Music

Offset has been on a roll this year. His last single, “Bodies,” sampled Drowning Pool for a tit-for-tat lyrical sparring match with JID, and now, his new song, “Professional,” keeps that momentum going with a propulsive ode to his popularity with the opposite sex. It’s a much more fun examination of the subject than his […]

R&B has a long tradition of its artists making bold, sometimes bawdy requests in their music — often as a desperate bid to save a failing relationship. Remember how in “Let’s Get Married,” 112 shrugs “we ain’t gettin’ no younger, so we might as well do it?” That song exists on a historical continuum that […]