https://amzn.to/3xiW8AK How much do you know about rap? Unlike in the pre-internet era, it’s easy to ignore great swaths of music today. Many are hip-hop haters. Therefore they know nothing about the scene, never mind Atlanta and Lil Baby, but if they read this book… Now there might be some people who read “Rap Capital” […]

Mr. Island, who has a new autobiography, “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond.” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chris-blackwell/id1316200737?i=1000578020336 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/e191c360-530d-4607-974d-7cdd475d2e49/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-chris-blackwell https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/chris-blackwell-206325994

“The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation”: https://nyti.ms/3AEj5z2 This book is not coming out until next Tuesday, but I can’t get Michelle Goldberg’s opinion piece out of my head. For the record, the book is entitled: “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change”: https://amzn.to/3Q6g0NQ Do […]

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wIs418 Bruce Hornsby and the Range – “The Way It Is” Elton John – “The King Must Die” Billy Joel – “New York State of Mind” Lee Michaels – “What Now America” Gabe Dixon Band – “Five More Hours” Leon Russell – “Delta Lady” Randy Newman – “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” […]