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  Rap Release(s) of the Week: Stalley and Zilla

  April 6, 2012 – Simon Reynolds' Retromania thesis — we've become weighed down by the past and as a result, the 2000s lacks its own signature sound — seems pretty spot-on to me. But I'm beginning to suspect there actually is a distinct "2000s sound." It's the druggy, know-it-when-you-hear-it haze of synths and manipulated vocals that are heard across multiple genres. …
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  First Spin: Zilla's 'My Thoughts'

  March 26, 2012 – "I'm just thinkin' out loud," Huntsville, Alabama rapper Zilla admits on "My Thoughts," a roving, confessional song from his upcoming mixtape Zilla Shit 2. Over an ornate, wide-open take on trap-rap from the Block Beattaz, Zilla — who you recently may have heard on Jackie Chain's Scatman John-sampling "Ladies In The House" — captures the feeling of riding out, being inside of your own head, alone, though not isolated. …
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