One of Pac's most famous quotes was, 'The reason I’m so harsh is because I’m so sensitive.' In a nutshell, that sums up why, I believe, Cardi B is 2Pac. She fully embodies this idea of being brutally honest so she can’t be hurt. She tells you her teeth needed to be fixed, she reminds you she was a stripper... If she's the one who puts it out there, YOU can’t hurt her with it. She owns it ALL. | | | | On the rocks: Nita Dalton leads her group, the Silver Sax Six, in 1938.
(Corbis/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “One of Pac's most famous quotes was, 'The reason I’m so harsh is because I’m so sensitive.' In a nutshell, that sums up why, I believe, Cardi B is 2Pac. She fully embodies this idea of being brutally honest so she can’t be hurt. She tells you her teeth needed to be fixed, she reminds you she was a stripper... If she's the one who puts it out there, YOU can’t hurt her with it. She owns it ALL.”
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| | rantnrave:// Unlike certain members of the executive and legislative branches, I'm not a big fan of rushing laws through the system without debate. "Act now, ask permission later" and "fix it in the mix" may have their place in business and in music production, but the U.S. government is ill-suited for the back half of either of those workflows. (Do you really want 535 elected officials working on that mix? Do you think any of them know what ABLETON is?) The good news on the MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT, an omnibus mechanical royalties bill that will be reintroduced in Congress today, is that it's already gone through a few rounds of debate and refinement within the music biz; it's being shepherded by a Virginia Republican whom the music biz likes; it has bipartisan backing in Washington, and an unusually broad level of support from songwriters (who got some important concessions), publishers, record companies and streaming services. The not-necessarily-good news is they're still trying to fast-track the new bill—which combines what used to be four separate bills and aims to create a new copyright collection/distribution agency—into law, when plenty of complaints remain. DAVID LOWERY, who supports the basics of the legislation but not all of it, posits that it "proposes a vast new bureaucracy that would less efficiently duplicate what ASCAP and BMI already do." Others are concerned the new agency would by design favor established songwriters and publishers and shortchange newcomers, outsiders and do-it-yourselfers. The biggest losers could be hip-hop and Latin songwriters, argues HENRY GRADSTEIN, a lawyer leading major suits against SPOTIFY, PANDORA and SIRIUS. On the other hand, it's not every day that songwriters, labels and streaming companies agree on anything, and it may be a long time before they agree on anything else. "Nothing is perfect. There will be meaningful criticism of this bill," music lawyer JORDAN BROMLEY wrote in BILLBOARD in February. "But at the end of the day, this is a good thing for our business." So there's that, too. Don't knock consensus. But if a few more weeks, a few more months or a few more whatevers get you more consensus, don't knock that either. Get it right the first time, if you can... Maybe MARK and DAVID KNOPFLER should have been named the new guitarists in FLEETWOOD MAC (more, not less, dysfunction is the way to go with that group, if you ask me, and I love that group very much), and maybe LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM should perform a two-hour version of "MONEY FOR NOTHING" (with supplementary verses) to celebrate DIRE STRAITS' induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME this weekend. Two birds, one stone... (Also, NEIL FINN and MIKE CAMPBELL should rename themselves the HOUSEBREAKERS and offer their services to any dysfunctional situation that needs 'em. LIAM GALLAGHER and the Housebreakers, CAMILA CABELLO and the Housebreakers, OFFSET and the Housebreakers, etc.)... A poignant essay from 2016 on why touring can really, really suck by HUTCH HARRIS of the THERMALS, who have officially called it quits... JOHN CUSACK has some thoughts on HIGH FIDELITY the TV show... I'll have a symphony, with... Tax tips for musicians... Rock-star handwriting fonts. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| How do you define Grime and what were the roots of the music genre? What did the genre mean to those making and hearing the music during its development and what role do women play in the history and current success of Grime? | | |
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 | NPR Music |
| After releasing his successful debut album in 1972, songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey was the toast of Austin, Texas - and then he sort of... disappeared. | | |
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 | DJBooth |
| The TDE president examines his controversial tweet. | | |
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| NPR Music |
| The results are in for our reader poll, and your picks for the greatest albums made by women deeply modify and sometimes openly challenge our original Turning the Tables list. | | |
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 | Man Repeller |
| The media that young women and gay men enjoy is often dismissed as campy or trashy or culturally lightweight because as a demographic, girls and gays tend not to be taken seriously without “earning it.” For that, we can thank a patriarchal culture that continually undermines anything that might be considered “feminine." | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Superstars like Swift are increasingly using "dynamic pricing" that shifts ticket prices constantly like airline seats. But is it the future of the industry? | | |
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 | The Walrus |
| How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny. | | |
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 | Music Business Worldwide |
| Apple is currently growing its subscriber base at around double the rate of Spotify's | | |
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 | Billboard |
| The window of availability should close 40 years after your first record. If you don’t get into the Hall in 15 years, the voters have already made their collective opinion clear -- you just don't belong. | | |
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 | NME |
| Since the tabloid press first whipped up a fuss about mods fighting rockers on the beaches of Brighton in the mid-1960s - the flames of which were fanned by headline hungry journalists - mass media has had its heart set on demonising youth culture. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Navigating new fame and a new record, "Invasion of Privacy," Cardi B is fighting to stay true to her Bronx roots while the world clamors for her to become a global superstar. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| A wave of nihilism is infiltrating music, with the likes of Noah Cyrus, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Let’s Eat Grandma reflecting on the dystopia created by the digital world. | | |
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 | Variety |
| Licensing reform for the 21st century music industry is expected to take a step forward Tuesday with the introduction of a new Music Modernization Act that combines key provisions of what were four separate legislative initiatives into a single bill that will update how music rates are set and how songwriters and artists are paid. | | |
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| Billboard |
| Organizers call Denver facility a “revolutionary concert experience” that anchors new 14-acre mixed use development. | | |
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 | Reverb.com |
| From World War II through the birth of rock 'n' roll, trade restrictions kept UK players from Fenders, Gibsons, and more U.S. brands. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Hellion's Ann Boleyn has had a career in metal that's taken her from working with Dio to getting a law degree. Now she wants to help shape the next generation. | | |
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 | Decider |
| His personal anecdotes reveal him to be a bit of an a**hole; he’s defensive, sanctimonious, opinionated, and arrogant. I say this not as a condemnation, merely a statement of fact, and to be fair, any number of great musicians are also totally giant a**holes, so he’s in good company. | | |
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| Noisey |
| The members of global collective GRRRL work in male-dominated genres in countries where women's basic rights are still up for debate. | | |
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 | Complex |
| A big part of Donald Glover's FX series, 'Atlanta,' is the music, which ranges from new trap anthems to old school jams. Here's a list of every notable song featured on 'Atlanta Robbin Season.' | | |
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 | The Outline |
| They're calling it quits after a distinguished career. | | |
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