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November 22, 2011
M.O.P.'s Five Favorite Collaborations
If you don't like M.O.P., you probably don't really like rap music—or so the cliché goes. But there's something in the sentiment: For nearly two decades now, Billy Danze and Lil Fame have been putting out passionate, uncompromising rap music that's rooted in a resolutely east cost aesthetic. ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Heavy D, R.I.P.
Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
DJ Premier & Kendra Morris
Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems
This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Top 10 Greatest Kool Keith Aliases
Schizophrenic rap oddballs come no more intriguing than Kool Keith. With a catalogue over 50 different personas and aliases--whether it be the kinky cape-wearing Spankmaster or the very familial John Clayborne Cousin of Jimmy Hicks--the Bronx-born Kool Keith leads the rap world in split-personalit ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
The Great 2011 Grammy Postmortem: Even If Arcade Fire Made It, "We" Probably Didn't (Right?)
This picture is from Arcade Fire's Tumblr, where it's captioned "Win jumping up and down, thanking the world." Because why wouldn't it be?Radiohead may have already surpassed last night's Grammys as the au currant news of an indie-rock world that is all of a sudden drowning in good tidings, b ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Group Home Reminisce Over Guru
The veteran rap duo pay tribute to their late mentor
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October 6, 2010
This Week's Voice: Waka Flocka Flame, Sharon Van Etten, Group Home, Unearthly Trance, and More
BOW-BOW-BOW-BOW. Photo by Donna PermellIn this week's Village Voice, the great Sean Fennessey explains why Waka Flocka Flame is yelling at you, Grayson Currin profiles local ethereal folk lady Sharon Van Etten, Phillip Mlynar on Group Home's tribute to their former mentor, Gang Starr's Guru, ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Live: Fat Beats Hosts A Cathartic Going-Away Party, Whether You Made It Inside Or Not
Yeah, it got a little crowded. Pics by Puja, more below.Fat Beats' Final In-Store Fat Beats Saturday, September 4 Hundreds of people stood outside underground hip-hop mecca Fat Beats Saturday evening, as the West Village spot closed down for good with a farewell in-store party featuring DJ P ... More >>
Music
June 15, 2010
The Hip-Hop/Jazz Crossover Strategy Guide
Revive Da Live brings in both crowds . . . very, very carefully
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June 9, 2010
10 Nominations for 2010 World Cup Anthems Better Than Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)"
We defy you to unironically enjoy this song. The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa kicks off on June 11th. Sports-wise, the tournament promises to be thrilling, with 32 teams from around the world pitting their varied domestic styles and approaches to the game against each other in a bid to deci ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
The 10 Most Shocking Revelations About the Tragic Last Days of Gang Starr MC Guru
Guru and Premier, in happier timesWhen erstwhile Gang Starr MC Guru passed away on April 19, the rap world mourned. Not just for the loss of one of the best to ever to do it, but also for the shadowy circumstances under which he died--alone, in a hospital bed, with his family forbidden to vis ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
The Latest On Evil Producer Solar, the Man Who Betrayed Gang Starr's Guru
The above appears to be Solar momentarily wresting back control of his hacked Twitter account and attempting some damage control, though at this point, you'd have to think it's too late. (As it turns out, it wasn't Solar--just his tormentor, having some more fun at the producer's expense.) But th ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
The Hacked Emails That Expose Former Guru Partner Solar As the Most Evil Man In Hip-Hop
In the wake of one-time Gang Starr rapper Guru's death at the young age of 47, his latter day producer and partner Solar emerged as hip-hop's most loathed villain, accused of everything from denying Guru's family access to their dying kin to fabricating a deathbed statement from the rapper to ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Week in Review: Born Free
That's how you listen to Ghostface! Photo by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week M.I.A. broke the internet in a tidal wave of blood and guts and red hair, we did our best to put it back together.
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April 28, 2010
"We Are Still Gang Starr": Vibe Interviews DJ Premier
An extensive chat here, discussing Gang Starr's booze-swilling wild years ("It was like college"), how they went a little nuts after Moment of Truth went gold ("I remember we spent almost $10,000 on buying plaques for everybody that we knew deserved one"), the Guru-is-gay rumors ("he had too ... More >>
Music
September 19, 2006
Holler Back
The defiant Dirty Dozen do Marvin Gaye (mostly) proud on brash, brassy remake
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April 16, 2002
Supplement
The defiant Dirty Dozen do Marvin Gaye (mostly) proud on brash, brassy remake
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October 23, 2001
La Lutte Continue
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November 2, 1999
Hit It, Now Hold It
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August 10, 1999
Jazz Fission
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