Rap 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

Here’s another graphic from Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored, this time looking at the early days of rap and hip-hop in

[If you dig into the history of rap, you’ll find more references to Donald Trump that you might expect. The

Back to work? Or are you taking the rest of the week and starting anew Monday? A bit of both?

Damn, I hope I’m this in touch with music when I enter by sunset years. You rock, dude.

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

People who can beatbox–i.e. create beats with their mouth–can make some fascinating sounds. This MRI shows what’s happening inside the

This is one of the stranger musical comparisons I’ve run across. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with and sharing

It was on this day in 1970 that Bobby Orr scored THAT goal, the one with him flying through the

The First Annual Toronto Vinyl Summit is TONIGHT! You’re coming, right? And in other music news for May 9, 2018…

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver