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ADVERTISEMENT More than any other type of music, hip hop relies on stage names to help sell the artist to the public.  Usually, these names are derived from childhood experiences, and are designed to sound utterly bad-ass.  For real, even if you had no idea who Ghostface Killa or the Notorious B.I.G. were, would you [...]

As time has progressed, we’ve seen music become much more sleeker and refined, designed for mass appeal from the get-go. Songs have become polished products like trinkets you can fit in your breast pocket and admire from the palm of your hand. It used to be that music had splinters and rough edges and a [...]

Love makes the world go around; love also makes you gift the most extravagant things to the one you love, be that your partner, your friend, your child or parent. People tend to spend more when it comes to buying gifts for the ones they love. History is witness to this fact. Here’s a list [...]

Few rivalries in sports equal that of the Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees.  From Babe Ruth to today’s mega-stars, there is literally no way to support both teams without coming across like a circus freak. Of course, you can always refuse to support either team, or point out the absurdities behind this overrated [...]