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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Nobody Speak - DJ Shadow ft. Run the Jewels

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"Nobody Speak", the recent single from DJ Shadow featuring Run the Jewels, is the perfect pairing of producer and MCs. As DJ Sh...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Lupe Fiasco's "Kick, Push"

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Hip hop does boisterous, bombastic, and braggadocious extremely well. What is also does well, though with much less recognition, is reminis...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

FX's Atlanta - Trailer Review

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I'm not sure what it is about this trailer for FX's upcoming series, Atlanta, but I can't stop watching it. Maybe it's ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Kanye West's "Celebration"

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Celebration from Late Registration represents Kanye West at his absolute best. The beat opens with squeaky synthesizers over a sturdy dr...
Monday, March 21, 2016

What is an album?

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What is an album? It used to be something you bought in a store as an encoded plastic disc. Then it became a sequence of 1s and 0s you do...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Kanye - Real Friends

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Absolutely divine moment when the beat drops in Kanye's new single Real Friends. The contrast between the ghostly keyboard and the hard...
Saturday, January 2, 2016

Drake Rapping to... Clipse?

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A fantastic Drake nugget I found in an ancient article on the "beef" between Clipse and Lil Wayne: Drake also revealed that Pha...
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