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MYTH No. 4: Biggie & Tupac Are Hip-Hop's Pillars
Nov 9, 2009REALITY: Biggie and Tupac don't matter anymore.Read More
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Various Artists, 'Through the Wilderness: A Tribute to Madonna'
Feb 15, 2008Ciccone youth dissect the pop star's peppy will to power.Read More
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Om, 'Pilgrimage'
Jan 18, 2008High priests of stoner doom lull, then slowly bludgeon you.Read More
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Dashboard Confessional, 'The Shade of Poison Tree'
Nov 19, 2007The tattooed love boy returns to his pain cave.Read More
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Gym Class Heroes, 'As Cruel as School Children'
Oct 11, 2006Hip-hop trouble for the Warped nation.Read More
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Hawthorne Heights, 'If Only You Were Lonely'
Mar 9, 2006The emo-metal formula done exactly right -- and oh so wrong.Read More
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Gretchen Wilson, 'All Jacked Up'
Nov 30, 2005Purple-state country envisions a world united by product placement.Read More
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Rod Lee, 'Vol. 5: The Official'
Nov 10, 2005A coming-out party for Baltimore's sleazy club jams.Read More
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The Tippin' Point
Sep 9, 2005Operating in isolation for years, Houston hip-hoppers were content to get blasted on cough syrup, sell truckloads of mix tapes, and make major bank on their own. But with local stars breaking out, major labels moving in, and feuds sparking up, will the scene survive or eat itself alive?Read More
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Kanye West, 'Late Registration'
Aug 30, 2005Hip-hop's golden boy tries to hang on to his ego.Read More
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DJ/rupture - Special Gunpowder; Diplo - Florida
Dec 8, 2004
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DJ/rupture, 'Special Gunpowder'
Dec 6, 2004Internationalist beat-conductors step up to the (dub) plate.Read More
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Dizzee Rascal, 'Showtime'
Nov 5, 2004Brit rapper doles out sophomore slaps.Read More
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Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle; Mos Def - The New Danger
Oct 14, 2004
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Morrissey: Live at the Apollo Theater
Jun 25, 2004
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