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For most music fanatics, the name Stephen Malkmus probably comes arm in arm with a picture of the lanky, California troubadour, whose iconic ’90s band Pavement helped define the sound of modern indie. But the name Janet Weiss…most likely leaves those ...
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Haas was not feeling so romantic during the arduous thirteen months that it took to complete Lil Tae. With Meyulks at the helm, the recording process became one of “organization and destruction,” where Haas and Meyulks would cook up a track and, if Me...
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By the time Lyrics Born entered the studio for his new album, Everywhere At Once, his fans knew that his rhymes flow with the consistency of scrolling stock tickers. They knew he could seamlessly weave funk and rock to club beats. But Born (née Tom Shimu...
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In retrospect, most serious observers of the history of the Nation of Islam concur that Mr. Islam did not assassinate Malcolm X. Three men were ultimately convicted of killing Malcolm: Thalmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler, and Khalil Islam. In 1966, Thalmadg...
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Paul Rieckhoff is the founder and director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). The IAVA is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rieckhoff is a veteran of the arm...
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“I commissioned this woman to make the video. I just gave her two rules. One: you can’t show drugs. And two: it can’t be a boy–girl couple. You got to go either girl–girl or boy–boy. She chose to go girl–girl. Maybe she thought hip-hop just...
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A father of two, Styles wears many hats, including CEO, aspiring author, and business entrepreneur, as he is part owner of the D-Block Car Wash in his hometown of Yonkers, New York. Realizing the importance of branching out beyond the world of hip-hop, St...
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When you're in the studio, or on the road performing constantly, it can seem like the grind never stops. Prodigy, one half of the legendary rap duo Mobb Deep and a founding forefather of gangster rap, packs a busier schedule then most, touring relentlessl...
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It was as Chris Lova Lova on 97.5FM in Atlanta that Luda first experienced the feeling of giving back, thanks to an interesting station policy. “We were required to do a certain amount of community service work every week,” he remembers, “I was work...
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“We had a lot of fun with it,” says Pritchard, with regards to recording Konk, the band’s recently-released second album. His casualness is more than a little surprising, given how daunting the task of making a follow-up album can be in the wake of ...
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According to lead vocalist Jah Dan, Noble Society’s lyrical focus “is a constant realization of the truth…never being in denial.” This practice coupled with the composition expertise of Diego “Fuego” Campo positions the collective as musicians...
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After his brother passed away, Oveous felt an urgency to write and, after getting fired from a comfortable full-time job in the Fashion District, he ran with the gravity of change and financed his own tour. In the last few years, he has drawn in large cro...
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Paint It Black is, by far, the most exciting and righteous hardcore punk band around today. For the past five years, these guys have been assembling a treacherous arsenal of aggravation—amounting in some serious collateral damage and three killer record...
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A lot of artists talk about dedication, but how many of them are willing to trade in their house for a van to travel the country with their family, just to promote an album? That’s exactly what emcee and Hip-Hop Is Music label owner Braille did for his ...
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Despite being a band, Destroyer has often been labeled as Bejar’s solo project, due to its constantly changing line-up. However, the current Destroyer line-up consists only of members that have played on other Destroyer records and currently live in Van...
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The young filmmakers were drawn to Patterson for many reasons. He is quite the personality in his biker get-up, wiry beard, and sporting the skull caps he and partner Elsa Rensaa design. His artist’s pulse has always been on the youth culture, photograp...
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Considering how much of his career depends on the success of his albums, Williams has an unusual amount of confidence in music fans, especially given rampant levels of music piracy and swiftly falling CD sales. Williams sees the novel release of NiggyTard...
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The Heavy wanted to make a mixtape where one track would be reminiscent of Neil Young and the other of Led Zeppelin,“We didn’t go out of the way to say, ‘These are the influences we want to get in,’ but it’s the way we work,” Swaby says. “We...
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Henry Rollins knows what he’s talking about, no matter what he’s talking about. He’s been through it all: from hanging with rockstars to becoming the iconic hardcore frontman of Black Flag, not to mention starring in movies, hosting his own televisi...
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Sean “Ope” Williams, creator of the new sneaker documentary Know You Got Sole!, has personally witnessed the incredible growth of what has now been dubbed “sneaker culture.” “Back in the day if you wanted some fresh sneakers, you bought ‘em an...
