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TEST SPIN | Black Empowerment in Future’s ‘High Off Life’
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Future did what he had to in order to survive, yet it has now come to grant him immense standing as a figure of authority.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/arts/artsmusic/page/2/)
Future did what he had to in order to survive, yet it has now come to grant him immense standing as a figure of authority.
The fact is, if you want to reach the younger generation, Instagram stories are far more reliable than flyers.
When you actively profit from Black trends and Black ideas, solidarity isn’t enough.
It is evident that faith plays a key role in defining music for Massillon — for him, while it might be tempting to lose faith or be upset at God in this time or be frustrated, he sees it only as a way to draw closer to faith and to what anchors him.
Polo G’s lyrical talent shines in this album, once again distinguishing him from his contemporaries with a passionate delivery that also often recalls an explicit story.
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie will no longer be headlining the second day of the Virtual Music Festival “due to health reasons.”
“There are so many things I’m disappointed and sad that didn’t happen because of a virus. The list is too long to name honestly.” Over the phone, she pauses in quiet remembrance of the commencements, weddings and events that never came to pass. “But this suffering isn’t being wasted. And I can show I have hope through music.”
Even for those unfamiliar with his more recent music, watching a performance with thousands of other people is a type of social connection that most people would appreciate in the face of isolation — I know I do.
Swae Lee, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Rico Nasty and Matoma are set to play the Virtual Music Festival on May 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. EDT, Slope Day Programming Board announced on Facebook.
A community separated by uncontrollable circumstances can still be united through the appreciation of a life well-lived.