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On Quasimoto’s The Unseen

mreeves June 13, 2020 No Comments MadlibQuasimoto

Twenty years ago today, Madlib released this landmark album under the guise of Quasimoto. This San Francisco Bay Guardian essay was published during the time of its initial release.

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Jacques Petrus’ Boogie Factory

mreeves November 5, 2016 No Comments boogie-funkcocaine discoItalo-discoJacques Petrus

Guadeloupe born, Italian-based record producer Jacques Fred Petrus was one of the more enigmatic figures in early 80s black music. He was an expert at…

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Nu-Funk

mreeves November 2, 2016 No Comments boom clapJ Dillanu-funkSa-Ra

Nu-funk, nu-jazz, and future soul … these were the terms used to describe underground soul in the mid-2000s. It was an international movement that spread…

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Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

mreeves July 26, 2015 No Comments 2015BLMKendrick LamarWest Coast Rap

Last Sunday night, Kendrick Lamar briefly crashed the Internet by issuing To Pimp a Butterfly a week early on iTunes and multiple streaming services. His…

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Eminem, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’

mreeves January 11, 2015 No Comments 2013DetroitEminemMonsters of Rap

Eminem should have picked a different title for The Marshall Mathers LP2. On its 2000 predecessor, he plumbed the ugly depths of the male ID…

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