This awesome Okayplayer article covers some of the most interesting ways artists are using technology in new ways to distribute music:...
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Hip-hop, music, and mental wellness. This Okayplayer article by Elijah Watson discusses the growing role of black musicians in meditation apps: How Black Musicians Are Creating Soundtracks For Popular Meditation Apps...
"Top five dead or alive and that's just off one LP Network Graph?" This clever project applies PageRank to the Top 5 MC debate and visualizes the top MC's according to the MC's themselves: Top 5 Rappers of All Time...
Courtesy of Okayplayer, check out this great look at the the run-up and impact of The Root's "How I Got Over" on its 10 year anniversary: How The Roots’ ‘How I Got Over’ Became Their Crowning Achievement Of The New Millennium...
I was recently looking for another crate for my records when I found this Vinyl Factory article: Why it’s Criminal to Store Records in Milkcrates...
From the Wall Street Journal, Genius has accused Google of stealing its lyrics. Peep the Genius-made video below...
This article from Wired opened my eyes to a whole sub-culture I had no idea existed: DJs of the Future Don't Spin Records–They Write Code. There are plenty of rabbit holes to follow in this article, including...
This is a fascinating dive from the NY Times into the writer credits on Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode: How Dozens of People Own a Slice of a Hit...
Are We Having Fun Yet? On Pop’s Morose New Normal. This article from Pitchfork pulls together examples, numbers, and insight about what I've been feeling about popular music lately. It's a great read on what has changed, why it may have changed, and...