Why Kendrick’s Pulitzer win matters
Matt Hooke, Arts and Entertainment Editor
April 27, 2018
For the first time in the prestigious award’s 75-year history, a non-jazz or classical recording won the Pulitzer Prize for Music on April 16. In a shocking victory, Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN” beat two modern classical pieces, Michael Gilbertson’s, “Quartet,” and Ted Hearne’s “Sound fro...
Untitled but inspiring
Alex Tomazic, Staff Reporter
March 18, 2016
Kendrick Lamar never stops working. After releasing his breakout album “good kid, m.A.A.d City,” he began working on his next album. “To Pimp a Butterfly” was released in 2015, earning him awards and accolades. One thing that separated Lamar from modern rap was the style beats featured on...
The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards focus on performances
Alex Tomazic, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2016
The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held last Monday in Los Angeles, California. Dubbed “Music’s Biggest Night,” the GRAMMYs celebrated the best (and the most popular) in the industry from the last year. Since many of the GRAMMY winners are announced before the actual ceremony, the night mainly...
Kendrick Lamar unleashes artistic metamorphosis with “To Pimp A Butterfly”
Teddy Eisenberg, Staff Reporter
March 27, 2015
In many ways, Kendrick Lamar’s second masterwork, “To Pimp A Butterfly,” is the antithesis of the modern rap album. Clocking in at a sprawling hour and 19 minutes in length and featuring very few of the bravado-heavy singles we have come to know and often love in hip-hop (save the funky gem, “King...
