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Sunshine Rap

mreeves February 17, 2019 No Comments Indie RapJurassic 5West Coast Rap

Revisit a time when West Coast rap musicians embraced chunky funk and soul loops while rejecting the corporatist “bling” era.

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Stanley Crouch on jazz and Negro Americans

mreeves March 18, 2018 No Comments Quotesswing jazz

“Negro Americans are not predisposed to follow people. They really aren’t. That’s why there’s always a certain element of chaos in the Negro world, because,…

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Sisters With Voices: R&B Girl Groups in the 90s

mreeves March 5, 2018 No Comments

Sisters With Voices. Total. Destiny’s Child. You didn’t need a lyric sheet to understand the legion of R&B girl groups who dominated urban pop music…

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Remembering Hip-Hop’s Response to 9/11

mreeves September 11, 2017 No Comments

It may be unfair to single out rap artists for their response to the tragic events of 9/11. Artists in every discipline, from music to…

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A note on Tyler, The Creator’s Scum Fuck Flower Boy

mreeves July 22, 2017 1 Comment Tyler the Creator

Tyler, The Creator’s Scum Fuck Flower Boy is a good album — and that’s coming from someone who has criticized Tyler quite a bit over the…

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