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    April 24, 2012

    Six Great '90s NYC Rap Demos

    "Please listen to my demo!" That particular plea may no longer be heard coming from plucky upcoming rappers, what with the Internet age and all, but there's an undeniable pull about getting to hear the industry-ears-only dusty tapes that begat some of hip-hop's finest album moments. This week sees t ... More >>

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    December 5, 2011

    Amy Winehouse's Top Ten Hip-Hop Collaborations

    ​Rappers loved Amy Winehouse. The British warbler might not have collaborated with rap chaps to the extent that Mary J Blige has, but when she passed away earlier this year she did so leaving behind a discernible trail of hip-hop goodies. And the songs suggest there was a genuine bond and shar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Q&A: Pharoahe Monch On Growing Up in Queens, Twitter, Pizza, and Porn

    ​"A guy got shot in the head at a club and the brain pieces were on the mirror -- as I was running out I took a glance at it." Pharoahe Monch is talking about the most unfortunately explicit thing he saw growing up in the same Southside Jamaica, Queens neighborhood that 50 Cent would later myt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Remembering Fat Beats, The Best Record Store In Underground Hip-Hop History

    Gang Starr flanking Fat Beats owner Joseph Abajian, who unfortunately saw this coming​In 1997, Paul Rosenberg, the attorney of an aspiring rapper from Detroit calling himself Eminem, was walking along 6th Avenue in the West Village with ten copies of an independent 12-inch vinyl single titled ... More >>

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    June 26, 2007

    Pharoahe Monch's Desire

    A long-delayed comeback lashes eloquently back at its delayers

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    A Fistful of Mighta Been

    How the Miramax of Music Soundbombed

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    April 3, 2001

    Music

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    November 9, 1999

    Mos Testifies, Monch Eats

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    August 10, 1999

    Jazz Fission

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    June 15, 1999

    Music

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    June 8, 1999

    Music

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    March 2, 1999

    Love Jones

    More Than One Way to Rawk a Funky Joint

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    October 20, 1998

    Boo!

    More Than One Way to Rawk a Funky Joint

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