January 2012
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“It’s a family and it’s a long-term commitment,” Iggy tells The Juice. “People...”
– New Interscope signee Iggy Azalea, not realizing how shitty marriage can be.
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“Rack City” could’ve been a Def Jam reduction from that time period....”
– “Tyga’s ‘Rack City’ Is the Best Song on the Radio Right Now: Here Are 10 Reasons Why” by Brandon Soderberg
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Watchallthingsdrake:
40 Talks Drake’s First Single From Take Care ‘Headlines’
40 = honest, smart dude
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On new album, Pianos Become the Teeth deal with... →
It was fun to write about (and thus, listen to) screamo again.
During high school, I gravitated toward pop-punk (Saves the Day, Alkaline Trio, the Get Up Kids) but loved many aspects and many bands from the heavier, harder fringes. In order for my band to get shows, I had to book many of the shows myself, so we brought through bands we liked, including Ampere (ex-Montcalm) and the Saddest...
December 2011
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Baltimore Sun's top albums and singles of 2011 →
The last thing many of us want to read is another year-end list, but this is my blog, so … take that, take that.
Happy with how this came out. Some obvious choices, some not so. Erik Maza and I picked our Top 5 albums and songs each, and also put together two Spotify playlists clocking in at 50 songs all together.
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2011 Gems: Jackie Chain puts on for Alabama's SLAB... →
December is a slow month. At work, I’m picking out songs that may have been overlooked (more so to the Baltimore Sun’s audience, not my personal Tumblr audience) and posting them. I thought Jackie Chain and K.R.I.T.’s beats killed it all year, so I had to do that first. Bun B, try again next time.
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WatchShort Dawg, “Kush & Codeine” (The Adventures of Drankenstein, 2011)
November 2011
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G-Side: Hustle hard for Huntsville →
Any day I get G-Side into the Sun is a good one in my book.
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Backstory: Noah "40" Shebib →
Just what you wanted: More Drake/Take Care talk!
First, props to Sean for this interview and just doing great work over at GQ. Anyway, I really loved this interview (here’s a link to GQ’s Drake interview, too) because it reaffirms what we already know (but sometimes ignore/forget): Drake is and always will be an R&B dude! That’s why all of his albums have that snail’s...
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Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne'... →
Reviewed the Throne show for the Baltimore Sun last night. See this show*.
* I had that feeling — a bunch of times — like when I first watched Jay’s “Fade to Black.” There were moments throughout the show where I felt really lucky to see this happen. The rap nerd in me had waited too many years to see Kanye and Jay do “Izzo” together.
October 2011
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WatchTravis Porter, “Geeked Up” (2011, Differenter 3)
No one is doing swag rap as well as these dudes. A lot of this has to do with charisma and style. And that bounce.
“Most of the rest is just retightened Don’t Fuck It Up competence,...”
– from Rob Harvilla’s excellent A Very She & Him Christmas review.
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Interview: Yelawolf turns the club upside down →
Dude was as chill as you’d expect. Good talk. Rooting for this guy.
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Watch“Let ‘em get these hollow tips / like he a waiter”
Juicy J deserves some sort of recognition for being one of the most consistent rappers of 2011. Mixtapes and stray shots; more on-point than not.
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September 2011
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'The X-Factor': A Running Diary →
I’m in.
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On the end of 'Entourage' →
See ya!
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TV on the Radio adjust to Los Angeles for 'Nine... →
Love this band. I don’t know what made me miss Nine Types of Light when it was released earlier this year (probably some rap mp3s or something), but I’ve been listening to it a lot lately and it’s prettaaay, prettaaay good. No surprise there.
At the end of my conversation with Tunde, I had to tell him I liked his performance in “Rachel Getting Married” because, well,...
August 2011
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“With this record, I knew I couldn’t talk about “Oh, I miss my old friends.” On...”
– Drake talking to EW.
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Review: Selena Gomez and the Scene at the Maryland... →
The Sun sent me to the Timonium Fairgrounds last night in hopes that Selena’s boyfriend Justin Bieber would appear, because the only thing that could go toe-to-toe with Irene’s page views would be a Bieber sighting. He did not show up.
Still, going to the fair had me nostalgic all night. The rides, fried food, the smell, teen dudes wearing fresh shit with the hopes of impressing...
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Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Watch the Throne' →
Because you can never have too many Watch the Throne reviews, right? (Don’t answer that.)
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