May 2012
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souleverlift: did miles ever talk about ‘jazz culture’ I can’t find the quote I’m looking for about Miles telling off Wynton Marsalis for the latter’s talk about needing a return to “tradition in jazz” with a quip along the lines of “innovation is the primary tradition in jazz,” but I did find this from Eric Nisenson, interviewed about his book Blue:...
May 24th
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Listenley-lines: “Wild N’ Young”—Dawn Richard It’s a...
May 24th
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UEP 6/12/2012 1. UKnwDmnWll 2. UDntCmeHme 3. UDoWhtUDoWhnUDo 4. UDntCmeHme (Marcus, P.I. Remix) 5. UKnwDmnWll (Chants Remix) rev$$$$. Rhythm & Bass.
May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 17th
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May 12th
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Listenmicrophoneheartbeats: Reverend Dollars’...
May 12th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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Listenreverend dollars, uknwdmnwll A long time coming,...
May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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April 2012
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Listenreverend dollars, money machine ha Rough track I...
Apr 23rd
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“[T]he default US (and often other Anglophone) assumption about Latin music is...”
– Read this. It’s about Shakira.
Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 19th
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It's Alive: Did Nicki fail pop, or did pop fail... →
jordansargent: This isn’t a rhetorical question; I’ve been thinking about it for a bit and still am not sure of the answer, if there even is one. But, now that the fervor over Roman Reloaded has died down, I think it’s interesting to think about what the album means to pop. Is Nicki currently unable, or maybe unwilling, to navigate the waters of pop without resorting to the lowest common...
Apr 16th
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Apr 12th
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“All this to say that the African American vernacular certainly has standard...”
– Kevin Young (via howtobeterrell)
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 6th
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Q1 Jamz
Dawn Richard, “Black Lipstick” / “Faith” / “Change” Miguel, “Adorn” / “Arch n Point” / “Gravity” Zebra Katz, “Ima Read” f. Njena Redd Foxxx / “Ima Read” (MikeQ & B. Ames Remix) / Njena Reddd Foxxx, “Silly Bitch” DJ Q, “JD & Coke” / “Brandy & Coke” /...
Apr 6th
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March 2012
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Pitchfork: We Invented Swag: New York's Queer Rap →
Mar 21st
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Mar 13th
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February 2012
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Feb 28th
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MikeQ FACT mix →
Feb 27th
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Listenakosok: D4L - Laffy Taffy (blend from DJ Jelly...
Feb 27th
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Download #FLY ...  →
dawn richard, fly I’ve had “Change” and “Black Lipstick” on constant repeat for the past few days, and it strikes me that Dawn (maybe by coincidence, but I wouldn’t put it past her) is pretty in tune with underground dance music right now. Take most of the vocals off of “Black Lipstick” and it could be Nguzunguzu. “Fly” is an aggressive...
Feb 27th
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nicki minaj, stupid hoe (reverend dollars remix) Reupping this cause the bastards at Soundcloud took it down. DOWNLOAD -rev$$$$. Rhythm & Bass.
Feb 25th
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 14th
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Listenreverend dollars, better lives mix (february...
Feb 13th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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