Perhaps the biggest obstacle an aspiring rapper must overcome on their climb to the throne is finding a unique voice and identity that lets them stand out from the dense crowds of would-be stars. Isaiah Rashad is one of the rappers who’s found his own sound. On Saturday, Rashad swung by The Sett for the fifth stop of his Lil Sunny Tour.
With the Academy Awards nominations announcement coming out on Tuesday, Jan. 24, the entertainment community is gearing up with their final Oscar predictions. In honor of the Super Bowl of film culture, I compiled a list of my own predictions for these prestigious awards.
The temperature is struggling to climb above freezing. The people of Madison slowly submerge their skin beneath a shell of thermal layering. This sounds like the perfect time of the year to postpone those New Year’s resolutions and exercise your thumbs by flipping through TV channels. With the new year, the major television players are putting out new content and targeting large audiences too slow from the holiday feasts to change the channel. Here’s what is coming to a living room near you in 2017.
For the second consecutive year, the Majestic Theatre hosted the Wisconsin Hip-Hop Fest, with clear satisfaction from the artists, organizers and fans. The concert featured a strong lineup of performers from both the Madison and Milwaukee area, including the headlining set from popular artist WebsterX. Each artist infused a full-house Majestic Theatre with growing excitement as stragglers continued to file in well into the show. Every beat, bar, chant and stomp kept the show riveting to say the least, with ample moments worthy of highlighting.
Last year was a gargantuan one for hip-hop, with top artists pulling the genre in competing directions. From Kendrick Lamar to Lil Yachty, the genre veered from lyrical masterworks to political anthems to brash bangers, and it has rarely felt more eclectic. On Saturday at the High Noon Saloon, Chicago native Noname put on an energetic show that ushered in the new year with a blend of rap’s many different identities.
The xx, a band with roots in London, became pioneers in indie pop music with the release of their 2009 album xx and its follow up Coexist.
2016 was another great year at the movies for blockbusters and indie flicks alike. 2017 will, as every year now does, bring plenty more sequels, reboots and characters we already know. Some of these will be great and some will flop, but you’ll also likely have already heard about most of them. Instead of focusing on the big-budget and big-name films, here are 10 movies to keep on your radar in 2017, none of which are sequels or reboots.
Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in the "Star Wars" franchise, died Tuesday morning at the age of 60 due to heart complications.
With the absence of its signature opening crawl, classic characters like Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca, and new characters like Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” deviates from the typical “Star Wars” formula.
In the final installment of Live From the Nest for the fall semester, Madison rapper Rich Robbins graced The Daily Cardinal office with strong bars in what he said was one of the most intimate performances he’s ever done.
1.Beyoncé - Lemonade Lemonade is the richter-scale-level pop culture rumble for which 2016 was primed and ready.
The year 2016 presented moviegoers with a diverse array of films. While theaters certainly saw some low lows, the high highs truly hit.
2016 has been a legendary year for television. As technologies, budgets, content and overall scale increased, television breached uncharted territory.
As someone anxiously grappling with how to function in America’s defective political climate, a concert at the High Noon Saloon was, oddly enough, exactly where I needed to be last Saturday.
Amazon Prime recently released the freshman season of “Good Girls Revolt,” a series that tracks a group of women in 1969 who decide to take legal action against a magazine after learning that the gender discrimination taking place in their newsroom is illegal, according to the Civil Rights Act.
Some viewers watch a film and see familiar actors move about the screen. A few might study the technical aspects of the production.
Among a stack of “Now That’s What I Call Music!” CD cases, a forgotten copy of Missy Elliot’s Under Construction and a memorable homemade mixtape from your angsty middle school days, there could be a perfect home for the newly-released Hamilton Mixtape. The 23-song mixtape reimagines the music from “Hamilton: An American Musical” through covers, remixes and brand new songs from artists like Usher to “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.
His debut in 2011 delivered pop reflection on ourselves and the sensibility of meaningful music. Childish Gambino returns with funk and pushes the hip-hop limits.
Over the past five years, Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, has released music ranging from dark R&B to stereotypical radio pop songs.
With a style that screams hip-hop, but a sound more fitting for a coffee shop, Kevin Abstract makes himself out to be anything but your typical artist.
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