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Thanks to Chance the Rapper, #BlackBoyJoy Is a Thing
Chance the Rapper is awesome. Not only does he have the kind of music that makes hip-hop exciting again, with his horns, his elastic lyricism and his constant praise of the most high, but he’s also got the kind of personality that can’t be ignored. He’s lovable, humble and hilarious. All of the goodness of…
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Chance the Rapper Is Making Avant-Garde Gospel Music Under the Guise of Rap, and It's Divine
There is a Dorothy Norwood song I first heard in 1994 that deeply impacted me. The song, “Somebody Prayed for Me,” goes as follows: Somebody prayed for me, had me on their mind.Took the time to pray for me. The song speaks to the selfless nature of communing with a divine being on behalf of another.…
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Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment's "Surf" Makes Me Really Happy
I love Chance The Rapper. I’d be willing to argue with almost anybody that his 2013 wrecking ball, Acid Rap, is easily one of the best hip-hop albums to come out in the past 10 years. In my own estimation, only Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a better album. And I’m including Kendrick’s…
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Chance The Rapper Might Be The Pettiest Dude Of All Time.
Petty dudes have been having a field day lately. First, Big Sean dropped “IDFWU”, a nod to his now defunct relationship with Glee actress Naya Rivera, which at the time felt like the apex of pettiness in song form. It was almost an excercise in abject immaturity with its repeated musings of “I don’t give…
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