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Straight Outta Compton: The Stereogum Review
Straight Outta Compton, the new movie about N.W.A., once dubbed the world's most dangerous group, strives for (and achieves) historical accuracy, but rarely offers any new insight. The film is pistols...
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17 NBA Rappers Ranked Worst To Best
It's like Drake said on Thank Me Later's "Thank Me Now": "Damn, I swear sports and music are so synonymous/ 'Cause we want to be them, and they want to be us." Drizzy wasn't the first to say it,...
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The 10 Best Vanity Rap Dynasties
Who knew a tweet from Weezy last December would unfold into the ugly soap opera that is Lil Wayne vs. Birdman? After nine months, three lawsuits, three spinoff dramas, direct verbal shots, social media...
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LL Cool J Will Host The Grammys Yet Again
Hopefully, the fifth time's the charm for LL Cool J. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced today that LL would be hosting the Grammys for the fifth consecutive year in 2016, but...
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Chance The Rapper Calls Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq “Some Bill Cosby ‘Pull Up Your...
It's been a great year for Chance The Rapper, as Tom noted in Status Ain't Hood this week. Dude has just been killing shit on the regular, but perhaps the one thing he can't kill despite how hard he...
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Stream Nice Hooves The Gall (Stereogum Premiere)
Nice Hooves is mostly comprised of members from Detroit hardcore outfit the Armed. The Armed are aptly named as their latest offering Untitled is an unrelenting barrage of sonic artillery, and although...
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Hillary Clinton Answers Dumb Question About Beyoncé
The look on Hillary Clinton's face says it all. In a time where it's actually possible for women and black men to become president, someone asked Clinton if she would throw it all away to be an...
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Ramriddlz –“Bodmon”
Toronto rapper/singer Ramriddlz makes a sweet-sounding genre potpourri of hip-hop, dancehall, soca, R&B, and a little electro, which has received Drake's cosign of doom or validation (only time...
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Murals –“Long Bridge”
Kentucky chamber-pop combo and 2012 Band To Watch alums Murals are gearing up to release their debut album Violet City Lantern. They shared the title track and gave it the visual treatment just a...
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The 1975 –“UGH!” Video
British bubblegum pop band the 1975 dropped "UGH!," the second single from their 16-word-titled sophomore album just last week, and today it gets a matching set of visuals. "UGH!" is pretty damn funky,...
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I Love Your Lifestyle –“Jazz Nights” (Stereogum Premiere)
Leave it to some punks to poke at the traditions of Christmas and Boxing Day. I Love Your Lifestyle play a nice melodic brand of punk that is deceptively melancholy in keeping with their Swedish roots....
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Rockie Fresh –“Aurora”&“All I Want”
MMG's Chicago rep Rockie Fresh is still readying his next studio effort set to release next year. But The Night I Went To..., the free project he teased last month to ease the wait, is shaping up...
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Kehlani –“Did I”
Yay Area R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani earned a Grammy nom for her mixtape/album gray area project You Should Be Here, and rightly so as it was excellent (which can't be said for all Grammy nods)....
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R. Kelly Walks Out Of Huffington Post Live Interview
R. Kelly has had a bit of a resurgence lately, following a two-year absence, via his recently released 13th studio album, The Buffet, and a couple of features on Chance The Rapper tracks. Kelly is an...
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Wise Blood –“Rome” (Feat. The Moon Baby)
Quirky pop producer Wise Blood dropped the weirdly awesome Babyland EP this past spring. Today, he sneaks in what is most likely a final one-off for the year via the short, woozy "Rome." Lo-fi,...
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Pusha T –“M.F.T.R.” (Feat. The-Dream) Video
G.O.O.D. Music president and "the last cocaine superhero" Pusha T closed the year with the excellent King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude. The album is full of dark, deadpan, white-powder...
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Watch Earl Sweatshirt Debut New Songs In LA
Earl Sweatshirt turned in one of our 40 best rap albums (and one of the best album titles of the year) with I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside. Perhaps testing out some new material for a 2016...
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Seinfeld2000 & How To Dress Well –“The Speed Dial”
We haven't heard much from How To Dress Well since last year's "What Is This Heart?" aside from a video for "Precious Love," which he put out to celebrate the anniversary of the album. The same can be...
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Stream Little Simz’ Surprise EP Age 101: Drop X
Leave it to a UK MC to make her moniker more proper by correctly spelling "little" without shortening or apostrophes. But that is emblematic of up-and-coming UK rapper Little Simz. She refuses to rely...
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Father –“Vamp” (Feat. Tommy Genesis) Video
DIY ATLien Father has been on point with the visuals lately. Just a couple weeks ago he shared a video for "Alleyoop Swish" the lead single from his upcoming Lex Luger-produced EP, Someone Get These...
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