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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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High Places
posted: November 10, 2010
It helps to have friends in high places. And if you don’t have one of those, then a friend-of-a-friend can sometimes do the trick. When California-based artist Adrina Thorpe stepped into the studio to record…
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Putting Back the Boom-Bap in Rap: Q&A with Nottz
posted: November 9, 2010
Nottz wants to restore the boom-bap in rap. He misses the kind of hard-hitting bass patterns that formed the undercarriage of so many of hip hop’s no-frills golden moments before Diddy added glamor to the street…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: November 5, 2010
The Good Timbaland announces Timbo Thursdays First Kanye West announced he would release a free download every Friday, dubbing them G.O.O.D. Fridays. Then Swizz Beats jumped on board with Monster Mondays, wherein HE would ALSO…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: October 29, 2010
The Good The National win best album at Q Awards This week Q Magazine’s Q Awards took place, bringing together some of the biggest names in music. Winners included Florence Welch of Florence and the…
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