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April 24, 2012
Radio Hits One: Dan Wilson, Linda Perry, And Other Pop Footnotes Turned Hitmakers
It's a familiar scene to anyone who's seen VH1 programs like Behind The Music or Where Are They Now?, or the channel's endless lists of 'one-hit wonders' of the '80s and '90s: a musician whose brief fling with stardom is well behind them sits at the mixing desk of a studio, while the voiceover detai ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
TOO BIG TO FAIL
Lloyd Banks invites you for Thanksgiving
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November 9, 2011
FOREVER AND ALWAYS
Taylor Swift wraps the ‘Speak Now’ tour
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September 30, 2011
A Dissenting Opinion: Let's Quit It With The Live Performances Of "Classic" Hip-Hop Albums
Back in 2007, All Tomorrow's Parties and the Pitchfork Music Festival decided that getting GZA, the Wu-Tang Clan's resident rhyme scholar, to reenact his crime rhyme masterpiece Liquid Swords in full was a good idea. And it probably was—once, maybe twice. But the third time removed the charm. ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Live: Kendrick Lamar Arrives In New York, Takes Over S.O.B.'s
Kendrick Lamar S.O.B.'s Wednesday, August 31 Better than: bringing back that old New York rap. "There are two rules for a Kendrick Lamar show. First rule: everybody put one hand up. Now everybody put two hands up." Those were Kendrick Lamar's instructions as he led us into his third song of the ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Live: Pusha T And Ryan Leslie Win Some And Lose Some
FlashFWD Awards featuring Pusha T and Ryan Leslie Gramercy Theater June 8, 2011 Better than: Watching two sets by Ryan Leslie. An award show wouldn't be an award show without winners and losers, speeches that run for too long, fashion mistakes and surprises. The FlashFWD Awards, a night of Intern ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Live: Rick Ross Lives Out His Dreams At Summer Jam
Hot 97 Summer Jam New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, June 5 Better than: Sitting at home and moping like 50 Cent. Rick Ross closed out Summer Jam. Just so there's no revisionist history here, let's remember how incredible that statement is. Three years ago, Ross was the punching bag of hip-h ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Fabolous Loosens Up On The S.O.U.L. Tape
At this point, Fabolous's spot in hip-hop is carved in stone. He's the Welterweight Champion of Punchlines, the master jabber who has fruitlessly chased the knockout blow for so long the pursuit defines him. His chronic, career-long inability to say "no" to A&R men has resulted in some of the ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Hot 97 Announces The Seemingly Young Money-Sponsored Summer Jam '11 Lineup
Hot 97 has announced the lineup for Summer Jam '11, and it's (perhaps unsurprisingly) filled with Young Money acts: superstars Lil Wayne and Drake act as the de facto headliners, while a non-specific set by Young Money, the label, is on tap. Could that possibly mean an eventual cameo by Nic ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Zach Baron's Top 10 Singles of 2010
Rich aliens, rich alienation. Still via connect.in.comWith sincere apologies to Chuck Eddy, my two favorite records of the year also produced my two favorite singles: funny how that happens. And though ten songs increasingly feels like about forty too few, especially when Dr. Luke is working, ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? LCD Soundsystem and Nostalgia's Creeping Scourge
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! James Murphy, pulling no punches.Dear fellow illumin ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Five SOTC Critics Discuss.
Great song, at leastWelcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: myself, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. Let us acknowledge at the onset that we are ripping this off fr ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Live: Fabolous and Nicki Minaj Bring Kanye West, Rihanna, and Juelz Santana to a Thanksgiving Show at Hammerstein
Fabolous/Nicki Minaj Hammerstein Ballroom November 25, 2010 Better Than: Awkward Post-Dinner Small Talk Because the purpose of the Fabolous and Nicki Minaj's Thanksgiving double-billing was, according to the promotion, to give thanks to two of the most talented rappers in New York City (or perha ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Week in Review: All Kanye, All The Time
In the week Kanye West finally let us in on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (for the small price of $3.99!, we informed you of the rapper's last-minute Bowery Ballroom show, interviewed an intern who typed his Captcha faster than we did, and ultimately gave you a song-by-song breakdown of h ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Lloyd Banks Also Has A New Album Out This Week, Everybody
As previously noted with regards to Nicki Minaj, this is an absolutely terrible week to put out a record if you are anyone other than Kanye West, who with his 10.0 reviews and $3.99 Amazon sales will be hogging every last bit of the spotlight in his (failed, ultimately, probably?) quest to ou ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
The 10 Best Posse Cuts of 2010 (So Far)
Posse cuts are like friendlier versions of the WWE's Royal Rumble -- a platform designed to showcase all of the stars in the game, both up-and-coming and certified. Think back to the Main Source's 1991 "Live At The Barbecue," featuring Akinyele, Joe Fatal, and the debut of a rapper named Nas, ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
The 10 Best Verses From Kanye West's Good Friday Project, So Far
As sustained, goodwill-generating rap publicity stunts go, Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays series is almost entirely without precedent. Other rappers, guys like Freeway and Crooked I, have given away free music in regular installments, but those guys are B-listers and supporting players, and th ... More >>
