Tag: music


January 01, 2021 music data-analysis
For this year's rankings, I decided to use data: I rated every single song on every single album I added to my library this year. Hit the jump to see the rankings across genres, track counts, and what I learned about emotions vs analytics...
July 07, 2020 music essay
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...
May 27, 2020 music essay
Happy birthday to an artist who’s quietly snuck into my favorites recently: Bas...
April 10, 2020 music sampling
This inaugural post on Unspotted is a dope dive into a few specific times Kanye West flipped the meaning of sampled vocals:...
March 09, 2020 music video art
Do it on repeat-repeat...
January 01, 2020 music essay
Another year, another list! If you missed last year’s, I discussed 8 of my favorite releases from last year. This year I’m switching it up and sharing three brief collections: Three projects worth discussing...
July 27, 2019 music playlist
I’ve finally got my go-to playlist for summer cook-outs...
May 17, 2019 project site music
This site by Rory Byrne and Rian Dillon is an amazing use of Spotify's API: Metro. It connects to users' Spotify accounts and...
April 10, 2019 article music technology
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...
March 07, 2019 article music
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...
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