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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  May 4, 2012 – Oh boy, everybody's got an opinion on that SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list, don't they? Well, I do too! Good to see Jam Master Jay make it to the top ten, he certainly deserves it. There probably should've been room for Rick Rubin and Mike Dean (who really did play guitar on some rap albums!), as well. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  April 27, 2012 – Gonna be one of those guys that talks about some New York party you totally weren't at and all, but man Waka Flocka Flame performing at SPIN's party for the new issue was nuts. Waka played an entire set! Wooh Da Kid was there! People were dancing! Usually these types of things are as perfunctory as possible, with the center of attention wandering up and half-assedly playing the new single and calling it a night. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  April 20, 2012 – Last week, I received a package in the mail from a Chicago artist and DJ named Meaghan Garvey. It made my day. Included were Illuminati-themed prints of Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross, some hand-drawn Notorious B.I.G. stickers, and "The Illustrated Juicy," a 31-page chapbook that moves through the lyrics of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," with a drawing accompanying every few lines. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  April 13, 2012 – The NYU lecture thinkpiece deluge has me unsure of what kind of Lil B fan is the most annoying. Is it the scoffing LOLZ #BASED GOD hecklers? Or the new sincerists who take Lil B's boilerplate positivity a little too seriously, then spend their time scoffing at those who don't take it seriously? Guys, aggressive positivity is its own kind of obnoxious cynicism! …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  April 6, 2012 – For the second week in a row, I am going to use this space to mourn the death of a weirdo cult figure only tangentially related to hip-hop. This time, it's director African-American filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka, best known for the 1979 prison fight flick Penitentiary. Dialogue from the film is sampled on plenty of hip-hop songs and it's the origin of cult rapper Lil 1/2 Dead's name. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  March 30, 2012 – Writer Harry Crews died on Wednesday. He was 76. What's that have to do with rap music? Well, not too much, though I'd encourage you to hunt down one of his novels if you're near a pretty good library (which you're probably not), or an okay used book store (even less likely). I'd recommend Car, about a dude who decides to eat a Ford Maverick. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five

  March 23, 2012 – The best rap song from this week is Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap," but I scratched my chin over that one enough already. My other favorite rap song right now is more than a month old and it isn't technically a rap song at all. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: 2 Chainz, Spoek Mathambo, More

  March 16, 2012 – Philip had a great idea with the "Friday Five" over at his dance blog Control Voltage, so I'm just going to rip him off. I must admit, I didn't go to a totally awesome record store and curate my picks, as he's been known to do, though. I just sat at my computer like a lard and obsessively downloaded and streamed anything that seemed even remotely interesting. But, before we get started: I will not be hoodwinked by Nas. …
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