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• Diplo, 'Express Yourself EP' (Mad Decent)

  June 21, 2012 – Mad Decent kingpin dives into screechy moombahton and bounce; Elephant Man and Nicky Da B start a riot. …
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  Usher on His New LP, Mentoring Justin Bieber, and Monsters of Folk

  June 4, 2012 – Usher Raymond IV makes it pretty easy to forget just how long he's been in the game. His first record dropped in 1994 when he was just 15 (that's younger than his protegé Justin Bieber was when he released his debut) and since then, he's become one of the top-selling artists in the world. …
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  Sleigh Bells Unleash Explosive Diplo Remix, 'Demons' Video

  May 22, 2012 – "There's no audience Derek and Alex can't play for," DJ-producer Diplo told us of Sleigh Bells' guitarist-producer Derek Miller and singer Alexis Krauss, in our March/April cover story. That audience has been known to include Diplo himself (who just received a fascinating profile in Sunday's New York Times). …
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  Holy Ship!! Reveals 2013 Lineup: Justice, Diplo, More

  May 21, 2012 – The festival so exciting it requires not one, but two exclamation points in its name — floating electronic dance music cruise Holy Ship!! — has announced its lineup for its second installment, taking place January 4-7 next year. Headliners on the Bahamas-bound boat include a DJ set by Justice, Boys Noize, Major Lazer, Knife Party, along with dozens of other EDM staples. …
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  Skrillex, Grimes, and Diplo Remix the 'Train Tour Across Canada' Idea

  May 8, 2012 – When we put Skrillex on SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, we didn't realize he'd take it so seriously. Today he's gathered up his EDM friends — Grimes, Diplo, Pretty Lights, Tokimonsta, and KOAN Sounds — and announced a remix of the iconic 1970 Canadian train tour taken by Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and the Band, among others (we don't, however, expect any collaborative "Friend of the Devil" remixes... …
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  Watch Everyone From ABBA to the Chili Peppers Honor the Beastie Boys This Weekend

  May 7, 2012 – You couldn't step foot in a bar, store, or baseball stadium in New York this weekend without hearing the Beastie Boys. And as members of Generation Yauch continued to reel from the news that Adam "MCA" Yauch had succumbed to cancer Friday morning, the music world stepped up its cover game, adding heartfelt renditions of the group's tracks to live sets all over the world. …
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  Diplo: Beyonce's 'Run the World' Started As A Joke

  May 3, 2012 – Diplo wants to set something straight about the newly crowned World's Most Beautiful Woman and one of her most anthemic girl-power tracks. (No, don't worry, "Single Ladies" is safe). …
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  Usher's Diplo-Produced 'Climax' Rises Again in Remixes

  April 20, 2012 – Usher's latest single, "Climax," which just became the smooth singer's 12th R&B chart-topper, promises a climax that never comes, and in so doing keeps ratcheting up the delayed gratification to achieve something even more cathartic. Who knows, maybe he's been hanging out with Sting. He's definitely been palling around with Diplo, who produced the dubstep-kissed slow jam, as well as Nico Muhly, who arranged the strings for it. …
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  Snoop Dogg Is Recording a Reggae Album with Diplo

  March 30, 2012 – Diplo is a fan of everything, apparently. In a recent interview with MTV, the DJ-slash-producer gushed about the approximately seven billion projects he's currently working on, including — yes — Snoop Dogg's upcoming reggae album. …
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  Diplo Brings Out PO PO's Best on 'Let's Get Away'

  February 29, 2012 – We're still slackjawed. For a band whose earlier songwork sounded like it was buried beneath so many bundles of hiss that nuance might never make it out alive, the beat-driven, synth-splashed, arena-ready, prom-night moves of "Let's Get Away" scans like someone else entirely. …
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