Metallica’s new concert film “S&M2” was billed simply as a sequel to their original collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, but the performance ended up being much more. In a bold and emotional set, Metallica reminisce on four decades of their music and the community they built along the way.

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The influence of the “Goddess of Pop” on one of the most iconic rappers of the last two decades is a testament to the music industry’s common practice of borrowed time.