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Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2015
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The unexpected appeal of 'Faneto,' Chief Keef's slow-growing underground hit

The song has become a cult hit since Keef dropped it in early October.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Chief Keef, Faneto, Lil Bibby, Lil Herb, King Louie, Lil Durk, Interscope, Vic Mensa, Kanye West, Groupie Love, Emporium, Complex, Fader, Stereogum, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2014
Ibn Inglor's searing "Damaged"

The south-side MC's newest track from his forthcoming New Wave 2 mixtape is an industrial rager shot through with loneliness.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Ibn Inglor, New Wave, New Wave 2, Damaged, hip-hop, Complex, Mhone Glor, industrial, Kanye West, Yeezus

Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2014
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Lil Herb takes you to Terror Town on his debut mixtape

Lil Herb offers up some complex, engrossing street rap with Welcome to Fazoland.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Lil Herb, Welcome to Fazoland, Complex, David Drake, hip-hop, drill, the Guys, the GTW, Jody, Video

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2013
Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Dewey Balfa, The Bug, Ace, Ninja Tune, Kevin Martin, EDM, EPs, anthologies, Danny Brown, dubstep, dancehall, Flowdan, The Dead C, Ba Da Bing!, Destruction Unit, Sacred Bones, R. Rousseau, Earl Sweatshirt, Columbia, Tan Cressida, Nathan Abshire, Odd Future, rap, mixtapes, Complex, The New Yorker, RZA, Frank Ocean, The Neptunes, M. Geddes Gengras, Thrill Jockey, experimental music, Moog, improvisations, Albert Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Sunnyside, Bad Plus, Smalls, accordian, swing, free jazz, jazz, bossa nova, Kandodo, Simon Price, The Heads, The Mallard, Castle Face, No Age, Sub Pop, noise punk, garage rock, postpunk, Sich Mang, Rainbow Body, Eric Lee Gale, Rand Sevilla, wurkstep, Dobrinka Tabakova, ECM, Cajun music, cello, strings, concertos, Vattnet Viskar, black metal, Venom P. Stinger, Drag City, Century Media, Mick Turner, Jim White, Alan Secher-Jensen, Dugald MacKenzie, Chelsea Wolfe, Sargent House, folk music, Pine Grove Boys, Balfa Brothers, BLuebird Records, Rayne-Bo Ramblers, Will Balfa

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2009
Spencer Pratt accidentally shows a flicker of conscience

Spencer Pratt of "The Hills" thinks he's the future of hip-hop, and he feels bad for saying it. But not as bad as the rest of us will feel if he's right.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Hip-Hop, lulz, Spencer Pratt, Complex, The Hills, the white Jay-Z

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