The period between adolescence and adulthood rests on thin ice. It’s an awkward stage, burdened by nostalgia for simpler times and worries stemming from newfound responsibilities.
Pop singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. is in a state of grieving. The gorgeous emotional reprieve that constitutes Jesso’s debut, “Goon,” targets pop album essentials such as broken hearts and failures to make it as an artist in Los Angeles.
Heems’ debut album, “Eat Pray Thug,” is a seething, biting rap record offering brilliant insight on social issues often overlooked by the genre.
Tim’m West, a hip-hop artist, poet and the new director of Teach for America’s LGBTQ Initiative, presented “Empire: A Talk on the Intersectionality of Race, Sexuality and Hip-Hop” last week during his first visit to the University. The architecture of West’s talk was supported by FOX’s knockout drama, “Empire,” which focuses on a family choosing the next executive of a hip-hop entertainment company when the current head is diagnosed with ALS.
Title Fight’s “Hyperview” is a dizzying, dark reflection on a menagerie of obscurity.
