My Impact Mixtape is about the greatest early 2000s sitcom of all time, Malcolm in the Middle,  and how hype I get every time I watch it.  This playlist is made up of songs that are like a Baja Blast...

On Feb. 12, singer-songwriter Ruth B., known for her hit song “Lost Boy,” released an updated version of her song “If I Have A Son” for Black History Month. This version includes the background...

In late January, Maryland native and R&B singer-songwriter and producer Brent Faiyaz released a new single titled “Gravity.” This Newtonian-titled track was produced by Dj Dahi, who is known for...

This song is a joint effort between two up and coming artists, Brooklyn-based rapper maassai and South Carolina-based producer Contour. Grace Jones, the Jamaican singer and songwriter, perhaps best known...

Hello Cosmos - “Raise the Dawn” This album was pretty entertaining and fun. The song “Raise the Dawn” stuck out. For whatever reason, every time the frontman would sing, I felt as if Bobby...

To my mother, music is as important as breathing air. I grew up hearing music from Whitney Houston, Anita Baker and Stevie Wonder all the time. While my friends could recite every Britney Spears or Destiny's...

The 1990s and its monolithic legacy is something of an inescapable omnipresence in pop culture.  Hip hop was seemingly on every corner, creating a collage of unique rhythms and thought throughout a fluorescent...

Judas and the Black Messiah is a harrowing tale of suffering and oppression, so ripe with tension and despair it can be difficult to stomach—which is all the more reason for it to be respected. The...

For this throwback Thursday, we’re doing something never done before—we’re taking y’all to church with “Precious Memories” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsrzOqYVcI4   The...

Ok, so you’re probably curious about who Seafood Sam is. Rest be assured, this isn’t an advertisement for a sketchy seafood restaurant. A rapper hailing from Long Beach, California, Seafood Sam is...

Black Country, New Road, an experimental rock band from London, are masters of many things, despite the fact that they are about the same age as me—a college senior. They are clearly masters of their...

“I guess, in this society, being male and an asshole makes you worthy of our time.”  Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) really hit the nail on the head with that iconic quote, and I couldn’t have put...