Christmas songs are really emo songs: the holidays are hard and emotions tend to run deep (or, maybe more likely, I’m just projecting my personal experience onto a day that most people would pump into their veins if that were option). Somber and haunting, yet hopeful, Swae Lee‘s “Christmas At …
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Rae Sremmurd appeared on The Tonight Show to perform hit single “Guatemala.” The hip-hop duo unveiled the track with a tropical beach setting on Fallon’s stage, dancing around beach chairs, an umbrella and a cluster of palm trees and accompanied by a DJ. “Guatemala” comes from Rae Sremmurd member Swae …
Read More »Review: Rae Sremmurd's 'Sr3mm' Is a Triple Album Crackling With Promise
The triple album format springs to mind career-surveying hits compilations, Zappa-type improvisations, Grateful Dead live sets or the Clash’s Sandinista! A 27-song, three-disc record of all new material is not the kind of thing you’d associate with a pop-friendly hip-hop duo that had its first hits just four years ago. …
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