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  Taylor Swift’s Spiraling Credibility Implodes on Reputation

  August 9 at 8 a.m.

  Being the Juliet to a handsome Romeo, having her lover march in on a white horse and beg for her forgiveness, professing her love to a man during his wedding to another woman: Taylor Swift, ever the romantic, loves a good fairy tale. Her most meticulous and longest-running fantasy, though,...

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  J. Cole Is This Generation's Most Consistent Artist

  August 8 at 9:02 a.m.

  Jermaine Cole’s latest project, KOD, channels pure artistry. It's inspired by an artist who doesn’t stray from lyrical consistency, Kendrick Lamar. Cole witnessed Lamar's work onstage in Detroit during the Damn Tour, which left both fans and Cole himself coveting the encore. These artists, who lead the hip-hop generation, have two...

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  Kesha and Macklemore's Arena Tour Makes All the Sense

  August 1 at 11 a.m.

  Both admirably attempt to put human faces on the social justice and sexual harassment issues roiling the nation.

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  Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer Is an Ode to the Magic of the Marginalized

  July 23 at 8:04 a.m.

  Dirty Computer was written with young, queer, black women in mind. It's a gift from Monáe to a community within a culture that takes and takes from black women but has only recently shown interest in crediting the community with mainstream reflections in television, music, and in the halls of revered museums and gallery spaces.

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  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Teaches Women About Their Dynamic Humanity UPDATED

  July 17 at 9:18 a.m.

  In 1999, when I attended Florida International University, everyone, including the three other women living in my dingy dorm apartment, was obsessed with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Many songs on the album spoke directly to us. At the South Beach and Coconut Grove clubs where we underagers drank in our microminis, lip liner, and stacked platform sandals, we shouted the words to “Doo-Wop (That Thing)," only half digesting Hill’s empowering message.

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  Post Malone's "White Iverson" Is a Brilliant Commentary on Human Decay

  May 4 at 8 a.m.

  The world was introduced to the singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer known as Post Malone by his 2015 single “White Iverson.” Listeners streamed the song about a million times in the month after he independently put it up on SoundCloud, which immediately drew the attention of major record labels...