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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Album Cover Art: Understanding Authorship and Legacy

December 15, 2017

Album art not only conveys the subject matter of the body of work it envelops, but it can link albums together, allowing them to be in conversation.

“Time is Illmatic” – The Story of a Hip-hop Legend

October 26, 2014

In times of crisis, people cling to the things they love in order to survive. Having a passion is like having a heartbeat — it can be the difference between life and death. When Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas, first picked up an instrument at age 4, it was the beginning of a musical career that would reshape the face of hip-hop.