Tagged Beyonce

It was 2009. I was 6 years old sitting in the backseat of my parents’ car. We were driving in the car on the freeway, and all of a sudden I heard a sound. ‘Mum mum mum mah’ filled the space around me whil...

There’s this flimsiness about a party that makes a good one so memorable. It’s hard to name the variable that, when provoked with the right agitator, catalyzes that sort of hazy euphoria that makes going ou...

Even if no one wants to narrow it down to just one, everyone has a favorite album of all time — the one piece of art they would save if every other work of music vanished from the place we call Earth. My albu...

I have never – and will never – consider any Disney movie superior to The Lion King (1994). I’ve watched the original countless times, and the 2019 remake three times in theaters; somehow each time I’m ...

It’s a Friday night, you just finished your last midterm for the season. Where are you likely to be? A.) Paaartyying!!!! Black out or get out baby  B.) Girls night!!! We chillin n vibin togetha<3  ...

Have a music-lover in your life and don’t know what to get them? Are you a music lover and want to treat yourself this holiday season? Or just interested in all the cool stuff your favorite artists and bands ...

Everyone has heard singers, songwriters, and producers reference and use samples from the girl groups of the 90s, but it’s time a proper light was shed on how and why these women had the cultural impact that ...

This past weekend I had a conversation with a former B-Side contributor about the merits of my favorite fruitless activity: compiling my coveted year-end albums list.  As someone who takes this pointless endea...

2016 is nearly over, and with the conclusion of the year come the myriad human attempts to quantitatively evaluate the last three-hundred sixty-five days through year-end and best-of lists and rankings.  Conti...

I stood in a crowd of about 20,000, waiting for the man who might very well go down as the best rapper of all time. Earlier that day, I had previously been harangued into seeing The Chainsmokers, and their bran...