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The Dr Is In: Dr. Dre Offers Up Kush—Set to Detox in 2011
posted: November 30, 2010
After years of reneged release dates and rap-world rumors of its completion, it seems Dr. Dre is finally ready to release his ten-year-in-the-making album, Detox¦maybe. The first official single, Kush, released on Nov 18th, features…
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South Africa Rocks: The Parlotones
posted: November 29, 2010
Starting a band is fairly simple, but building one into a success in Johannesburg, as The Parlotones have, took more legwork due in large part to the lack of a strong music scene. A household…
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The Life and Trying Times of Kanye West
posted: November 26, 2010
There’s famous, there’s infamous and there’s Kanye West. The hip hop star embodies both while somehow transcending them, too. What other rapper in the history of the world can claim to have brought about the…
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Drive-By Truckers Gear Up to Deliver 'Go-Go Boots'
posted: November 24, 2010
The Drive-By Truckers are ready to deliver the band’s next album, Go-Go Boots, less than a year after releasing The Big To-Do. So what’s the rush? “It is going to be our Valentine’s Day record,”…
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Pop Is a Battlefield
posted: November 23, 2010
Musicians are an unruly bunch. They’re in constant competition on and off the charts, going for each others’ jugulars”talking first and thinking later. Rappers have been throwing stones back and forth since the ’80s days…
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The Wait Is Over: Nicki Minaj Drops Pink Friday on Music Monday
posted: November 22, 2010
Pink Friday officially arrived after an unauthorized leak last Wednesday, unleashing the storm that is Nicki Minaj‘s first-full length album. Today, on its release date, (Pink Monday?) Nicki’s debut”the 13-track LP which features cameos from…
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