Barbie’s message of female empowerment and how corporate greed can corrupt even the purest of sentiments (i.e. sexism is detrimental to society) is what we're all walking away with. But an underlining reading of the text points to a more transcendent and possibly darker meaning.

In celebration of Rihanna's comeback to music via the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, here's what I think are her 10 Best Songs - and WHY.

My overall feelings on Taylor Swift's "Midnights" release, what my Ticketmaster experience was like, and a track by track review 2 month's later. How does it hold up?

Icelandic musician Björk has launched her new podcast Sonic Symbolism which will traverse and expound on each of her 10 studio albums throughout the years. Here are 5 takeaways from what we’ve heard so far.

Madonna's daughter has released a single under the name Lolahol. Of all the routes her career can take, having this be a one-off single and never hearing from her again would be most unfortunate. Here's my review of her song and thoughts on her potential as an artist.

Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE is a reappraisal of dance music history that attempts to intersect all of its sub-genres to create what she calls "disco trap." Here's my review of the full album, from start to finish.

Urban latin music is making more and more money every year, with its artists becoming more visible in the US mainstream. Is it set to become the decade's predominant genre?

Kanye West claims his company Yeezy Tech was producing 3,000 Stem Players per day towards the start of March, which only sounds like a waste of production for those who haven’t been aware of the gradual boom in physical music media sales over the last decade. Here's why Ye's Stem Player is ripe for this moment in time in music production.

“Tryna starve my kids and give my money to his firstborn,” read some of the lyrics on the newly released diss track by 90s rapper Mase, a diatribe towards media mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. Mase publicized his struggle to obtain his music publishing rights from Combs, and though financial compensation may be the tangible end goal Mase is pursuing, what seems to be the driving force of his vengeance is the need to be respected as a legendary hit-maker by his former mentor and the rest of the world.

Lana Del Rey is one of the greats, but she’s been that way for at least 10 years now. Her influence is insidious because no one ever sees her coming or going, but her fingerprints are left everywhere. Here are a few examples.