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Hate CD But Love Digital? Steve Lacy Says We Can Have Both

It seems even at the slight age of 21, Steve Lacy has already come into his own. Remarkably, he doesn’t share the same popular esteem in R&B as peers like Frank Ocean, SZA, or The Weeknd- an aspect that confounds my sense of decent music taste while also making me question whether I’m deluded in believing he has transcended his indie bona fides to a greater regard. Maybe his lo-fi leanings make him not quite right for the spotlight –...

Top 20 + Brief Reflections on 2017

One way of describing 2017 is it was a remarkable year in the barest sense – meaning that despite all of the darkness, bigotry, abuse, and scandal, it was nonetheless still a year worth many remarks. Hey, that’s better than saying it was an unremarkable year not worth mentioning. Popular culture was galvanized by the sweeping hand of the #MeToo movement and Black Lives Matter to such a large degree that it engulfed the public consciousness. The power of the...