Features
While my comrades have given their accounts of favorite songs and albums, I decided to put a spin on my entry for this feature and look at my
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Features
Each of these albums (or songs) from the past ten years, I can listen to right now and be satisfied. Here’s why...
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Top Story
Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night. The broadcast will take place Jan. 31, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Columns
As far as I can piece together, I made this mixtape specifically because I was going up to Lafayette for my Spring Break '98 (it was great having
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Top Story
Brenda, Larry, a firefly eating a marshmallow, the Death of Auto-Tune, MJ, McNair, Michael Bay's racism, mannequins, time travel and Talib Kweli... I've had a lot going on
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Columns
I’ll never forget it; it was late August 2001. That’s when I became a committed fan of Roc-A-Fella Records, right after hearing the bootleg of The Blueprint. The
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Columns
So, this week I received a couple of packages from Tucson. They were full of CDs. I was slayed, mostly because it brings me to having about 98
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Columns
I love Common. I think it's remarkable how far he's come commercially (finally), given the talent that he possesses. But for every person that lifted a
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Columns
Just in time for Christmas, here's a list of recent releases for those of you who are literally waiting until the last minute to finish up your holiday
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Film
It's one thing to be able to craft a massive hit or two in your home country for a foreign director. It's another to be able to
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Columns
Common, Eminem, 88 Keys, Q-Tip, Jazzanova. I have gotten my hands on music from the likes of the aforementioned artists recently and have blissfully reorganized my playlist,
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Reviews
There will be people out there that will call this album "Halo 27.5", and really, there's nothing wrong with that. After all, Common's Like Water for Chocolate,
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Columns
OK, so last time I gave you a rundown of the albums that Entertainment Weekly had deemed “The New Classics.” I even provided their ranking. Now, it’s time
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