Culture

Culture

The cultivation of growth.

Migos pervasive command over culture goes beyond dabs and triplet flows. Their repetitive, end-of-line ad-libs (cash, white, MAMA) carry the listener along in a previously alienating genre. Rap is simply difficult for many to understand, both in content and voice. These one word summaries, arriving expectedly at the end of each phrase, offer a foothold for the common audience, a window to the heart of each song. And when music becomes accessible, it grows.

Culture

The personality of a nation.

You show me the flare in German footballing culture (or German culture in general), and I’ll show you why Julian Brandt was preferred to Leroy Sané for Germany’s World Cup squad. The archetypal identities of international soccer teams weather the revolving door of unique players and coaches because art mirrors life. The new GM of US Soccer marked his goal as “creating a team that Americans can identify with.” For better or worse, world football is governed by the same nostalgia that helps culture survive across generations.