- 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 2, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Remembering Kris Kross's Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly with the duo's classic "Jump"
Kris Kross's Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly passed away last night at the age of 34, so let's celebrate his life by listening to his group's megajam "Jump."
- Music, Music Feature, Apr 23, 2013
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Kush Coma," a sneak peek from Danny Brown's upcoming record
Danny Brown gives us a preview of his new record, Old.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2013
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Limp Bizkit makes Lil Wayne sound OK
The good thing about Limp Bizkit's terrible new song is that Lil Wayne isn't the worst part about it.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 20, 2013
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Tyler, the Creator's safe Mountain Dew ad
What a new commercial for a soft-drink company says about Odd Future
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2013
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Chicago rap's big day out at SXSW
Chance the Rapper's ascendance continues at SXSW, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2013
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DJ and editor Alex Fruchter on leaving Ruby Hornet to focus on Closed Sessions
The man known as DJ RTC: "Curren$y, he sent me an e-mail, just three words: 'I'm with you.'"
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2013
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Q&A: Local jazz vocalist Lili K. on her odd relationship with Chicago's rap scene
The jazz vocalist/rap collaborator on her partnership with producer Petter Cottontale, her work with Chance the Rapper, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 20, 2013
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How Ghostface Killah helped break my puzzling relationship with reissues
Get On Down's reissue of Ghostface Killah's Ironman comes with a puzzle that should get plenty of play.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 13, 2013
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I can't stop obsessing over Kevin Gates's new Luca Brasi Story mixtape
Some mixtapes are so great they demand to be replayed before you finish listening to the entire thing; Kevin Gates's new The Luca Brasi Story is one of those mixtapes.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 30, 2013
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The time Kriss Kross dropped the N-word
Beloved for their squeaky-clean rap, Kriss Kross shook things up on 1993's Da Bomb in part by throwing around the N-word.
- Music, Artist on Artist, Jan 29, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Shabazz Palaces
Ishmael Butler of the Seattle rap collective talks to the GTW about hometown hip-hop, signing to Sub Pop, and Chief Keef.
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 9, 2013
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Kitty Pryde and the benefits of cultural short-term memory loss
It's been less than a year since Kitty Pryde first captured the Internet's attention, which has been enough time for people to forget their most polarizing opinions of the teenaged rapper
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2012
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Joe Budden is a turkey
How one rapper's egotistical contempt made for a turkey of a performance
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 24, 2012
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Rap-game Halloween masks
These hip-hop Halloween masks aren't exactly what they seem
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 9, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: The Ramones, "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)"
A synth-heavy oddball from the Ramones catalog
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 15, 2012
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
- Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Tree, "All"
Local rapper Tree injects a healthy dose of soul into Chicago's now popular trap sound on "All."
