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  Wiz Khalifa's 'Cabin Fever 2': Could This Be the Death Knell for the Lex Luger Sound?

  October 17, 2012 – Last year, Wiz Khalifa prefaced his major-label debut, Rolling Papers, with Cabin Fever, a trap music-tinged mixtape that countered the more good-natured mainstream release. Cabin Fever 2, a ratchet-music facsimile, released yesterday, arrives less than two months before December's presumably more poppy O.N.F.I.C.. …
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  Rap Release of the Week: Problem's 'Welcome To Mollywood 2'

  September 6, 2012 – So, the trick to finally turning transcendently spare, Bay Area hip-hop into the actual next big thing is not branding it as city-specific? Blame and thank Los Angeles producer DJ Mustard's "ratchet music" tag — a nebulous, know-it-when-you-hear-it minimalism that takes from hyphy, L.A. jerk, and even a little bit of Afrojack's top 40-ready lope by way of L.A. loudmouths LMFAO. That loose EDM comparison isn't facetious. …
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