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October 12, 2012 – <o>Kanye West's "White Dress," from the upcoming soundtrack to RZA's <i>Man With the Iron Fists</i>, produced by the rapper, as well as the RZA and Chicago's Boogz & Tapez (they co-produced <i>Cruel Summer</i>'s "New God Flow") is a touching tribute to girlfriend Kim Kardashian. At least that seems to be the assumption.

October 11, 2012 – Jacked up on too much coffee and a great new Kanye song, there's no way you're getting complete thoughts, here. Give Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire credit for working with Gucci Mane, who he's a lot like, really. Give him even more credit for recording a song called "Telephuck," with a soundwave that if you check it out in Soundcloud, looks LIKE A GIANT BONER.

October 11, 2012 – <p>Robert Glasper's 2007 album, <i>In My Element</i>, was released at the same time as jazz crank Wynton Marsalis' response to hip-hop's perceived decadence, <i>From the Plantation to the Penitentiary</i>.

October 10, 2012 – Some of my favorites from July, August, and September, like Styles P's brutal, hipster-baiting The Diamond Life Project, or 100s' evil pimp rap for the Tumblr generation Ice Cold Perm, and great stuff we've premiered (7evenThirty's Heaven's Computer, 8Ball's Life's Quest, Antwon's End Of Earth, and Labtekwon's HARDCORE: Labtekwon and the Righteous Indignation/Rootzilla vs Masta Akbar), all deserve to get some additional attention, but I

October 9, 2012 – <p>Sorry, goys, on Rick Ross' new mixtape <i>The Black Bar Mitzvah</i>, the rapper does not collaborate with Schlomo Artzi, there are no Rabbi Shmuley Boteach interludes, and Rozay's producers did not conjure up Klezmer-trap, the latest subgenre ready to knock the wind out of trap-rave.

October 5, 2012 – Seems like we're actually entering an era of restrained, sophisticated, and strange R&B. Frank Ocean is turning Stevie Wonder's subtle moves on Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants into a career.