Exclusive: Twista Talks ‘Lifetime’ EP With Red Bull Studio Sessions & His MAPS Music Program In Chicago Bianca Alysse June 5, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Featured, Music Red Bull’s New York office was bustling with producers, writers, and affiliates eager to listen to the 15-minute playthrough EP, Lifetime — a fresh release from the Chicago veteran,...
Exclusive: Amara La Negra Talks About Giving Back Amid The Pandemic & Collaborating On ‘Ándale’ Bianca Alysse June 5, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Featured, Music With a sigh of exhaustion, Amara La Negra clicks open another news article that outlines American concert cancelations as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Latin pop singer, author,...
James Blake Wins Big With His Dreamy Assume Form Concert at NYC’s Terminal 5 Bianca Alysse June 5, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Event, Featured, Music On Monday night, the Assume Form Tour took over New York City's Terminal 5, with headliner James Blake swiftly cutting through a blanket of silence, illuminated in front of three stage platforms. To the...
Enrique Iglesias’ ‘Enrique’ Turns 20 Bianca Alysse June 5, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Featured, Music How the album made him a global crossover superstar, away from his father’s shadow. Before Rosalía there was Enrique Iglesias, and before Enrique there was his father, Julio. Let’s focus on the...
Marc Anthony’s Self-Titled Album Turns 20 Bianca Alysse June 5, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Featured, Music How Anthony went from the salsero of the people to the salsero of the world. Salsa music equals Marc Anthony and vice versa. The Nuyorican artist isn’t only one of the genre’s legends, but — thanks...
The 10 Most Important Producers Running Urbano Right Now Bianca Alysse June 4, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Lifestyle, Music 2019 has been another year mainstream music production was reimagined with listeners’ applause extended towards the figures behind the beats of chart-topping songs. More than ever, cross-genre headliners...
The 25 Best Latinx Albums Of 2019 Bianca Alysse June 4, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Music These albums helped define Latin music's most daring and creative year yet. As we inch closer to the end of another memorable chapter in music, the Spanish-language gap gets bigger by the day. To...
The 30 Best Albums of 2019 Bianca Alysse June 4, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Music Hip-hop dominated, R&B innovated, and international artists broke through in 2019. In the latter part of the closing decade, much has been said about hip-hop’s undeniable profitability and how it has...
¿Téo? on His Friendship With Jaden Smith and the Meaning Behind His ‘Neo-American’ Genre Bianca Alysse June 3, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Music For Atlanta-born Colombian-American artist ¿Téo?, genre feels stifling. He describes feeling like he grew up between worlds and make music that resists compartmentalization. "I've seen people in the past...
Raiche Talks ‘Drive’ EP, Womanhood and Finding Her Tone Bianca Alysse June 3, 2020 CREATIVELY DRIVEN, Music Growing up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Atlantic Records' singer-songwriter, Raiche, occupied her time in church developing her voice and uploading song covers on YouTube. The sounds of her mother's retro...