List: The Music Files | Curated by Faithe J Day

Aug 17, 2024
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The Music Files
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Momentum
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Faithe J Day
Childish No More: The Ancestral Allure of Donald Glover’s “Atavista” AlbumDiving into Deliverance through Childish Gambino’s Penultimate Project
May 17, 2024
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May 17, 2024
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Breaking Down “Bando Stone” and the Magic of a Moment in MusicOn the Intersection of Film and Music in Donald Glover’s Latest Projects
Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
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Ai-Ai-OH
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Faithe J Day
Multiculturalism, Culture Vulturism, and Why the Latest AI Loves DrakeOn “Wah Gwan Delilah” and What AI Audio Can Teach Us About Cultural Diversity
Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
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“They Reminisce Over You”: On Rap Beef and The Reminiscence BumpOr, Why I Can’t Take a Side in the Battle Between Kendrick Lamar and Drake
May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
Faithe J Day
Too Sweet Melodies: Hozier, Hell, and the Language of Literary DeviceCommunicating Longing and the Inspiration Behind Music and Poetry
May 2, 2024
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May 2, 2024
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Rock n’ Heavy
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Faithe J Day
Back to Black Ballads and Bittersweet Blues WomenOn Raye, Amy Winehouse, and The Rehabilitative Power of Writing
Apr 23, 2024
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Apr 23, 2024
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I Used to Love Her: On “Brown Sugar,” Hip-Hop, and the Feeling of HomeWriting Voice, Perspective, and the Changing Legacy of Hip-Hop Culture
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
Faithe J Day
Light-Skinned Bieber Lore: On Usher, Justin Bieber, and the Performance that Changed EverythingOn the Disappearance and Joyous Return of Justin Beiber’s R&B Album “Journals”
Feb 14, 2024
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Feb 14, 2024
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ZORA
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Faithe J Day
Made for Us: On the Performance of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Muni Long’s Latest Music TrendHow the “Made for Me” TikTok Trend Sparked Queer Speculation and Black Boy Joy
Feb 7, 2024
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Feb 7, 2024
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Faithe J Day
Hello Baby, or Why Straight Women Love Lesbian TikTokUnpacking the spread of Hip-Hop artist Young MA’s music and the popularity of queer content on the TikTok app.
Jul 9, 2021
Jul 9, 2021
Faithe J Day
The Greatness of Gatsby: Music, Memories, and Memoir WritingWhy “The Great Gatsby” is the one novel that I must read every summer.
Jul 23, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
Faithe J Day
Culture and Collage in the City, or “Landmarks of the Muses that Inspired the Music”Using Bricolage and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” to remember the limitations of geographic place and the possibilities of global space.
Oct 5, 2022
Oct 5, 2022
Faithe J Day
No Church in the Morning: Unpacking the Rise (and Fall) of Christian MediaConnecting the Dots Between the Deconstruction Movement, Music, and the Modern-Day Church
Nov 16, 2022
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Nov 16, 2022
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Hey Mr. DJ: TikTok, Spotify, and the Era of Machine Moderated MixologyHow the Era of Algorithmic Individuality is Giving Way to Programmed Playlists
Mar 20, 2023
Mar 20, 2023
Faithe J Day
“Crushin’ Round the Clock”: Love, Limerence, and Our Cultural Obsession with the CrushUsing Music to Understand the Difference Between a Divine Pairing and Delusion
Dec 28, 2023
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Dec 28, 2023
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Rock n’ Heavy
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Faithe J Day
Memento Mori Mac: Addiction, Recovery, and Remembering the Music of Millenial YouthA New Year of Reflections, Resolutions, and Re-commitment to the Creative Self
Jan 1, 2024
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Jan 1, 2024
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An Injustice!
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Faithe J Day
The Final Ballad of the Breeders: On Kink, Contraceptive Control, and Climate ChangeUsing the Discourse Around Music and Sexuality to Understand the Ethics of Procreation
Jan 12, 2024
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Jan 12, 2024
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Faithe J Day
Hamiltonian Hubris: Character, Composition, and the Rhetoric of Writing Self-Insert FictionOn Composite Characters, Lyricism, and The Benefits of Restorative Writing
Jan 23, 2024
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Jan 23, 2024
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Rock n’ Heavy
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Faithe J Day
Lyrics and Loverboys: On Drake, Saint Levant, and the Revolution in Habibi Hip-HopOn the Love of Location, Language, and Conscious Lyrics
Jan 22, 2024
Jan 22, 2024
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ZORA
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Faithe J Day
Hiss Hiss Boom: Unpacking Hip-Hop Herstory and Megan The Stallion’s “Hiss” RecordTracing the Development of Diss Tracks and How Social Media Has Revolutionized the Rap Beef
Jan 29, 2024
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Jan 29, 2024
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