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The album cover for NF's third studio album, Perception, shows the Christian rapper locked in a prison cell. It's an image that effectively—and jarringly—expresses NF's dual message here: the desire to free oneself from self-constructed mental and emotional prisons, contrasted with the admission that freedom can sometimes be difficult to secure.
As has been true on NF's previous efforts, Perception is laced with brutal honesty, depth of emotion, graphic metaphors and copious introspection—all of which move in an ultimately redemptive direction.
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"Intro III" showcases the struggles between two sides of the rapper's personality: Old NF and New NF, as the latter strives to silence the former, which is haunted by past pains. New NF eventually declares to his darker side, "You had me in prison this whole time, but I'm the one holdin' the keys."
Disney has released the first teaser trailer for its re-imagined “The Lion King.”
The computer-generated and live-action remake has a galaxy of big-name stars attached. James Earl Jones reprises his role voicing King Mufasa, grooming his son, Simba (Donald Glover), to follow in his footsteps. Beyonce, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keegan-Michael Key, John Oliver, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner all are featured.
Heroes for Sale is the debut studio album by American Christian hip hop artist Andy Mineo, released on April 16, 2013. It follows up Mineo's 2011 mixtape Formerly Known. Considered one of the most anticipated Christian hip hop albums of 2013, Heroes for Sale includes features from Lecrae, Trip Lee, KB, Christon Gray, Krizz Kaliko, and for KING & COUNTRY among others. Three singles were released for the album, "AYO!" on January 28, 2013, "Bitter" on March 5, 2013, and "You Will" on April 2, 2013. A music video for "AYO!" came out on January 31, a three-part webseries was launched on February 6, and a documentary entitled "Everything Must Go" was released on April 9. Lyrically, Mineo based the album concept around the brokenness of human heroes, and the album has a very transparent and personal tone. Stylistically, it mixes electronic-influenced hip hop music with a variety of other genres, including hymns, reggaeton, jazz, R&B, heavy metal, classical, dubstep, second line, acid jazz, psychedelic funk, and jack swing. The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, No. 4 on Top Rap Albums chart, No. 1 on the US Top Christian Albums and No. 2 on the UK Top Christianhart. Read More Here
Former President Obama took more veiled shots at his predecessor Monday night, suggesting that the reason the U.S. is not taking more direct action against climate change is because of “hate, anger, racism — mommy issues.”
Obama appeared at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, where author Dave Eggers interviewed him about ways to mobilize Americans toward creating social change.
When the topic of global warming came up, Obama’s criticism was particularly pointed.
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THINGS we found along the way
“Creed II” had a knockout $55 million Thanksgiving holiday weekend opening and dominated the box office along with Disney’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” which took the top spot with an estimated $84.5 million for the 5-day holiday weekend. The sequel to the 2015 original reunites stars Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and Sylvester Stallone, and […]
Julius Tennon, Viola Davis
Viola Davis Signs A Film Deal With Amazon Studios
Viola Davis will be creating new content for Amazon thanks to the newly inked film deal her production company has signed.
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