An ode to Tupac Shakur’s ‘Me Against the World,’ an album that’s traveled with me throughout my life
When Tupac’s third album was released, I was 15. Thirty years later I’m a 45-year-old man and the album means so much more to ...
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The Meaning Behind “The Man in Me” by Bob Dylan, a Future ‘Lebowski’ Anthem
Before Ethan and Joel Coen included “The Man in Me” in their 1998 film The Big Lebowski, it appeared on Dylan’s 1970 album, New Morning. Though Dylan’s 11th LP is sometimes overlooked, it offers a ...
Every Song From Playboi Carti's ‘I Am Music' Album Ranked: Critic's Picks
Whole Lotta Red album landed on Christmas Day in 2020, Playboi Carti finally released his much-delayed and highly anticipated ...
Miranda Lambert on Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of ‘Kerosene' With First Vinyl Edition and an Unreleased Song: ‘It's Baby Me, but the Same Feisty Me That I Am N…
Miranda Lambert keeps referring to the version of her that was captured on her 2005 debut album, “Kerosene,” as “baby me.” ...
Teddi Mellencamp Texted Tamra Judge 'I'm on My Deathbed' After Brain Tumor Diagnosis
On the March 13 episode of their 'Two Ts in a Pod' podcast, Tamra Judge recalled how Teddi Mellencamp texted that she was on ...
The American Exceptionalism That Made Usha Vance and Me
"The country that formed Usha Vance and her husband also formed me, and its mythologies are also mine," writes Sanjena ...
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“I Really Didn’t Want to Record the Song Myself”: Shania Twain Wrote One of Her Biggest Hits for This Pop Diva
As Shania Twain was carving out her path in Nashville, Celine Dion was breaking into the English-language market. Let’s Talk About Love, released the same year Twain gave us Come On Over, became one ...