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Doja Cat Is Becoming the Quintessential Gen Z Pop Star

Doja Cat Is Becoming the Quintessential Gen Z Pop Star

Billboard — Throughout 2021, Doja Cat has been transforming more and more of Planet Earth into inhabitants of Planet Her. The foundation has been there for years, but with Planet Her , Doja has firmly planted herself in the current class of pop music A-listers.
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Breland on His Ambitions as a 'Cross Country' Artist: 'I'm Trying to Be a Cultural Bridge'

Breland on His Ambitions as a 'Cross Country' Artist: 'I'm Trying to Be a Cultural Bridge'

Billboard — Breland's ability to adapt and push boundaries are what make him and his music so arresting. His self-titled EP, released last May, featured collaborations with Chase Rice, Lauren Alaina, and Sam Hunt. Before "My Truck," Breland landed cuts on albums from alternative R&B singer Elhae and rapper-singer YK Osiris.
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Every Song Ranked on Doja Cat's 'Planet Her': Critic's List

Every Song Ranked on Doja Cat's 'Planet Her': Critic's List

Billboard — In the time since her "Mooo!" went first viral in 2018, Doja Cat has emerged as a bonafide pop juggernaut. Fresh off of 3 Grammy nominations, one more sleeper hit single ("Streets") from her star-making Hot Pink set, and a pair of new Billboard Hot 100 smashes alongside Saweetie ("Best Friend") and SZA ("Kiss Me More"), Doja cat has finally unleashed the latter song's parent album -- her highly anticipated Planet Her.
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Lady A and the "A" Stands For Anti-Black

Lady A and the "A" Stands For Anti-Black

Black Boy Bulletin — Summer 2020 was a lot of things. A lot of things. The worst part of that summer was the way everyone pretended that anyone actually cared about Black people. From the renaming of streets and painting of "Black Lives Matter" on the road to countless statements of "hearing" and "listening," it was absolutely ridiculous in...
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'Faith' Is Not A Pop Smoke Album.

'Faith' Is Not A Pop Smoke Album.

Black Boy Bulletin — Faith has Pop's face on the cover. Faith has Pop's vocals on every track. Faith has Pop's legal name all up and through the writing credits. And yet, Faith is not a Pop Smoke album. Faith, the second posthumous album from the late Brooklyn juggernaut, is actually a dreary collection of songs from Pop's vault...
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Notes On Kanye, The Church, Grief & 'Donda'

Notes On Kanye, The Church, Grief & 'Donda'

Black Boy Bulletin — For a star who has spent over two decades convincing us - and himself - that he is larger than this plane of existence, Donda, Kanye West's tenth studio album, is a force of gravity that yanks the rapper back down to Earth. Donda houses some of Kanye's best music in a half-decade; it's also...
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This Is Why "Saving Pop Music" Is An Anti-Black Sentiment.

This Is Why "Saving Pop Music" Is An Anti-Black Sentiment.

Black Boy Bulletin — If you're familiar with music stans, specifically pop music stans, you've probably noticed their obsession with "saving pop music." Any time their pop stars aren't topping the Billboard Hot 100 or dominating various streaming platforms there is a call for their favorite woman pop star to come back and "save pop music."
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Are Surprise Albums Dead? Examining Album Campaigns In The Streaming Era.

Are Surprise Albums Dead? Examining Album Campaigns In The Streaming Era.

Black Boy Bulletin — We all remember it, the album that changed the trajectory of the music industry forever: Beyoncé's eponymous 2013 album. The Grammy-winning record broke sales records at the time and housed hits like "Drunk In Love," "Partition," and "XO," and its companion remix EP boasted hits like "7/11" and a remix of "Flawless" featuring Nicki Minaj....
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From 'Believe' to 'Break My Soul': Why the Dancefloor Offers Veteran Pop Divas a New Path to the ...

From 'Believe' to 'Break My Soul': Why the Dancefloor Offers Veteran Pop Divas a New Path to the ...

Billboard — In addition to its fifteen joyous new songs, Beyoncé 's era has unleashed a Pandora's box of discourse upon the world. From dance music history lessons to debates about samples, interpolations, and writing credits, conversations around Beyoncé's latest album have spanned generations and disciplines.
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Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2022: No. 6 - Lizzo

Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2022: No. 6 - Lizzo

Billboard — For this year's update of our ongoing Greatest Pop Star by Year project, Billboard is counting down our staff picks for the top 10 pop stars of 2022 all this week. At No. 6, we remember the year in Lizzo - who once again used a runaway viral smash as a springboard to total pop cultural ubiquity.
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What Does Netflix's 'Dahmer' Get Right About His Black Victims? Not Much

What Does Netflix's 'Dahmer' Get Right About His Black Victims? Not Much

Okayplayer — Is Netflix's Dahmer able to give a voice to his Black victims in spite of the series' self-serving nature? Not quite. Whether or not Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the second-biggest English show in Netflix history, is exploitative is a futile debate. As a 10-hour fictionalization of t
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Perspective Pieces - The Bulletin

Perspective Pieces - The Bulletin

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Exploring Jazmine Sullivan's Expansion of the 'Heaux Tales' Universe

Exploring Jazmine Sullivan's Expansion of the 'Heaux Tales' Universe

The Bulletin — Last year was the year of Jazmine Sullivan. She kicked off 2021 with Heaux Tales , an ambitious conceptual project that instantly etched itself into history as one of the most seminal works of musical art this century.
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Notes On Morgan Wallen's Redemption Arc, The "Black-Backed" Apology & Lil Durk

Notes On Morgan Wallen's Redemption Arc, The "Black-Backed" Apology & Lil Durk

The Bulletin — Around this time last year, I started working on an essay that I was very excited about. The subject of the essay, Morgan Wallen, felt like the vertex of the convergence of several different trends in music and culture.
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Interview: Raheem DeVaughn Talks New Music Videos, Surprise VERZUZ Appearance & Upcoming 10th Alb...

Interview: Raheem DeVaughn Talks New Music Videos, Surprise VERZUZ Appearance & Upcoming 10th Alb...

The Bulletin — Three-time Grammy nominee Raheem DeVaughn has hit the ground running in 2022. Just last week he debuted two new music videos for "Can't Nobody," his duet with Keith Sweat, and Eric Roberson's "Lessons" remix. In an exclusive interview with Black Boy Bulletin , Raheem reflects on
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Interview: Bee Boy$oul Talks New Album, 'Back 2 Love'

Interview: Bee Boy$oul Talks New Album, 'Back 2 Love'

The Bulletin — In conjunction with the release of the stunning Back 2 Love, I sat down with Bee Boy$oul to chat about the new record, being signed to Raheem DeVaughn, the Virginia Sound, "Nu JuJu," and the power of love.
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Saucy Santana Talks New Music, Collaborating With Madonna & Sony's New Linkbuds: 'I'm Always Sett...

Saucy Santana Talks New Music, Collaborating With Madonna & Sony's New Linkbuds: 'I'm Always Sett...

Billboard — In the midst of , 2022 has spawned many pivotal and memorable arcs in pop music. While it might not be quite on the level of visibility of those superstars, the mainstream rise of Bad Bunny's chart domination and Beyoncé once again changing the game with her Renaissance album Saucy Santana is also definitely one of the most interesting of these arcs.
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