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Mariah Carey’s “Thank God I Found You” Is A Time Capsule of 1999

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May 26, 2015
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The year was 1999, and Mariah Carey released her first studio album on Sony post-divorce. Her last album, her magnum opus Butterfly found Mariah at a creative peak, liberated but heartbroken. The tone of Rainbow was a bit different. Its concept is simple: after every storm, a rainbow – a beautiful, new beginning – appears. For this time in her life, this concept was all-too
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Songs About Divorce, Week 1

In light of recent rumors pertaining to Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, I felt compelled to speak about the way the media handles the issue of divorce. As rampant as divorce is among American families, one would think that the people writing the articles and perpetuating the rumors would be a

Review: Magic by Nas

January 11, 2022
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Since 2020, Nas has forged a winning partnership with producer Hit-Boy, and unleashed two stellar albums, Kings Disease (which earned Nas his first-ever Grammy Award) and Kings Disease II. “KDIII on the way, this just to feed the buzz,” Nas reassuringly declares in the middle of “Ugly,” track 3 of
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Review: DMX “Exodus”

June 2, 2021
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Prior to his tragic and untimely passing, DMX was working on a new album for Def Jam. It was slated to be his first major label release in a decade and a half. There was a melancholic excitement when initial reports stated that X completed the album before his passing.
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Album Review: DJ Khaled’s Khaled Khaled

May 7, 2021
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Listening to a DJ Khaled album is a trying experience. His latest release Khaled Khaled is no exception. Khaled’s only verbal contributions are almost exclusively one of his key phrases “We The Best Music,” “DJ Khaled,” and “Another One.” They are frequent and they are annoying. Aside from these incessant,
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