Jack Hamilton

Jack Hamilton is Slate’s pop critic and associate professor of American studies and media studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination.

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Prince Has Dropped a Beautiful Gift From the Afterlife

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Summer of Soul Is an Electrifying Rebuttal to the Worship of Woodstock

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July 02, 2021 5:45 AM
Chris Paul’s COVID Absence Threatens the Playoffs’ Most Thrilling Storyline

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June 18, 2021 10:26 AM
Even Stephen King Has Trouble Making a Good Stephen King Adaptation

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June 04, 2021 11:18 AM
Louis Menand’s New Book Revisits Familiar Subjects. It’s Still Revelatory.

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April 23, 2021 9:00 AM
The Case Against Nomadland

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April 20, 2021 10:37 AM
What Really Made DMX Such a Singular Star

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“F—ing Tons of Heartbreak”: HBO’s Revelatory New Tina Turner Doc

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March 29, 2021 1:07 PM
Netflix’s Biggie Doc Breaks One of the Rapper’s Own Commandments

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Feb 27, 2021 5:40 AM
Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives

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Jan 18, 2021 9:13 AM
What’s Behind Kyrie Irving’s Bizarre Absence From the NBA?

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Jan 14, 2021 1:52 PM
How One Night in Miami Shortchanges the Greatest Singer of All Time

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Jan 12, 2021 3:42 PM
MF DOOM Will Never Really Die

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Jan 05, 2021 6:50 PM
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The Anti-Police Country-Trap Anthem That Epitomizes 2020

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Dec 23, 2020 1:40 PM
The Great New Book About the Year That Changed Pop

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Dec 07, 2020 1:16 PM
Eddie Van Halen Broke the Guitar Solo

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Oct 07, 2020 10:57 AM
The NBA Strike Will Reverberate for Years to Come

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Aug 27, 2020 2:40 PM
Is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Really a Pro-Confederate Anthem?

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Aug 13, 2020 4:24 PM
Reaganland Is the Riveting Conclusion to a Story That Still Isn’t Over

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Aug 03, 2020 1:38 PM
The World Without Shaq: A Speculative Timeline Derived From His 1997 Film Steel

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