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October 2, 2010
GOOD Friday: Kanye West Begrudgingly Drops "Christian Dior Denim Flow," Preps for SNL
Kanye West was not himself this week. Online, at least, where West has enjoyed repeated recent successes, he was frustrated and felt betrayed by the leak of an unauthorized, unfinished track called "Lost in the World." "It would have seemed like since I give free music every week even the low ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Download These Are Powers' Game-Changing New Club Banger (!), "Anything Above Nothing"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. It's been generally impossible to keep up with the ever-changing moods of tireless, futurist dance trio These Are Powers. In roughly six releases over four years, they've dabbled in don't-call-us-No ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
A People's History of Summer Jam 2010
Drake debuts, Trey Songz gyrates, and DJ Khaled wins at the hip-hop event of the year
Music
June 1, 2010
Joell Ortiz vs. Gentrification
Of Brooklyn, yes, but also of the NYC hip-hop on which he still aims to make his name
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April 30, 2010
Lloyd Banks Has An 8-Year-Old Kid In His Entourage
Tony Yayo (left, under a towel), a tiny child (center), and Lloyd Banks (right). Not much to report from last night's bizarrely curated Lloyd Banks/Reflection Eternal/Cory Gunz/Jackie Chain showcase at the Nokia Theater, besides the fact that New York still goes crazy for "Beemer, Benz or Be ... 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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March 15, 2010
New York's Most Fierce 2010 Rap Single, "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley," Gets Perhaps 2010's Dullest Video
Still not in the least sick of hearing this song come on the radio--whether in the original, menacing Juelz Santana/Lloyd Banks vintage, the Joell Ortiz "Nissan, Honda, Chevy" remix, or the blistering Fabolous remake from There Is No Competition 2. That said, they somehow found a whips-n-vixens vi ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
G-Unit's Lloyd Banks Arrested After Canadian Crime Spree
Months after G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack was gunned down after taking an assault charge for his boss, Tony Yayo, 50 Cent's rap crew is in trouble with the law again--this time up north, in Ontario, Canada, where Lloyd Banks is being held on assault and robbery charges. Banks and three goons ap ... More >>
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May 15, 2008
Status Ain't Hood Interviews Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo
Months after G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack was gunned down after taking an assault charge for his boss, Tony Yayo, 50 Cent's rap crew is in trouble with the law again--this time up north, in Ontario, Canada, where Lloyd Banks is being held on assault and robbery charges. Banks and three goons ap ... More >>
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September 14, 2007
50 Cent's Empire Crumbles
Months after G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack was gunned down after taking an assault charge for his boss, Tony Yayo, 50 Cent's rap crew is in trouble with the law again--this time up north, in Ontario, Canada, where Lloyd Banks is being held on assault and robbery charges. Banks and three goons ap ... More >>
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March 29, 2007
When Will Young Buck Leave G-Unit?
Months after G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack was gunned down after taking an assault charge for his boss, Tony Yayo, 50 Cent's rap crew is in trouble with the law again--this time up north, in Ontario, Canada, where Lloyd Banks is being held on assault and robbery charges. Banks and three goons ap ... More >>
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February 13, 2007
50 Cent vs. Cam'ron: Internet Beef
Months after G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack was gunned down after taking an assault charge for his boss, Tony Yayo, 50 Cent's rap crew is in trouble with the law again--this time up north, in Ontario, Canada, where Lloyd Banks is being held on assault and robbery charges. Banks and three goons ap ... More >>
Music
October 17, 2006
Conscience Rap
In the wake of the Source trial, hip-hop staffers ponder their contribution to the culture
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September 5, 2006
The Game Goes to War (Again)
In the wake of the Source trial, hip-hop staffers ponder their contribution to the culture
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August 31, 2006
50 Cent vs. Diddy: Battle of the Rap Villains
In the wake of the Source trial, hip-hop staffers ponder their contribution to the culture
NYC Life
August 29, 2006
Hip-Hop's New No Wave
Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes
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February 6, 2006
Busta Rhymes' Bodyguard Murdered at Video Shoot
Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes
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January 3, 2006
The Quarterly Report: Status Ain't Hood's Favorite New Albums
Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes
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December 21, 2005
Real Rap Videos Vs. SNL Narnia Skit
Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes
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December 15, 2005
Young Buck Isn't Going to Prison Because Young Buck is Awesome
Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes
Music
August 9, 2005
War Stories
50 and Eminem drip sweat and hit blood
Music
November 9, 2004
White Freedom
The angstiest wigga alive exercises privilege, bears cross, rallies flock, begs forgiveness
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September 7, 2004
Life After 50
Nondescript voice raps like he means it; spawns disciples

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