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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 Still Runs On Dilla Time

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 Michaelangelo Matos 0 Comments Books, Dan Charnas, Dilla, Dilla Time, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Hip-hop, J. Dilla, James Yancey, Janet Jackson, Jay Dee, Q-Tip, Slum Village

In a new biography, author Dan Charnas dissects the soul of the gifted and complicated Detroit beat guru

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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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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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Funk Hip Hop Music Journalism Remembrance Rock

Elegy to a Flyboy

December 10, 2021December 13, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 24-7 Spyz, Bad Brains, Basehead, Ben Tyree, Chocolate Genius, Defunkt, Fishbone, Flyboy in the Buttermilk, Follow For Now, Greg Tate, Hip-hop, journalism, Justin Warfield, Living Colour, Miles Marshall Lewis, Music Journalism, Ronald Shannon Jackson, The Veldt, Urban Dance Squad

Paying respects to Greg Tate, the man who gave music journalism its groove

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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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Electronic Experimental Hip Hop Rap

Moor Mother Signs To ANTI- Records

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments "Zami", 2021, ANTI-, Archie Shepp, Bahamadia, Hip-hop, Moor Mother, Philadelphia

The futuristic Philadelphia MC shares video for new single “Zami”

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Hip Hop Indie Rock

WATCH: Aesop Rock Releases Exclusive Rhyme In Honor of A Legendary Cat

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aesop Rock, Books, cats, Hip-hop, Lil BUB, LiL BUB: The Earth Years, Melodic Virtue, Mike Bridavsky, pets, Rhyme

Lil BUB: The Earth Years comes out today

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

The Death Of A Prince

February 19, 2021March 31, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Buff Love, Fat Boys, Hip-hop, Human Beat Box, Kool Rock-Ski, Pee Wee Herman, Prince Markie Dee, RA The Rugged Man, Rap, RIP, Run DMC

Remembering Prince Markie Dee of the pioneering rap trio The Fat Boys

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Bluegrass Hip Hop

WATCH: Gangstagrass “Ride With You”

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020 Election, Affirmative, Bluegrass, Brooklyn, Gangstagrass, Hip-hop, Ride With You

Fresh off a white hot election special on their Twitch channel, the only hip-hop bluegrass group that matters drops a hope bomb with one of the year’s best singles

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Hip Hop jazz Rap Remembrance

LISTEN: Peaceful Journey, Malik B.

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ahmir Thompson, Dice Raw, Hip-hop, Hub, Leonard Hubbard, Malik Abdul Basit, Malik B, Philadelphia, Questlove, RIP, Tariq Trotter, The Roots

The secret weapon of the Legendary Roots Crew has died at age 47

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Electronics Rap

WATCH: Travis Scott Plays Fortnite

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Astronomical Tour, Fortnite, Hip-hop, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, video games

The Houston rapper has revolutionized the dynamics of the concert experience during COVID-19

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Hip Hop Remembrance Soul

Mac Miller Dead of Apparent Overdose

September 7, 2018September 9, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 26, Ariana Grande, Death, Hip-hop, Mac Miller

The Pittsburgh rapper was only 26

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Miseducation at 20

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Susan Hubbard 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Hip-hop, Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Fugees

On the timeless nature of Lauryn Hill’s classic debut

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“A Funky Beat with a Go-Go Swing”

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1988, DC Go-Go, E.U., Funky Four + 1, Hip-hop, MTV, Salt-N-Pepa

Paying homage to 30 years of Salt-N-Pepa’s “Deadly” second album

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