November 2010
3 posts
man on the moon 2: the legend of mr. rager (kid...
Holding it down at the Edmonton Journal with this on Kid Cudi’s latest: On Kid Cudi’s second album, a sequel to last year’s Man on the Moon: The End of Day, the sort-of Kanye protege is still a “lonely stoner.” In other words, it’s business as usual for the 26-year-old hip-hop artist — drab, sludgy beats, poor rapping, and even worse singing. The music ...
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“BACK TO DECEMBER” (taylor swift)
There’s a reason that Taylor sets this song in December, a month rife with symbolic possibilities. So what exactly is over? Not just a relationship that she messed up, but an entire mentality, an outmoded way of thinking that led Taylor first to heartbreak, but then, crucially, to insight — which is why our humbled heroine keeps going back to an...
