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These Are the Best Albums of All Time by Black Artists By Alexander Raeburn, Stacker News AND Nicole Caldwell, Stacker News On 12/31/20 at 9:00 AM EST There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the first African music was brought over by people in bondage as early as the 15th century, Black singers and musicians have had a hand in every aspect of American musics evolution. From country-western, the foundation of which ...

Blimey, that went quickly! The end of 2014 is nigh, and we’ve heard some cracking songs in its oh so brief existence. From Future Islands to ‘Fancy’, everyone’s got their favourite and they’re all completely different from each other. To find some order in the chaos, we asked over 30 Drowned In Sound staffers to vote for their top five singles of the year, then added up the results and made a list of the 40 most popular choices. Read on for the final, definitive compendium and then su...

"Auto-Tune is great for fixing vocals, but we use Auto-Tune in a way it wasnt designed to work. A lot of people complain about musicians using Auto-Tune. It reminds me of the late 70s when musicians in France tried to ban the synthesizer. They said it was taking jobs away from musicians. What they didnt see was that you could use those tools in a new way instead of just for replacing the instruments that came before. People are often afraid of things that sound new." Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk...

Alfredo to Pop Smoke’s posthumous victory Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, there was no shortage of intriguing projects peppering the best Hip Hop albums of 2020. And amongst the year’s new Hip Hop albums, it was Run The Jewels’ defiant effort Run The Jewels 4 that perhaps best encapsulates the socio-political turmoil that’s dominated the better half of the year, providing an explosive soundtrack for a revolution. Every year, HipHopDX staff joins in discussions, debates and some...

By: Sarah Pittman Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella Travis Scott’s 2021 plans include headlining Rolling Loud Miami in May and Rolling Loud Portugal in July. He’s pictured playing 2017 With the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine being distributed to the first recipients in the U.S. this week (huzzah!) and the FDA approval of the Moderna vaccine expected to soon follow, the beginning of the end of the devastating coronavirus pandemic has b...

It goes without saying 2020 was a rough year for many. However, as the 2020 Hip Hop Awards will show, there was a plethora of great albums, memorable songs and Hip Hop producers. The best rappers displayed top tier lyricism, artists joined forces for significant collabs and while everyone was in the house, fans were entertained with new music videos, TV shows and movies to create continued discussion — not to mention a load of impeccable R&B music to provide some much needed stress relief. Ev...

Dec 11, 2020 Tame Impala Performs At The Forum... Obviously 2020 has been backasswards, but it hasn’t stopped plenty of artists from releasing some really great music. First thing’s first, I realize this is a rock station and at my core i’m an indie/alt rock type of guy, but I do listen to many kinds of music, so don’t be surprised to find some things you may have never heard of on the list.  I also struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder, which really doesn’t negatively impact ...

A $4000000.00 pounder about $4800000.00 vessel used in the worlds most exclusive sport do you really think making action against climate change appear something only the point one percent could afford is the best way forward going on to say maybe instead of going around the world in a boat you should just stick to skype fair enough but of course just because its a p.r. stunt doesnt make a distant gen. u.s. it was a p.r. stunt to raise awareness of climate change and to drum up support for the up...

Our reporting begins with drama in d.c. as the click ticks closer to a shut down and another top member of the trump administration resigns. first, the showdown over the shut down. president run the says the government will close a long time unless lawmakers give him the money to build a wall along the u.s. southern border. the house voted on a package to keep the government open with an additional $5.7 billion in it for the wall. it doesnt have the support it needs in the senate to pass where r...