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Lay Down My Life: JPEGMAFIA and Jane Remover @ The Newport
Photo credit Levi Manchak, via Wikimedia Commons If JPEGMAFIA has been anything in this decade, it’s consistent. The critically acclaimed rapper and producer, Benington Hendricks (aka JPEGMAFIA) recently released this past August his third full length LP of the 2020s: I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, a record as full of frenetic movement as…
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JPEGMAFIA: Are All My Heroes Cornballs?
It’s disappointing when a favorite artist of yours releases new music and you can clearly see they’ve gone downhill. It’s even more disappointing when they release new music and it sounds so good, but their marketing proves the artist as a person has gone downhill. I was introduced to JPEGMAFIA around 2021 by my late…
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Chappell Roan: The Trials Of A Midwest Princess
Photo credit Justin Higuchi, via Wikimedia Commons Recent pop-craze Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, known professionally as Chappell Roan, has seen a quick rise to the top of US and UK music billboards. As a freshman at Ohio State, her music follows me everywhere—I hear it at frat parties, school-sanctioned events, and even my part-time job. After…