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Fifteen Theories on Boys Don’t Cry

  • Patrick Boyle
  • August 8, 2016
Between the mysterious live stream on Ocean’s website and the release date that came and went, no one is really sure what Frank Ocean has planned for his new album Boys Don’t Cry.…
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Zane Lowe Interviews Chance the Rapper

  • Liz Wood
  • May 27, 2016
Following the release of his latest mixtape Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper spoke with Zane Lowe in a lengthy interview about the work, the recording process, and the artist’s growing collaborative relationship with Kanye West.…
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Hip-Hop’s Response to the Flint Water Crisis

  • Liz Wood
  • February 10, 2016
Artists across the musical spectrum have rallied to help raise awareness and funds for the Flint, Michigan water crisis, which, thanks to governmental inaction, has been allowed to develop since…
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Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Collaboration

  • Liz Wood
  • December 2, 2015
The rumors circulating about a collaboration between Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole may have been confirmed: in a post highlighting the freestyles that the two rappers put out in honor…
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Get to Know Benjamin Clementine

  • Patrick Boyle
  • November 23, 2015
Who is Benjamin Clementine? It’s a fair question to ask, considering this relatively unfamiliar artist was recently awarded the Mercury Prize (the UK’s parallel to the Grammy’s “Album of the…
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Frankie Knuckles Collection Joining Stony Island Arts Bank

  • Patrick Boyle
  • August 17, 2015
Legendary Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles passed away in March of 2014, leaving behind a legacy as “the Godfather of house music” and a massive vinyl collection to match it. Recently…
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Teju Cole Made You a Mixtape

  • Charley Locke
  • July 10, 2015
This is a Lasgidi of the mind, representing a meld of many club nights in Lagos and alternate Lagoses through the past decade. It is a cauldron of that vertiginous…
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