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To no one’s surprise, Vanilla Ice once tried his hand at nü-metal with “Hard to Swallow”

By Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer I’m sure you’ve heard it from a wise, MTV Generation member of your family more than once: “I was [blank] when ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ came out.”  The tired truth remains that in September 1991, Nirvana became the face of an era in a flash. Grunge was now the […]

J. Cole runs in circles before casually bowing out on “The Fall-Off”

By Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Dr. J. Cole, tell me you’re not just a pedagogue.  After almost eight years of teasing, the lyricist dubbed Carolina’s finest has released his self-proclaimed swan song.  Cole’s elder-statesman status in the rap game is fascinatingly polarizing, juxtaposed with his contemporaries.  Here’s an artist who’s garnered an extremely loyal […]

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