It’s 1997. We open, as most Nineties hip hop videos do, on…the eighteenth hole of a golf course? Color commentator Mase Gumbel quickly fills us in on the […]
In Memoriam: George Michael
With the recent loss of George Michael, 2016 continues to be an extraordinarily fatal year for beloved musicians (highly convincing conspiracy theories notwithstanding). Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, he […]
INTERVIEW: Post “Hip-Hop POV” Questions with Wiz Khalifa
You never know where The Couch Sessions will pop up, but we were granted the opportunity to slide through to MTV Studios for its new show, “Hip-Hop POV”, […]
MUSIC NEWS: MTVu Woodie Awards Announced
Last year I got the opportunity to cover the MTVu Woodie Awards. Not going to lie, it was really amazing. As someone who deals with emerging music, I’m […]
The Day the “Music” Died: Thoughts on MTV finally synthesizing music and culture and losing the “Music Television” name
With increasing regularity, music has become the key vehicle which we use to discover culture. Music provides a soundtrack and is the expression of the souls of those […]