Personal Essay: Black History Month Will Stallings For WUSC, Black History Month is an important time to reflect on the importance of black artists in the music industry. From Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder to James Brown and Martin Gaye, from Jimi Hendrix, Slash and Prince to Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj, there is […]

5 Songs and Books for Black History Month Jordan Smith We’re officially in the midst of Black History Month 2019! Race relations in America are just as hot a topic now as they were 50 years ago, and just as complex. Personally, the thing that opened my eyes to the complexity and importance of these […]

The Importance of clipping., Splendor and Misery Black History Month Daniel (D#) Sharp Rap has been around for nearly 50 years, and the genre has gone through many different changes and sub-genres throughout this time. It has become increasingly mainstream in the past 20 or so years, and while some of the more popular songs […]

Profile: MC Ride Black History Month James Boyt In the world of alternative hip hop, rarely does a name create as much buzz as that of MC Ride, known for forming the critically acclaimed Sacramento band, Death Grips. It’s well known that Death Grips has a polarizing sound that offends some and gains the attraction […]

The new year is here, and we are excited for all of the new music that this year will bring us!  Whether they have confirmed releases or speculated albums, there are a number of artists that we are looking forward to hearing new music from. The following is a selection of a few of our […]

By Schuler As I get older, the trend among friends my age seems to be a resistance to new momentum, a yearning for bygone (and somehow unspecified) good ole days, or just a general malaise about the present and future, and… I honestly just don’t get it. I can’t remember the last time I looked […]