Hip-hop Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Spotify sleuths sneaker-springing songs

Do you pop your headphones in when you go for a walk? Apparently this is what you’re listening to, according

Before get into music news for September 20, 2020, how can this pitch be legal? Coronavirus update 1: Some people

When you hear names like Cardi B, Drake, Eminem, Migos and Nicki Minaj, you can be forgiven for wondering which

You may have heard the story about a hitherto unknown rapper named Lil Nas X and his song “Old Town

As something of a cheese snob–I love a good Comte with a glass of port after a nice meal–I’m always

Happy birthday George Harrison! He would have turned 76 today. As for music news on February 25… R Kelly’s bail

Popular music has long been feared by those in power. They’re afraid of the messages and passions that can inculcate

Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019

There are many flavours of hip-hop: gangsta, low bap, grime, drill, ghettotech, nerdcore, crunk, and so on. Then we have

[Another guest post as I lollygag somewhere in southern Thailand where the music of Bob Marley can be heard more

Still no societal collapse in Canada following the legalization of weed. You know, if we do this right, we can

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver