The Music Blog: Is hip hop a slave to the simile?
You can blame Lil’ Wayne for this column. I was listening to a Drake mixtape last week on which Wayne did some guest spots and a thought rose through the muck of my brainwaves that made my stomach turn a little: Hip hop lyrics are falling into a serious creative rut, and the simile is [...]
The Music Blog: Are you not entertained?!
Honestly, I hate KISS, but in an exaggerated way they have a point. As a teenager, when a lot of my musical opinions and biases were formed, I rebeled against KISS because I thought they were more about spitting blood and fire onstage and coordinated robo-swaying than they were about playing music. Really, KISS? No [...]
