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Kneecap: Luck of the Linguists

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Belfast, JJ "DJ Próvaí" Ó Dochartaigh, Kneecap, Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó hAnnaidh, Madman Films, N.W.A, Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Cairealláin, Northern Ireland, Public Enemy, Sony Pictures Classics

Will the Irish rappers and their biopic overtake the States?

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Alternative Rock Rap Remembrance Rock 

Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town Gone at 49

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bret Hadley “Epic” Mazur, Butterfly, Crazy Town, DJ Adam 12, DJ AM, James Bradley Jr., Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, Los Angeles, RIP, Seth Brooks Binzer, Shifty Shellshock

Cause of death appears to be a drug overdose

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rap Rock 

Was Limp Bizkit Good?

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, Break Stuff, DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, John Otto, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Method Man, Nookie, Sam Rivers, Significant Other, Soulfly, Wes Borland, Woodstock 99

Everybody N 2 gether now

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Hip Hop Rap 

Ghostface Killah Announces New Album Set the Tone (Guns & Roses)

May 7, 2024May 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, AZ, Bee-B, Beniton, Busta Rhymes, Chucky HollyWood, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Harl3y, Iceman, Jim Jones, Mass Appeal Records, Method Man, Nas, October London, Raekwon, Remy Ma, Serani, Set the Tone, Shaun Wiah, Sheek Louch, Trevor Jackson

The LP, featuring cameos by Nas, Method Man, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma and more, out this Friday

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The Definitive Guide to Hating Drake

May 6, 2024May 7, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment Aubrey Graham, battle, beef, DAMN., Drake, Euphoria, Family Matters, Future, Hip-hop, J. Cole, K-Dot, Kendrick Lamar, King Push, Like That, Meet The Grahams, Metro Boomin, Not Like Us, Pusha T

Enjoy the rap battle of the century, because we’ve never seen anything like this before

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Inside OutKast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Atlanta, Big Boi, Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, Hot'Lanta, OutKast, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

What makes the hip-hop duo’s debut LP an important listen

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How Nas Made The World His Own With Illmatic

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, 3rd Bass, AZ, Halftime, Illmatic, MC Serch, N.Y. State of Mind, Nas, Nasir Jones, Olu Dara, Q-Tip, Zebrahead

Looking back on 30 years of the Queensbridge rap great’s iconic debut

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How Run-D.M.C. Revolutionized Hip-Hop in 1984

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1984, Daryl McDaniels, DMC, Eddie Martinez, Hard Times, Hollis, Jam Master Jay, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Queens, Rev Run, Rock Box, Run DMC, Run-D.M.C., Russell Simmons

Looking back on 40 years of the rap trio’s seminal debut

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De La Soul and the Birth of the D.A.I.S.Y. Age

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising, 35th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Native Tongues, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, The Jungle Brothers, The New Birth, The Turtles, Tommy Boy Records, Trugoy The Dove

How the legendary rap trio’s debut LP changed hip-hop forever

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When Public Enemy Took On Arizona for Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2024January 17, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black, Arizona, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Chuck D, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Flavor Flav, Martin Luther King Day, MLK, MLK Day, PE, Public Enemy

Why “By The Time I Get To Arizona” still resonates in 2024

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Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rap Rock 

Rage Against The Machine No Longer Touring

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brad Wilk, Instagram, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Run The Jewels, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, touring

Drummer Brad Wilk made the confirmation on Instagram

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WATCH: Czarface Shares Video for New Single “Czarchimedes’ Death Ray”

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, 7L, Czarchimedes' Death Ray, Czarface, Czartificial Intelligence, Esoteric, Inspectah Deck, Silver Age, Wu-Tang Clan

Latest album out now from hip-hop supergroup ft Inspectah Deck, Esoteric and 7L

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The Gift and the Curse: Jay-Z’s The Black Album at 20

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 99 Problems, Change Clothes, Ice-T, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, Roc-A-Fella, Sean Carter, The Black Album, Timbaland

Looking back on the album that was supposed to be Sean Carter’s retirement plan

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Hip Hop Rap Rock 

The Legend of Ice-T Assessed on New Compilation

November 19, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2023, Ice-T, Law and Order: SVU, Midnight, Ruffnation Records, The Legend of Ice-T: Crime Stories, Tracy Marrow

But does Crime Stories tell the whole tale of the gangsta rap icon?

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Enter the Wu-Tang: 30 Years of the Most Iconic Rappers Ever

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1993, Cappadonna, Chef Raekwon, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Eric Adams, Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Method Man, RZA, Shaolin, Staten Island, Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Day

As 36 Chambers celebrates an anniversary, we look back on hip-hop’s greatest superheroes

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