls review
OCT. ‘23
Four years post the #FreeJT movement, the City Girls are bigger than they’ve ever been. Gone are the days of their classics “Act Up” and “F Dat Nigga” as they’ve ushered themselves into different business and music ventures. They are finally back with a new LP, RAW, and we couldn’t be more excited! Is it worth the listen though?
the underrated importance of sampling
FEB. ‘23
Created in the 1970s, sampling is the reuse of a portion of a sound recording in another recording. And before it became a topic of discussion in the Twitterverse, in the words of Grandmaster Flash it was a “quick, easy and cheap way to make beat”