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What is Chanel Beads? The NYC-based Dreampop duo hasn’t figured it out yet on this LP, but it still stands as a valiant first actual release. (Image via Bandcamp)

For the Record: “Your Day Will Come” by Chanel Beads

Victor Kidwell, Features Editor May 8, 2024

The mysterious and lush 2024 album “Your Day Will Come” by Chanel Beads is an entire world unto itself. The sprawling nature of the project fits perfectly with the walls upon walls of sounds, blurring...

Darktempo trap sets a psychedelic tone in Vegyn’s newest release, “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.” Image via Spotify

For The Record: “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions” by Vegyn

Victor Kidwell, Features Editor May 7, 2024

“The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions” doesn't add much to Vegyns catalog. The April 5 release displays Vegyn at his most comfortable, and while it indulges in his strengths, it lacks nuance....

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For The Record: “Interlude”

Abby Crespin, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2024

These past few weeks have felt like a fracture in time, fraught with my dissociative tendencies and dream-like version of existence. Join me as I escape from reality, soundtracked to some of my favorite...

Future, the lead artist and rapper on the album. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

For The Record: “We Don’t Trust You” by Future and Metro Boomin

Ben Behr, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

Expectation. One of the most loaded words in the English language. While expectations are set based on prior experience, it is hard to maintain the standards people will set when facing early success....

“Vultures 1,” the joint collaboration between Ty Dolla $ign and Ye. (Photo via Wikipedia)

For The Record: “Vultures 1” by Y$

Ben Behr, Staff Writer April 3, 2024

How far can skill and notoriety get you? How far can you go before you cross the line? And after you've crossed the line, can you ever go back? For the past few years, these questions have surrounded the...

Ben Behr discusses the long and eventful career of the Southern rapper 21 Savage. (Photo via Variety)

For The Record: 21 Savage Deep Dive

Ben Behr, Staff Writer February 21, 2024

Born in 1992, Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, better known as 21 Savage, is a British-American rapper based out of Atlanta. Relatively new to the hip-hop scene, 21 Savage has already made a name for himself...

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