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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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  Download Rusko's Reggae-Step 'Skanker'

  March 26, 2012 – Today marks the release of Rusko's Songs, the dubstep rainmaker's sophomore follow-up to 2010's O.M.G.!. It's a full-length floor adventure rife with cross-pollinating, as encapsulated by "Skanker," which SPIN is exclusively premiering below (you can buy the album on iTunes). The man born Christopher Mercer takes a slab of interstellar reggae and juices it up with pupil-dilating, Niagara-like drops, each one a ride worth the wait. …
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  Insane in the Sub-Bass: See Cypress Hill and Rusko's Dubstep Video

  February 22, 2012 – What a difference a month has made for Cypress Hill's collaboration with Rusko. When our exclusive first taste of the perpetually lit California hip-hop trailblazers' team-up with the dubstep wizard arrived in late January, electronic dance music's recent Grammy takeover was still just a glimmer in some Recording Academy bureaucrat's eye. …
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  First Spin: Grab Skream's Roller-Coaster Rusko Remix 'Somebody to Love'

  February 17, 2012 – London producer Skream is one of dubstep's O.G.s, a fact electronic dance music's current crossover wunderkind Skrillex recognized during his Grammy pre-ceremony shout-outs. …
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  How I Could Just Skrill a Man: Hear Cypress Hill Go Dubstep With Rusko

  January 24, 2012 – After Cypress Hill lit up (pun intended, clearly) Los Angeles with their special appearance during a 2011 show by dubstep kingpin Rusko, it seems that the ever-blunted hip-hop pioneers might be going full wobble. Spring 2012 sees the release of the upcoming EP Cypress Hill X Rusko, a full-on collabo between the phunky feel ones and the wubby squeal one. …
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  Skrillex, Fatboy Slim, Major Lazer Freak Out at HARD Haunted Mansion

  October 31, 2011 –  …
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  Photos: Dance Music in America

  October 4, 2011 –  …
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  Dubstep 101: A U.S. Primer

  September 12, 2011 – "Who gon stop me," from Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne, begins with an orbiting, distorted vocal sample, then explodes into a rush of quaking bottom-end and pulsating, chunky mid-range. These are the blatant hallmarks of dubstep, the floor-shaking, multifaceted electronic music that began on South London pirate radio nearly a decade ago and now peppers U.S. pop radio. …
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  FREE ALBUM: SPIN's Dance Mix for Electric Zoo!

  August 29, 2011 – For the September 2-4 Labor Day weekend, New York City's Randall's Island plays host to Electric Zoo, a dance music extravaganza that will close out summertime in fine fashion. …
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  Kaskade's Best Acts at IDentity Fest

  August 8, 2011 –  …
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