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Sleaford Mods: GRIM and Bear It

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Andrew Fearn, Jason Williamson, Mark E. Smith, Perry Farrell, Sleaford Mods, UK GRIM

What makes the Nottingham duo’s simplicity so succinct

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rap Rock 

Ice-T: The Original Gangster at 65

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1992, 65th birthday, Body Count, Boston, Cop Killer, Ice-T, Paradise Club

Jim Sullivan recounts catching an early Body Count set

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

De La Soul’s Trugoy Gone at 54

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, Gorillaz, Hip-hop, Posdnuos, RIP, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

The rap legend’s death comes weeks before the group’s catalog gets reissued

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Funk Hip Hop Rap 

Let Me Ride: Dr. Dre’s The Chronic at 30

December 22, 2022February 9, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 2Pac, 30th Anniversary, Aftermath Records, Death Row Records, Dr. Dre, Dre Day, Eazy-E, Jimmy Iovine, Kurupt, Let Me Ride, N.W.A, Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Chronic, The DOC, The Lady of Rage, Tupac, Tupac Shakur

Looking back on the stickiest, ickiest hip-hop album of 1992

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Bluegrass Hip Hop Rap 

WATCH: Gangstagrass and Kosha Dillz Wish You A “Happy Chinooka”

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments antisemitism, Brooklyn, Chanukah, Gangstagrass, Hanukkah, Happy Chinooka, Hip-hop, Kosha Dillz, Rap music, Rench

Bluegrass and hip-hop come together to fight antisemítism this holiday season

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Rap Rock 

I Would Call It Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Roots’ Phrenology at 20

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2002, Black Thought, Cody ChesnuTT, D'Angelo, Dave Matthews Band, Erykah Badu, Hub, MCA Records, Musiq, Phrenology, Questlove, Scratch, The Roots

Looking back on the Philly crew’s most experimental album

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Country and/or Western Funk Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Rap Rock Soul 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2022: Artist by Artist

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Stephanie Hernandez 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Dr. Dre, Duran Duran, Elizabeth Cotten, Eminem, Eurythmics, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mellencamp, Judas Priest, Olivia Rodrigo, Sara Bareillis, The Edge

Judas Priest, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Carly Simon and others received this year’s honors

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Hip Hop Rap 

ALBUMS: The Art of Cheat Codes

August 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments A$AP Rocky, Armand Hammer, Black Thought, BMG, Cheat Codes, Chef Raekwon, Danger Mouse, Denzel Curry, Hip-hop, Joey Bada$$, MF Doom, Rap, Run The Jewels, The Roots

Danger Mouse and Black Thought come correct on collaborative debut

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Hip Hop Rap 

ALBUMS: Trying to Give E L U C I D and billy woods My Money (But That’s a Whole Thing)

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2022, Aethiopes, Armand Hammer, Backwoodz Studioz, Billy Woods, Elucid, Hip-hop, I Told Bessie, Preservation, RZA

Auditing the best rapper alive and his stranger half

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Hip Hop Rap 

Some Thoughts on the New Kendrick Lamar Album

May 13, 2022May 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aftermath, Ghostface Killah, Interscope Records, Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers

Does Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers step up to the social media hype surrounding it?

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Hip Hop Rap 

ALBUMS: Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry Proves the Well Is Anything But

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2022, Clipse, Def Jam, G.O.O.D. Music, It’s Almost Dry, Kanye West, King Push, Pusha T, Timbaland

Is this the Virginia rap great’s finest solo album yet?

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Hip Hop Rap 

WATCH: The Manifestation of Wildchild

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Big Daddy Kane, California, Fat Beats, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Guilty Simpson, Hip-hop, Lootpack, Madlib, Manifestin', Miles Brown, Murs, Omowale, Oxnard, Police Brutality, POS, Ras Kass, Sadat X, West Coast, Wildchild

The onetime Lootpack MC recounts his police brutality experience on first single off his new album Omowale

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Alternative Rock Rap 

Sad New Day, Go Away: Me Phi Me’s ONE at 30

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, De La Soul, Me Phi Me, Michigan, One, P.M. Dawn, RCA

Looking back on an unsung alt-rap classic three decades ahead of its time

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Hip Hop Music Journalism Rap 

The Thin Line Between Rap and Reality

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment 2 Live Crew, 2021, Books, Death Certificate, Eric Harvey, Geraldo Rivera, Ice Cube, Michaelangelo Matos, Oprah Winfrey, Run DMC, University of Texas Press, Who Got The Camera: A History of Rap and Reality

An interview with Eric Harvey, author of the new history of hip-hop and tabloid TV, Who Got the Camera?

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Hip Hop jazz Rap 

Masta Ace: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments A Tribe Called Quest, Analog Players Society, Ben Rubin, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Donny McCaslin, Hip-hop, Home In America, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, MF Doom

The Brooklyn rap great talks about his jazz roots, Biz Markie, and 20 years of ‘Disposable Arts’

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