- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2013
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Why you won't see rap mixtapes on the charts
Billboard, the RIAA, and the big mixtape snub
- Music, Music Review, May 14, 2013
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Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2013
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Rocko's "Feels Guud" is your Monday jam
Positive mental attitude from an embattled Atlanta MC
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 16, 2013
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Future, Drake, Lil Wayne, and pop's fluid identity
How features, collaborations, and various team-ups are reshaping the pop charts
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 16, 2013
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Worlds colliding: Usher fronts the Afghan Whigs at SXSW
A one-off performance by the best hybrid rock-R&B band in the world
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 26, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Ace Hood and Future's hallucinatory, star-studded "Bugatti"
It's Ace Hood's song but it's Future's show
- Music, In Rotation, Feb 14, 2013
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In Rotation: Audio engineer Tim Iseler on "Darth Vader's Cock and Balls"
Plus: The Reader's Miles Raymer on Townes Van Zandt’s outtakes and audio engineer Jeremy Lemos on the Dirty Projectors at the Sydney Opera House
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 24, 2013
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The Danny Brown song I should have heard last August
"The Black Brad Pitt" video issues a late pass.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2013
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Chicago designer Chaz L. Morgan on making art for Meek Mill and more
A couple decades ago Chaz L. Morgan began drawing pictures as a kid in Maywood, Illinois. Now 25, he's making a living designing album artwork for famous rappers.
- Reader, Matches blog, Nov 22, 2010
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Simply Pathetic If I Call You Anymore
Investigation reveals people realistically devolving while technologically evolving, the safest sex ever, and proves you can still learn a lot riding the bus.
