“Collateral Beauty”: A Letter to Life
Not all too often does one write a letter to love, time, or death. But to receive a reply? That goes a bit beyond “therapeutic.” In the moving piece that…
Reviews
The Late Saint Pablo – Yeezy Still Reaches New Heights
After an hour of keeping the audience waiting, Kanye West erupted from the stage at Chicago’s United Center last Friday night. Opening with “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1”, he…
_A Monster Calls_ : A Poignant Reality Check
The Christmas season is just over two months away, and Hollywood is not short on producing films just in time for families to enjoy on a couch in front of…
The Punk Rock Patriarch: A Review of We Cool? by Jeff Rosenstock
What is punk rock, anyways? Is it a whiny teenager shouting into a microphone, accompanied by scratchy guitars, crappy bass, and drums that are too loud for their own good?…
Family Matters in Hip-Hop: Reviewing Broad Shoulders by Taylor Bennett
In December of 2015, Taylor Bennett shook off the ties to his older brother Chance the Rapper and spread his own wings by releasing his debut full-length album Broad Shoulders….