Essays
Compiling how compilations are compiled
Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade brand has expanded the scope of what compilation albums can do...
The art of sports memes
The NBA has established itself as the premier meme enterprise in the world of professional athletics. “I got one more in me.” Is this quote a patriotic sentiment…
Lucki’s rise was not just lucky
There is something uncanny about listening to Chicago rapper Lucki’s music. It’s amorphous in the sense that the instrumentals may be layered, sample-heavy and dense but the artist…
Get Damian Lillard to South Beach! – Mock Trades
The One That Tries To Solve Everybody’s Problems Damian Lillard wants out, James Harden wants out, Furkan Korkmaz has been wanting out for years and Tyler Herro has…
Rappers can win Hip-Hop by avoiding competition
When you think about hip-hop, you think about rap. When you think about rap, you think about bars. When you think about bars, you often do so in…
The other shoe has dropped for hypebeasts
It was a Thursday in 2017, I had Geometry at my middle school that morning. I had a quiz, as I did every class, but the only numbers…
“Energy” has become a beverage buzz-word
Do you think a child would think something is cool, or okay to participate in, if it was given a seal of approval by youthful popular culture figures…
Did Ja Morant get what he deserves?
Most people get told by an authority figure that “actions have consequences” at some point in their life. Some believe that this can ring hollow with global atrocities…
Sporting ethics talk, but money talks louder
It was only last July when Rory McIlroy claimed that there was “no room in the golf world for LIV Golf” . It was also just around a…
Sports are the most public social experiment
There are two sides to prosperity in competitive athletics; there is the celebration of the winners and the despair of the losers. Sports are generally an inadvertent compromise…
Are ball-hogs bad?
It’s an age-old question that has frustrated many amateurs and pros. Imagine you’re a kid again. You’re on a squad composed of other pre-teens your age within the…
Social media continues to distort body image
Social media influencers can deliberately, or inadvertently, warp physical perception. Body image has become a brand in itself within the dawn of social media’s influencer era. It is…
Can you truly separate art from the artist?
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was my favorite artist of all time. Graduation (2007) was the first full-length album that I listened to in its entirety when…
Grant Wahl’s death means more than the World Cup for America
Renowned American sports journalist Grant Wahl was live-Tweeting his analysis of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Argentina vs. Netherlands quarterfinals match until he spontaneously collapsed and passed away…
Be thankful for athletic activism
Highlighting some of the most significant social stances taken by professional athletes. There is never a time and place to stand up for what one believes is morally…