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Lana Del Rey Ranked: Born To Die – Blue Banisters

Lana Del Rey Ranked: Born To Die – Blue Banisters

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | March 9, 2022

Lana Del Rey, also known as Elizabeth or Lizzy Grant, obtained a successful career after her ‘Born To Die’ era releasing seven more albums and most recently her outstanding single ‘Watercolor Eyes’...

The Batman shines as an excellent noir thriller

‘The Batman’ shines as an excellent noir thriller

Jackson Howell and Jackson Howell | March 8, 2022

Most comic book movies have been action movies without too much gravitas, but Matt Reeves directed a noir thriller where Batman’s work as “The World’s Greatest Detective” was at the forefront.  ‘The...

Gunna’s ‘DS4EVER’ provides a well-needed trend to start 2022

Gunna’s ‘DS4EVER’ provides a well-needed trend to start 2022

Cordaveon Carter and Cordaveon Carter | January 19, 2022

Gunna’s awaited project, ‘DS4EVER’ released and slightly underperformed from expectations but still delivered some memorable moments that has everyone “pushing p”. Even though The Weeknd...

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ hits home for many viewers

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ hits home for many viewers

Kyra Lampley and Kyra Lampley | January 19, 2022

Spider-Man is undoubtedly one of the most popular superheroes in the world and ‘No Way Home' proves that. The film captures viewers’ hearts, dropping jaws as the unexpected unfolds and for some, evoking...

The Weeknd fails to deliver on ‘Dawn FM’

The Weeknd fails to deliver on ‘Dawn FM’

Cordaveon Carter and Cordaveon Carter | January 19, 2022

Coming off a great year of music in 2021, The Weeknd started off the year by releasing his next anticipated project, ‘Dawn FM’, but the album fell short of expectations.   After his huge...

Anderson Paak (left) and Bruno Mars (right) in a promo for An Evening with Silk Sonic.

Students agree: Silk Sonic’s debut should be Album of the Year

Cordaveon Carter and Cordaveon Carter | November 16, 2021

Cordaveon Carter  Over this past weekend, Silk Sonic, after months of teasing us, released one of the most highly anticipated albums this year, ‘An Evening with Silk Sonic’.  After...

Punk album cover

Young Thug’s ‘Punk’ isn’t that great

Cordaveon Carter and Cordaveon Carter | October 26, 2021

Young Thug’s ‘Punk’ album was one of the most anticipated rap albums of this year. With all the great album and music we have received over these past few months, from Kanye West’s ‘Donda’...

Don Toliver

‘Life of a DON’ continues to show off Don Toliver’s excellence

Koby Moore and Koby Moore | October 26, 2021

Graphic by Joe Weishaar. After two standout singles that came out earlier this year, the Houston artist Don Toliver dropped his highly anticipated second studio album, ‘Life of a DON’, on Oct....

Lil Nas X “births” his new album ‘Montero’.

‘Montero’ is the album we didn’t know we needed

Jennifer Shields and Jennifer Shields | September 29, 2021

There are a lot of ways for listeners to describe experimental rapper Lil Nas  X’s debut album ‘Montero’: “beautiful”, “spiritual”, “whimsical”. The self-titled album was released...

A group shot of Self-Help

Self-Help melds experiences of members for sound that sticks in your head

Seth Daspit and Seth Daspit | September 29, 2021

The band Self-Help hails from the mountain college town of Boone, North Carolina. Despite coming from wildly different musical backgrounds, Self-Help manages to successfully turn all the experiences,...

A shot from the new movie Candyman

‘Candyman’ is not a new invention — it is a reminder

Lohn Lenoir and Lohn Lenoir | September 15, 2021

After more than 20 years since the last film, the new ‘Candyman’ sequel successfully advances the series, blending the accidental horrors of old black America with the recent progression of new black...

Simu Liu as Shang-Chi

‘Shang-Chi’ balances action with heart

Loren Jones and Loren Jones | September 15, 2021

Marvel Studio released its newest movie, ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, on Sept. 3. Longtime fans and newcomers alike will be thrilled with the film, which works as both a coming-of-age...

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