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5 days ago · Season 5: Jose James Brings Hip Hop Cool to International Jazz Audiences. When he was 17, James attended a McFerrin concert with the noted jazz pianist Chick Corea. It was then that he was hooked on the idea that a career in music was inevitable—but he still was surprised that others saw it as well. “Wow,” James said.
5 days ago · May 8, 2024. A & E. Kay McHugh. Hip-hop’s absolute cultural dominance in the American music landscape has grown increasingly unstable in recent years. The ubiquity and saturation of figures like Kanye West and Jay-Z is unmatched by any modern day equivalents. Kanye and other hip-hop legends, of course, still release music and are largely ...
3 days ago · There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on neighboring genres was expanding so exponentially that Billboard was moved to create a new chart. Hot R&B Songs, the magazine said, would supplement the existing Hot Rap/R&B Chart, and highlight "the differences between pure R&B and ...
2 days ago · Dr. Todd Boyd, the “Notorious Ph.D.,” had a conversation about his new “personal and professional” book Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World with Chicago native Open Mike Eagle, a hip-hop artist and comedian now based in LA. Detroit native Dr. Boyd also lives in the city of angels as USC’s Chair for the Study of Race and ...
3 days ago · A new face, and new chapter, in R&B's unstoppable rap makeover. After a whirlwind rise, Dallas singer 4batz has released his debut mixtape, u made me a st4r. At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's ...
3 days ago · Keri Hilson and D.O.E. The performance told the story of a couple that met on a park bench and showcased the dancers’ ability to perform hip-hop as well as acrobatics such as flips and aerials. Audiences loved the dancers together, commenting, “It’s so great, they work so well together.” on the YouTube video of the performance.
PREMIUM Like alchemists of sound, the Ezra Collective blends traditional jazz with contemporary sounds, including hip hop, soul, funk, and Nigerian Afrobeat. (Via Instagram) (Via Instagram)
