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Category: Obituaries

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Daniel “DOOM” Dumile: 1971-2020

mreeves January 1, 2021 No Comments MF Doom

A remembrance of the work of DOOM, the greatest rapper/producer of his era.

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mreeves September 8, 2018 No Comments

Rest in peace, Mac Miller. Photo by 13th Witness (aka Timothy McGurr).

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Remembering James Yancey, years later

mreeves February 7, 2016 No Comments BTSDetroitJ DillaStones Throw

On the 15th anniversary of J Dilla’s birth, we revisit a 2006 essay originally published after his death

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RIP Sean Price

mreeves August 16, 2015 No Comments 2015Boot Camp ClikDuck DownNew York Thuggin'Sean Price

For the cover art of Sean Price’s 2012 album Mic Tyson, Raphael Tangal depicted the rapper as a hulking figure with impossibly large muscles, a…

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Adam “MCA” Yauch, 1964-2012

mreeves August 10, 2013 No Comments Beastie BoysMCA

Here’s a crazy story: When the Beastie Boys dropped “The New Style” and seemingly took over my local radio station, which played their songs every…

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