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Tricky Stewart

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    March 27, 2012

    Radio Hits One: Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, And Other Urban Radio Staples Turn To Clappers

    Lately, when I turn on a hip-hop station, I feel like I'm being applauded, and I don't always feel like returning the favor. I'm not referring just to the default use of handclaps (sampled or, more likely, emulated by drum machines) as snare drums in beats, which has been a common practice and has b ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2011

    Kelly Rowland Gets Down Like That

    Lately, when I turn on a hip-hop station, I feel like I'm being applauded, and I don't always feel like returning the favor. I'm not referring just to the default use of handclaps (sampled or, more likely, emulated by drum machines) as snare drums in beats, which has been a common practice and has b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    American Idol, Season 10, "Idols" Week: Ryan Adams Shout-Outs And Soaring Volcanoes

    Please, Jacob Lusk, stick around as long as possible. CREDIT: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.​This was the first week we really got to see a lot of Interscope honcho Jimmy Iovine, whose role on American Idol is supposedly to mentor all the kids, but it's already clear he's only going to show up for five-min ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    Katy Perry, Human Being

    Having scaled Fame Mountain, pop's goofiest, most accessible superstar seeks loftier peaks

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2010

    Utada

    Having scaled Fame Mountain, pop's goofiest, most accessible superstar seeks loftier peaks

  • Music

    January 19, 2010

    The-Dream Syndicate

    Lovers of r&b already love him. Time to wake up everyone else.

  • Music

    October 6, 2009
  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    News Roundup: Ryan Adams, Raekwon, The-Dream

    ​--The onetime musician Ryan Adams, whose next new book of poetry, Hello Sunshine, just landed on top of his last one, Infinity Blues, at SOTC HQ, is taking his act to the Awl, where he'll be reviewing video games. Ahem: "Playing Gorf is like getting wasted, or what I remember about getting wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Come On, The-Dream: Was "Obsessed" Really the Best Eminem Diss Song You Could Write for Mariah?

    As you may recall, Eminem kicked off his press tour for Relapse by claiming that he had urinated on Mariah Carey, back when they were dating. She also makes a cameo or two on the actual album, in amongst the Kim Kardashian and Sarah Palin references. Her pint-sized husband, Nick Cannon, eventually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    R. Kelly, Meet The-Dream: On Kells' New "#1 Fan"

    Always loved that moment when pop music snake bites its own tail, and Gwen Stefani rips off Fergie-ripping-off-Gwen Stefani, or Jay-Z bites Rick Ross-biting-Jay-Z, or whatever--the moment when some foundational artist gets lapped by their own legacy and suddenly has to play catch-up. So one nascen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    From the People Who Brought You Asher Roth: Universal's Next Great White Hope

    The angelic, mop-topped creature above is 14-year-old Justin Bieber, a young Canadian boy whom Universal is naturally putting in the studio with Usher, The-Dream, and Tricky Stewart, in hopes of making him a star. His debut already has a title and everything: My World. He was "discovered" by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    On Fabolous and The-Dream's "Throw It In the Bag"

    We'll say it: There is no better five song stretch in 2009 than the one that comes in the middle of The-Dream's impossibly good Love Vs. Money--"Put It Down," "Sweat It Out," "Take You Home 2 My Mama," "Love Vs. Money," and "Love Vs. Money Part 2." Take the middle three songs from that run and put ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    The-Dream's Logic

    How his pop megahits are like iPhones, or maybe like swinging belts

  • Music

    May 27, 2008

    Usher Doesn't Have Sex Anymore

    He now 'makes moments that will outlast the world' instead. You'll live with it.

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