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Kelly Clarkson’s Journey From “You” to “me”

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May 15, 2023
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Amid increasing suspense, layer upon layer – voice, organ, and then strings, Kelly Clarkson proclaims, “I’m always pleasing someone, honestly, now I’m done,” as her voice itself is stacked into a one-woman choir. Turns out, she’d actually been waiting a lifetime for a moment like this. Kelly Clarkson’s new single “me” arrives after a tumultuous few years for the singer.

Single Review: “Coffee (F***ing)” by Miguel, featuring Wale

May 4, 2015
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Miguel has dropped his new single, “Coffee (F***ing)” featuring Wale. Cleverly titled because, well, he never says “coffee” in the song. Rather, “coffee” is replacing the parenthesized word, “fucking.”  Similar to how his Mariah Carey collaboration cleverly replaced the word “fucking” with a hashtag in the title for “#Beautiful.” The song
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Single Review: “All Day” by Kanye West

March 5, 2015
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Following the release of 2013’s off-the-wall Yeezus, the adorably emotional “Only One,” that horrid song with Rihanna, and the subdued/strange “Wolves” with Sia and Vic Mensa, “All Day” is a welcomed change. Or, perhaps, rather, a welcomed bit of nostalgia. While still keeping it fresh, Kanye goes back to his roots on
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The 19 “97” Albums of 2014!

January 6, 2015
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If anything should be noted about the albums released in 2014, it’s the fact that they seemed to matter way more this year in comparison to recent years. While commercially that may not be the case with sales going down overall, artistically, the album had a bit of a rebirth in
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The 19 “97” Songs of 2014!

January 6, 2015
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Looking back, it’s been quite the year for popular music. Since the early 2000’s, the industry has been ever-changing, drastically, in response to the effects of technology on the consumption of music. However, artists are pushing through to produce hit singles and quality songs through various means. Whether it be
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Album Review: 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole

December 18, 2014
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Announced just a few short weeks ago, J. Cole’s third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive is now upon us.  Cole earns his third #1 album on the Billboard 200 this week with it’s debut, selling 354,000 copies without any singles and minimal promotion.  However, quite literally, 2014 Forest Hills Drive finds J.
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Album Review: 1989 by Taylor Swift

October 29, 2014
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Taylor Swift announced to the world that the newly released 1989 was a straight up pop album. Few people probably thought she had ever been making something other than pop music. Swift’s song construction has always been pop, and apart from country instruments that were usually mixed in the background, most
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