Media Questions Of The Week

Is Lil’ Kim’s Hard Core album cover the best hip-hop album cover ever?

Will Spotify’s purchase of Whosampled.com lead to more artists being sued for sampling and how will that impact art?

Metro Boomin says many hip-hop albums nowadays end up sounding like compilations because too many producers are involved and no one's guiding the overall vision:

“A lot of projects today sound like compilations; they don't sound like one idea or one complete thought. […] I feel… pic.twitter.com/KM8tShfywE

— Kurrco (@Kurrco) November 28, 2025

Is Metro Boomin’s take on contemporary hip-hop albums sounding like compilations because there are too many producers and no single vision correct?

Media Questions Of The Week

Why didn’t Ravyn Lenae receive any Grammy nominations for the second year in a row despite the success of “Love Me Not?”

So let me get this right , years ago the industry found out that Milli Vanilli weren’t really the voices on their Grammy winning record and they were stripped of their Grammy, but now we’re getting ready to accept people who can’t even sing, creating songs for a fake person ?…

— Jermaine Dupri (@jermainedupri) November 6, 2025

Is Jermaine Dupri right about the music industry being hypocritical for punishing Milli Vanilli for not being the actual singers of their music but now pushing for AI generated artists? Or is it just a sign of the times?

Media Questions Of The Week

What will it take to make music videos popular again now that MTV keeps shutting down stations such as MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live in the UK?

Will The Last Dragon have a sequel since it’s in theaters again, entertaining old fans and new?

NIGGA YOU MADE THE SANDWICH https://t.co/9S1qkSn70I

— The GM ?? (@hibsidnolic) October 17, 2025

Is it Tyler, The Creator’s fault that his fanbase does not appreciate Black music and saw no value in his D’Angelo tribute?

I’m hearing that the Purple Rain musical is a mess and I think the Estate limited themselves by deciding to base the musical on that film. There’s nothing wrong with making changes when adapting a film into a musical but there’s only so much room to play with.

— victor (@sacrificeofvic) October 18, 2025

Should the Purple Rain musical be scrapped?

Media Questions Of The Week

A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

“Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED.”https://t.co/Y9MWL9qeaW pic.twitter.com/zhGNPGdKPS

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 9, 2025

Did Drake’s lawsuit against UMG for defamation regarding Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” have merit?