There is no law that says metal music is not allowed or it is prohibited in Syria, but because of the people, the authorities began to arrest metalheads. And then it became a thing: automatically when someone from the government met a metalhead, they would be questioned or held. | | | | Young Thug at V-103 Winterfest in Atlanta, December 2016.
(Paras Griffin/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “There is no law that says metal music is not allowed or it is prohibited in Syria, but because of the people, the authorities began to arrest metalheads. And then it became a thing: automatically when someone from the government met a metalhead, they would be questioned or held.”
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| | rantnrave:// If you haven’t been paying close attention to who curates those trending and heritage music playlists you subscribe to, you might be interested to find out they’re not all made by the SPOTIFY curation team or by Spotify users. Several are tended by marketing companies owned by the three major label groups, who use their access to Spotify's algorithms and ad inventory (see also: sponsored song ad units) to market their artists. LIZ PELLY breaks down the secret lives of playlists, including how the relationships between the major labels and Spotify work, what their access is like, and how Spotify tests developing artists and new tracks. Frankly, it sounds similar to how major label relationships with radio, MTV and similar outlets have worked for years. But those are lay-back technologies that need to be curated, while streaming services have the ability to be both lay-back and lean-in for more knowledgeable, engaged customers. The internet was going to bring us democracy, but capitalism doesn’t exist in a void. It’s an age-old story: As soon as streaming money became a powerful source of revenue for labels (shout out to TAYLOR SWIFT, who apparently made over $400K on streaming last week), they wanted to get as much control as they could over the technology... Tributes to PRODIGY of MOBB DEEP continued rolling in Wednesday. If you only read one, make it TOURE’S for THE DAILY BEAST, in which he examines how the man’s upbringing on the crack-addled streets of Queens influenced his style... Shout out to NPR for coining the term roséwave, which is just chillwave for middle-aged WHOLE FOODS shoppers like myself. I’ll be listening to this playlist while getting my basic on all summer long (and I have almost no shame about it)... Everyone who wrote up SNOOP DOGG’s send up of YOUNG THUG as hilarious, drop what you’re doing and read BEN BEAUMONT-THOMAS’s take for THE GUARDIAN, then think about how Snoop decided it was okay to be homophobic during Pride Month. It’s far from representative of hip-hop as a whole. | | | - Courtney E. Smith, guest curator |
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 | Medium |
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