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I hope you all had a nice, relaxing weekend!
This week there are some new releases that I want to share with you, as well as some remixes that I found on the web!
Enjoy:)
Okaaay, okay. I know I just posted about Sam Smith last week, but he just released this song off his new album "In the Lonely Hour" and it is already to #6 on the iTunes chart!!! Really looking forward to hearing the rest! :)
As I'm sure most of you are aware, ULTRA music festival happened this past weekend in Miami, FL and as I am from FL, many of my friends went. I follow Scooter Braun on instagram and saw him posting a lot about/with Martin Garrix, so obviously I looked into him:) I've actually featured him on my blog before with the well-known song "Animals." What I didn't know, however, is that he is from Amsterdam and he is 17! Definitely much more talent to come here!
Additionally, I really love the song "Cheap Sunglasses" by RAC. For some reason it's not available on YouTube, but you can download it for free on iTunes (Look for the Single of the Week)!
Also, I just wanted to bring up a topic for discussion that came up in my Sociology of Race & Ethnicity class today. This week's topic is Aesthetics: art, dance, music, etc. We talked a lot about how we develop certain tastes by way of certain environments we are involved in. For example, you are more likely to develop certain tastes for classical music in a household of higher socioeconomic status than lower. While this doesn't mean that it's impossible to develop these tastes, it does mean that you will be going against the current of your environment and upbringing.
....Naturally.... Miley Cyrus came up in our conversation lol. Truthfully, this "ratchet" (as it has been called) image that she has created, or evolved... is a little too in-your-face for me personally. However, having said this, I do think that she still has her music talent. She just isn't implementing them in the best way she could be (but again, this is my personal opinion).
After spending a solid 20 minutes discussing how Miley has racialized her image and inducted a new self departing from Hannah Montana for good, we moved onto the topic of rap music and how it is shaping youth today.
I saw a video posted on Facebook that features Kid Cudi addressing this issue directly:
Thoughts??
Last thing I promise! This weekend I went to a lecture by Dr. Chris Edmin of Columbia University as he talked about the relationship between Science and Hip-Hop. I've found a Ted Talk that pretty much summarizes what he does. Definitely check it out when you have time!
As usual, please let me know what you've been loving in the comments! Or if you have any comments on the other videos I've posted above!
Have a great week!
xx Monica
