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The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums You Missed in 2024
The hip-hop mainstream in 2024 was dominated by the Kendrick and Drake feud, but the genre's most interesting work happened below the headlines.
Sophie Chen · 2024-10-05
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How Wes Anderson's Aesthetic Became a Whole Internet Genre
At some point in the early 2020s, Wes Anderson stopped being just a filmmaker and became an adjective.
Jordan Blake · 2024-10-05
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How Fred Again.. Made Electronic Music Feel Personal Again
Fred Gibson, performing as Fred Again.
Ethan Park · 2024-10-04
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Why Everyone in Your Group Chat Is Talking About Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 launched in February 2024 and immediately became the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever, reaching 12 million copies sold in its first twelve weeks.
Alex Sterling · 2024-10-04
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Why Slow Cinema Might Be Exactly What You Need Right Now
Slow cinema is exactly what it sounds like: films that move at a deliberate, unhurried pace, often featuring long takes, minimal dialogue, and extended shots of landscapes.
Nina Vasquez · 2024-10-03
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The Best Board Games for a Guys' Night That Aren't Catan
Catan is fine.
Jordan Blake · 2024-10-03
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The Beginner's Guide to Getting Into Classical Music Without Being Pretentious
Classical music has a gatekeeping problem.
Jordan Blake · 2024-10-02
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How the Ringer Podcast Network Took Over Sports Media
When Bill Simmons launched The Ringer in 2016 after his departure from ESPN, few predicted it would reshape sports media.
Ethan Park · 2024-10-02
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The Best YouTube Channels That Actually Teach You Something
YouTube's educational content is buried under algorithm-bait and reaction videos, but the channels that prioritize genuine learning are some of the best resources available anywhere.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-10-01
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Why Nara Smith's Cooking Videos Are Performance Art
Nara Smith's TikTok and Instagram content follows a simple formula: she makes elaborate meals from scratch while wearing high fashion in her immaculate kitchen, narrating in a calm, ASMR-adjacent voice.
Alex Sterling · 2024-10-01
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The 10 Best Films Directed by First-Timers in 2024
First-time directors brought extraordinary work to screens in 2024, proving that fresh perspectives are cinema's most valuable resource.
Ethan Park · 2024-09-30
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How Succession Changed the Way We Watch Prestige TV
Succession ran for four seasons on HBO from 2018 to 2023 and fundamentally altered the prestige television landscape.
Ethan Park · 2024-09-30
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How 070 Shake Makes Music That Sounds Like Nothing Else
Danielle Balbuena, known as 070 Shake, occupies a sonic space that resists every genre label thrown at it.
Alex Sterling · 2024-09-29
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Why You Should Go to a Jazz Club at Least Once
Jazz clubs are intimidating if you've never been.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-09-29
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Why the Graphic Novel Is Having Its Golden Age Right Now
Graphic novels have fully shed the comic book stigma that kept them on the margins of literary culture.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-09-28
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The Best Design Books That Aren't Boring Coffee Table Filler
Most design books exist to look good on a shelf, which is ironic for a discipline built on functionality.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-09-28
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The Case for Deleting TikTok (and What to Replace It With)
The arguments against TikTok are well-documented: data privacy concerns about ByteDance's relationship with the Chinese government, an algorithm designed to maximize engagement at the cost of mental health, and a content format that's rewiring attention spans in measurable ways.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-09-27
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How Bo Burnham Predicted the Internet's Existential Crisis
Bo Burnham has been warning us about the internet since he was a teenager uploading comedy songs to YouTube in 2006.
Jordan Blake · 2024-09-27
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The 15 Best Anime Series for Beginners in 2025
Anime has a reputation problem with newcomers.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-09-26
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Why SZA's Album Rollout Was Either Genius or Chaos
SZA's SOS spent over 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-09-26