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  A Brief History of Rappers Sampling Radiohead

  November 9, 2011 – In 2011, "Looking for the perfect beat" increasingly means digging on the Hype Machine for out nerdball indie rock â€" in the last two years, you can hear Lupe Fiasco rap over Modest Mouse, E-40 flipping Bjork, the Roots borrowing Joanna Newsom, B.o.B. ganking Vampire Weekend, and of course Kanye West pulling Bon Iver from his cabin and giving him a shutter shade makeover. …
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  Lloyd Banks, 'H.F.M. 2' (G-Unit)

  November 22, 2010 – Lloyd Banks' hunger is not born of starvation, but of an insatiable appetite. On his third solo effort, the G-Unit rapper is a connoisseur of cars, women, and guns, spinning tight spider webs of syllables that are often so patterned that they obscure individual strands. "Put my Ferrari in park, give 'em a running start," Banks growls on "Payback," a sinister track with mentor 50 Cent and a woozy, almost dubstep bass line. …
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