Today, September 15th, Egypt celebrates its first-ever National Music Day — the perfect excuse to think about how songs carry more than melodies. Some tracks feel like they belong to specific places, ...

Westside Gunn's "Egypt" begins with a sample of Doechii being interviewed about her favorite artists. She shouts out two rappers she loves; the late MF Doom and Gunn. The Griselda rapper used the clip ...