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May 23, 2012
Santigold's Gold Standard
Santi White's genre-bending adventures continue on her second album
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June 2, 2011
Beanie Sigel No Longer Peeved At Jay-Z
"Whatever I felt this dude Jay did wrong to me, it can't outweigh the one thing he did do for me—he gave me an opportunity. Dude gave me an opportunity. A lot of people don't get opportunities. He gave me that. That outweighs everything. I need that in black and white. I got caught in t ... More >>
Music
November 17, 2010
Big L's Unfinished Business
The young rapper had a killer sound. Then the street rubbed him out.
Music
November 17, 2010
Decoding Jay-Z's Decoded
Why the rapper's memoir is definitely not Shawn Carter's
Blogs
November 4, 2010
How A Village Voice Reporter Helped Write the Second Verse of Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement"
In 2003, this paper sent the writer Elizabeth Mendez Berry to profile Jay-Z on the eve of the release of what was then supposed to be his retirement record, The Black Album. Toward the end of the piece, which was published almost exactly seven years ago, Berry transcribes an interaction she h ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
The 10 Greatest Rap Songs About Video Games
Def Jam Rapstar is the latest attempt to merge the worlds of hip-hop and video games. In the past, this has involved shoehorning playable rapper characters into cliched genres -- a Wu-Tang Clan beat-'em-up! 50 Cent's first-person shooter! -- or rappers licensing a few throwaway songs to the l ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2010
Dipset's Jim Jones and Dame Dash Crashed Das Racist's Show at Death By Audio on Friday Night
Jim Jones gives punk rock the gas face. All photos by Rebecca Smeyne.These are strange, wonderful times for hip-hop fans in New York. Former Roc-a-Fella mogul and Jay-Z cohort Damon Dash is running a modern day version of Warhol's factory out of a rented loft in Tribeca. Curren$y kills time a ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Q&A: Curren$y and Producer Ski Beatz (and Damon Dash) Talk Pilot Talk, BluRoc, and Eating at Bubby's in Tribeca
Jonah SchwartzSir Lucious Leftfoot and Teflon Don have (justifiably) monopolized the conversation in recent weeks, but there's at least one other new hip-hop album worth clearing earspace for: Pilot Talk, a soothingly mellow alternative from the Damon Dash-backed Tribeca transplant Curren$ ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2010
This Week in the Voice: The Tilda Swinton Moment
How time flies, right? Eighteen years ago, Sally Potter had her breakout as the writer-director of Orlando, which also starred then-breakout Tilda Swinton. Now, for this week's Village Voice cover story, Melissa Anderson talks with Potter and Swinton about Orlando about their continuing caree ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
This Week's Voice: Damon Dash Resurrected, Best Coast and Wavves, Wayne Coyne, Rick Ross, and More
Dame and Tallulah. Not pictured: Sienna Miller. Photo by Raquel M. Horn.In this week's Village Voice, Ben Detrick profiles the post-Roc-a-Fella edition of Damon Dash as he haltingly embarks on a kinder, gentler comeback. Elsewhere, Sean Fennessey dissects the two halves of California's pre-em ... More >>
Music
July 20, 2010
Damon Dash Resurrected
Cast out of Jay-Z's kingdom, a notorious hip-hop mogul takes a kinder, gentler, hipper approach to reinvention
Blogs
April 26, 2010
In Defense of M.I.A., Circa April 26, 2010
She released an incoherent polemic of a video featuring nudity (NSFW!) and some truly distasteful violence (child murder! landmines!). For some reason, Pitchfork handed her the keys to their Twitter feed; she's spent the day spewing out streams of "go egosurfing DRINK A SHOT OF TEQUILLA spamouflag ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Interview: Just Blaze Talks Baseline Studios, From the Making of Jay-Z's The Blueprint to the End of an Era
"For The Blueprint, Jay-Z literally just walked into the studio one day and was like, 'Anybody got some beats?'" Kanye mourns, 1.30.10.Last Thursday, when producer Justin "Just Blaze" Smith announced he was closing shop at Baseline Studios, longtime recording homebase for Roc-A-Fella Records ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Photos of the Dame Dash DIY Hideout Under 100
Somewhere downstairs Erykah Badu is covering Pavement. All photos of Under 100 by Rebecca Smeyne.Brief recap, from yesterday: Under 100, the city's newest and potentially only Manhattan-based DIY showspace, just happens to be located in the basement of one Damon Dash, former Jay-Z partner and ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2009
The Wild and Wonderful Story of Under 100, the DIY Show Space in Dame Dash's Basement
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Music
November 24, 2009
The Black Keys and Damon Dash Get to Know Each Other on BlakRoc
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2008
What's Beef? Ol' Dirty Bastard Manager Responds to Village Voice
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
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October 17, 2008
Best Fall from Local Rap Grace: The Diplomats
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2008
Cam'ron Surfaces, Sort Of
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2008
Jay-Z's New Timbaland Track: It's 1998 Again
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2007
Live: Jay-Z Makes Up with Lil Wayne, Ordains Jadakiss
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2007
Is Roc-A-Fella Coming Back?
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2007
Status Ain't Hood Podcast 7
Sleigh Bells perform at Under 100 in front of an extremely focused Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Rez Avissar/Pitchfork. Used by permission.Greg Finch is the 20-year-old Pitchfork.tv intern who, along with Less Artists More Condos' Ariel Panero, runs Under 100, the DIY show space located in former ... More >>
Music
November 21, 2006
Hova's Slight Return
Jay-Z's aura finally outshines his art—what a drag it is getting old
NYC Life
June 13, 2006
Where's the Party?
The Girls Get Ready to Turn It Out for Pride
Blogs
May 31, 2006
Live: M.O.P. Does Whatever M.O.P. Wants
The Girls Get Ready to Turn It Out for Pride
Music
March 21, 2006
Both Sides Now
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop
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January 24, 2006
Dean's List
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop
Blogs
October 7, 2005
Status Ain't Hood is Worried About Beanie Sigel
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop
Music
May 11, 2004
Garridge's Sri Chinmoy Brushes Dirt Off Shoulder, Opines at Local Pub
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop
Music
March 9, 2004
Edges of the Groove
Arguments against education, reclaimed punk rants, electropop with staying power
Music
July 22, 2003
Tales of the Tape
Mix CDs Radically Transform the Business and Culture of Hip-Hop
News
March 25, 2003
In Da Fight Club
Mix CDs Radically Transform the Business and Culture of Hip-Hop
News
November 5, 2002
When I Reminisce
Hip-hop Movies Mythologize the Age of Innocence
Music
July 16, 2002
Destroyed
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
NYC Life
May 14, 2002
The Princess Diaries
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
NYC Life
May 7, 2002
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
Music
March 5, 2002
2001 Gets Better
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
Music
January 15, 2002
Kings of New York
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
Music
May 23, 2000
Music
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
Music
April 18, 2000
True to Their Schools?
Hip-Hop's Ur-Self Got Himself a War
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