Loretta Sperry

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Nana-Viewed: "SEE YOU AGAIN" by Tyler, The Creator

RATING: 6/7 After hearing my grandmother’s thoughts last week, when she heard and watched the music video for “YONKERS”, I was curious what her opinion would be on something Tyler had done more recently. So, I decided to have her listen to “SEE YOU AGAIN.” We started just with the audio for ...

'Bohemian Rhapsody' Pays Tribute to Freddie Mercury

***Spoilers Ahead*** The long-awaited, Queen-inspired film hit theatres November 2. My friends and I took an impromptu trip, an hour away on November 1 to see the movie for its first Greenwood, Indiana showing. Now, I do like Queen, casually, but I was not waiting anxiously for the release of the movie. ...

Nana-Viewed: Tyler the Creator's "YONKERS"

RATING: 3/7 My grandma hates on Tyler, the Creator. After my grandmother’s reaction to “Slob on my Knob,” I worried that I would not be able to find any song that would shock my grandma, or elicit any response from her that wasn’t laughter. After thinking over it and rejecting several songs, ...

Nana-Viewed: Three 6 Mafia’s "Slob on my Knob"

RATING: 4/7 Welcome to the first review of my new bi-weekly column, Nana-Viewed, where I’ll be posting my grandmother’s opinion on all sorts of songs. First, I would like to give some background on my grandmother before I dive into the first song review. My grandmother is a young grandma, she’s ...

Twenty One Pilots - Trench

Released October 5, 2018 RATING: 6/7 After a long year off, Twenty One Pilots is back with an album full of meaningful bops. Trench continues and deepens the storyline that was created with their last album, Blurryface, which was released in 2015. Lead singer Tyler Joseph creates these incredibly ...

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V

Released September 28, 2018 RATING: 5/7 “Thank God Weezy back. Order is restored, all is right with the world.” On September 28th, the long-awaited, fifth addition in Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter series dropped. Weezy first teased this album in 2012, a year after Tha Carter IV drop, but encountered ...

Travis Scott - Astroworld

Released August 3, 2018 RATING: 6/7 Travis Scott’s newest concept album, Astroworld, pays tribute to an old Six Flags theme park that was once in Scott’s hometown of Houston. Astroworld was originally set to release in 2017 after the album name was announced back in May 2016, but with delays, ...