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March 14, 2013 – We know a good ass thing when we see it, and Chance the Rapper's new song and video, "Good Ass Intro," is accurately named indeed. First of all, consider the star of the show: This Chicago youngster was a shoo-in for SPINs' Hottest MCs in the Game list what with his fluidly off-kilter sing-song delivery and ungated gush of topical inspiration. Next consider the guests. …
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September 13, 2012 – Some version of Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer leaked last night. Here, five SPIN editors give their hasty and completely impulsive opinions... …
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August 27, 2012 –
Kanye West has been promising to finally drop his G.O.O.D. label's first comp, Cruel Summer for about a year now. Since Mother Nature has a special way with major label rap album release dates, spring turned into summer and summer ultimately turned into September, and 2012's Yeezy-less summer feels especially cruel indeed. …
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November 24, 2010 –
Pop some Dramamine and check out the Black Eyed Peas' über-futuristic, dizzying video for "The Time (Dirty Bit)" here.
Download two more full-length (and free!) albums from Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox here and here.
South by Southwest has announced the second batch of performers for the annual Austin, Texas blowout, which takes place in March. …
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November 24, 2010 – A lot of ink has been spilled the past two weeks regarding one Kanye West of Chicago and what it all means and how his PR gaffes and his unimpeachable art are hopelessly, sublimely intertwined, the yin and yang of the same rampant ego. …
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September 15, 2010 – R&B man, whose new collaborative album with the Roots is out this month, talks about his all-time favorite music.
What was the last concert you attended?A few weeks ago, I saw Erykah Badu in Barcelona. It was a really good show. She's got an aura that allows her to take command of the stage.
Who comes after Radiohead on your iPod? …
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September 9, 2010 – A proudly dependable source of silly little love songs, John Legend makes for an unlikely heir to Marvin Gaye's conscious-soul crown. Yet, here he is backed by the Roots on covers of protest-pop classics such as Eugene McDaniels' "Compared to What" and Bill Withers' "I Can't Write Left Handed" (which the group stretches well beyond the 11-minute mark). …
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July 28, 2010 – The end of the world, according to the Roots, looks a lot like post-World War II Europe, only worse. …
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June 21, 2010 – The Roots are back with their first new album since becoming America's favorite late-night house band -- and their full-time gig with Jimmy Fallon hasn't tamed the Philly boys one bit. …
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June 7, 2010 – …
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Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
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Human Eye, 4: Into Unknown
The So So Glos, Blowout
The Heliocentrics, 13 Degrees of Reality
Big Black Delta, Big Black Delta
Lucero, Texas & Tennessee
Purson, The Circle and the Blue Door
Moon King, Obsession II
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