Throwback Thursday

Arts & Life
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Ten years later: The enduring vice of The Weeknd’s debut mixtape ‘House of Balloons’

Nadia Jo
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April 8, 2021
Arts & Life
Gaieties 2020 promises to be unlike any other through its remote production process and its centering of historically-underrepresented communities. (Graphic: Chloe Chow)

‘Zoom Gaieties’: An opportunity for creative and institutional change

Vivian Jiang
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Sept. 3, 2020
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar, IDK and Vince Staples round out this week's rankings of #20-11 of the top 100 hip-hop albums of the decade. (Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #20-11

Nick Sligh
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March 12, 2020
Arts & Life
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Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #30-21

Nick Sligh
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March 4, 2020
Arts & Life
See which albums Nick Sligh ranked #40-31 of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the decade. (Photo: NADIN TAMER/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #40-31

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 26, 2020
Arts & Life
J.I.D, Vince Staples and EarthGang round out this week's rankings of #50-41 of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the decade. (Graphic: HELEN HE/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #50-41

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 19, 2020
Arts & Life
The Underachievers round out this week's rankings of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s. (Graphic: HELEN HE/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #60-51

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 12, 2020
Arts & Life
Earl Sweatshirt, Smino, A$AP Rocky and Joey Bada$$ round out this week's continued countdown of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s. (Graphic: MEGAN KING/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #70-61

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 5, 2020
Arts & Life
With genre-bending releases and a colorful personality, Tyler The Creator (pictured) helped to push the evolution of hip-hop throughout the decade. Tyler's 2019 release "IGOR" kicks off the top 100 countdown. (Graphic: MEGAN KING/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #80-71

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
Dreamville founder and 2010s breakout hip-hop sensation J Cole (pictured) rounds out the next section of the top 100 albums countdown. (Graphic: DANIEL WU/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #90-81

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 22, 2020
Arts & Life
With genre-bending releases and a colorful personality, Tyler The Creator (pictured) helped to push the evolution of hip-hop throughout the decade. Tyler's 2019 release "IGOR" kicks off the top 100 countdown. (Graphic: LIV JENKS/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #100-91

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 15, 2020
Arts & Life
When "The Women" was released in 1939, MGM publicists embarked on an advertising bonanza (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

‘The Women’ is about far more than femininity

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 13, 2019
Arts & Life
Director Ingmar Bergman and his cinematographer Sven Nykvist shot "Shame" in 1968 (courtesy of Getty Images).

In ‘Shame,’ Ingmar Bergman examines evil in ordinary people

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 22, 2019
Arts & Life
n Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat," a detective becomes subsumed in the sordidness of society (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

American culture is under fire in ‘The Big Heat’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 16, 2019
Arts & Life
Edgar G. Ulmer's "Detour" was cheaply made. Still, the 1945 film has become a canonical classic (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

‘Detour’ provides a dark commentary on dreams and destiny

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 12, 2019
Arts & Life
Tadizo's ethereal beauty hastens Gustav von Aschenbach's "Death in Venice" (courtesy of Photofest).

‘Death in Venice’ documents the decline of the bourgeoisie

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 2, 2019
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer deliver impassioned performances in Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" (courtesy of Columbia Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Scorsese uses allusion to conjure up ‘The Age of Innocence’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 26, 2019
In "Young Mr. Lincoln," John Ford highlights the idyllic American landscape (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

Ford and Fonda examine the legend of ‘Young Mr. Lincoln’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 13, 2019
John Schlesinger, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman filmed "Midnight Cowboy" on location in New York (courtesy of MGM and The Criterion Collection).

‘Midnight Cowboy’ critiques American mythology

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 8, 2019
Gregory La Cava confronts the grim Great Depression in "My Man Godfrey" (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

‘My Man Godfrey’ supplies sidesplitting comedy and social commentary

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 22, 2019
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