Harry Todd Contributing Writer Hip-hop is all about mythmaking, developing a personal narrative, one that simultaneously humanizes the rapper and elevates them above the listeners. On “Syre,” Jaden Smith’s debut album, Smith tries to narrativize himself among who he sees as the best musicians of …
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Reissues & Rarities
With December in full, terrifying swing (my god, there is so much due), newspapers and blogs like Pitchfork will start to publish their annual end-of-the-year lists: the best of the best movies, music and television released (according to some overly-analytic nerds who aren’t like me …
Racism is always inexcusable
I want to start off this article by stating that when I was asked to write it, I didn’t want it to be about gender, race or being international in America, because I wanted everyone to realize that I, like them, am a normal person …
C.O.W.’s diversity sparks intellectual curiosity
In the last two years, The College of Wooster’s international enrollment has increased. The College’s community has grown from this in a myriad of ways: in the unique experiences and stories the College’s students have to tell, in the global perspective we give each other. …
Ta-Nehesi Coates’ “We Were Eight Years in Power” is a must-read
Kamal Morgan Contributing Writer “Out here, in the concrete and real, sentences should be supernatural, words strung together until they compelled any listener to repeat them at odd hours, long after the bass line had died.” These are the words of Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national …
Navigating black identity in a largely white music scene
Sharah Hutson Contributing Writer On this past Saturday, Nov. 25, I traveled to the Agora Ballroom for the first time to witness the music festival Snowed In. With headlining bands such as Adult Mom, Diet Cig, Saintseneca and PUP, I found myself being excited to …