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Heirloom by Ill Camille

3.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Ill Camille has been a vital member of the LA music scene for some years. Kendrick Lamar used her...

hip-hop

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey

Bill Brewster

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a figure who...

Katie Faye (8 KP) rated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Soundtrack by Various Artists/Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Artists in Music

Feb 4, 2019 (Updated Mar 5, 2019)

Perfect fit for the film (1 more)

Energetic

Older audience members or audience members who don't enjoy hip hop might not enjoy as much (0 more)

The soundtrack for Into the Spiderverse made the movie for me! I was bobbing my head and had a smile on my face during the beginning credits scene, and was pumped to see the rest of the movie. I can't recall a single track that seemed out of place. The songs were expertly weaved into the scenes, never taking away from or overpowering the movie itself. This soundtrack is proof that the right music at the right moments can make or break the atmosphere of a film.

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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated What We Lose in Books

Mar 3, 2018

What We Lose

Zinzi Clemons | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Gender Studies

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Wonderful variety but something missing

This is an interesting literary debut from Zinzi Clemmons, with many semi-autobiographical elements discussing her heritage.

Thandi, a girl of mixed race, has to endure taking care of her dying mother, all the while battling various social aspects of living as a daughter of a South African and an American parent. Written in different formats, from a text message to hip hop lyrics, Clemmons explores the rich tapestry of her life and layers it with various threads.

While I mostly enjoyed this story, I do feel there is something missing and could have been weaved together a little more clearly.