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When we were in Vietnam we went to this cool record shop picked out a bunch of vinyl to buy and the guy at the counter was like nah you can't buy this, you can't buy that.
Which kinda sucked but it's whatever. Their store, their prerogative. Was not a Pretty Woman moment lol – at Sunol-Midtown, CA
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The more I think about it, the more I believe that KA really sparked a lane for more introverted rappers. Not that there weren't antecedents, but he really showed you can do it without being a relentless self promoter as long as you build up your community of listeners.
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On the making of Brown Sugar
--Discover D’Angelo’s organic sweet soul shook up modern R&B magazine.waxpoetics.com/arti…
#Dangelo
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DBRP Lore:
When we were trying to come up with a name for our podcast 9 years ago, Dave started riffing on Ems horrible flow on this song and the name Dad Bod Rap Pod came out.
Both him and Nate thought the name was too goofy to actually use but I knew we had struck gold.
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Today at the magazine, Nitish Pahwa attends a minor league baseball game dedicated to the Wu-Tang Clan and finds the country's grossest and most beautiful elements at war powmag.net/p/wu-tang-goes-to…
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The Stylus Magazine Archive is back online: every review and feature, 2002–2007, rebuilt in their original design. There are also a few easter eggs worth pointing out...
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Today, we celebrate the 19th anniversary of Fake Shore Drive.
Established October 10, 2007
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Saafir - Pull Ya Card
dropped right after the KMEL battle
youtu.be/L_s7FZsNf9Q?si=onv1…
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In 1996, De La Soul dropped "Stakes is High," the album that de facto set off the underground vs. mainstream wars of the late '90s and early 00s.
On its 30th anniversary, Oliver Wang and @adammansbach discussed its impact, its criticism of disposable albums-as-gangster movie, the title track, the Dilla contributions, how it aged, and more.
powmag.net/p/de-la-soul-stak…
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Ian Curtis with daughter Natalie, 13th May 1980. The last photograph his wife Deborah took of Ian before his suicide 5 days later
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On Stones Throw's 30th anniversary, we interviewed Peanut Butter Wolf about the albums and stories that made the label:
Discovering Madlib, DOOM's visit to record "Madvillainy" in the Stones Throw house and bomb shelter, the origins of Jaylib, almost signing Odd Future, the rise of streaming, AI-generated music, and what the future looks like for independent record labels.
On the new Truth Hurts.
youtube.com/watch?v=W9ehtSaI…
