Mark Anthony Neal interprets Michael Jackson's cultural legacy through Duke's latest digital initiative, Online Office Hours.
But if a concert—namely, Wale’s appearance Friday, Aug. 28—was produced in such a way that 75 percent of undergraduates had little chance of showing up, was it truly a Duke event?
It began as a dorm room jam session at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 40 years ago, and in 2009, Arrogance still seems to have no end in sight.
The Resistance is a fitting title for Muse’s fifth album. The fact that the U.K. group still makes records seems to resist the law of nature that bad bands eventually die out.
U.K. outfit Manic Street Preachers’ ninth album, Journal for Plague Lovers, retains their 1990s guitar rock sound all the way.
Being hip-hop’s global ambassador for more than a decade has changed Jay-Z's perspective, but more than that, it’s changed his lifestyle.