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'Wanna Battle You'll Be Baffled at the Stuff Stated': In Tribute to Gift of Gab, One of My Favorite Hip-Hop Lyricists Ever
Gift of Gab, the rapping half of West Coast hip-hop group Blackalicious, died on June 18 at the age of 50.
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'I'm Still Spending Money from '88': 9 Thoughts About Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, One of the Best Albums of All Time on Its 25th Birthday
On June 25, 1996, Jay-Z released his debut album Reasonable Doubt and launched a legendary hip-hop career.
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Did You Realize That You Were a Champion In Our Eyes?
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Panama shares about learning more of his father and his father’s life through Kanye West’s “Champion”
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Can I Get a 'Soul Clap'?: A Musical Journey In a Cadillac With Pop
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Dustin Seibert shares how a musical playlist of half-a-century old jams reminds him of his father
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Miles Davis, Brown Liquor and a Night I Didn't Want to End
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Law Ware discusses his father through the Miles Davis Quintet’s ‘It Never Entered My Mind.’
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Bonding Over Jazz and Kintsugi With My Father
For the ‘A Song For My Father’ Father’s Day Series, Olu Burrell dedicates Taylor McFerrin’s ‘Invisible/Visible’ to his dad.
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Beyoncé's Internet Made Me Listen to Destiny's Child's 'Cater 2 U' for the First Time in Like 15 Years. I Have Thoughts
A song from 2004’s ‘Destiny Fulfilled’ album has made a resurgence, and wow, is it worth talking about in 2021.
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A Cicada Got Into My House and Tried to Eat My Family
A cicada homie from the Brood X set invaded my home.
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I’m Here for ‘The Bando,’ a Trap-Experience Restaurant in Atlanta Where You Can Get ‘Crack Wings’ (Along With Various Other Food Items, of Course)
The Bando. I actually like this idea of a trap-aesthetic restaurant.
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Does Common Have the GOAT Hip-Hop Career? Making the Case
A few months ago, I was a guest on a podcast that I really enjoy called the 80z Babies Podcast. The show—hosted by Yinka Diz and Outlaw—focuses largely on 90s and 00s era hip-hop and breaks down classic hip-hop albums, and attempts to make good albums into classics (like one of their latest episodes, Jay-Z’s…
