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    April 5, 2012

    The Top Six Game Show Appearances By Rappers

    The news of a rapper-packed revamp of Hollywood Squares has been greeted positively, not least because everyone has been able to join in the fun of Googling the demographic term "malennials" to find out if they are going to be allowed to watch the show. It's also allowed some people speculate on whi ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2011

    Wheelchair Sports Camp's Crip Life

    If there were ever a moment for a queer, disabled rapper with a love for pot, jokes, and revolution to be a star, the moment is now

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    CMJ Weekend: Acid Baby Jesus, Vockah Redu, Jacuzzi Boys, And Chelsea Wolfe Exist On The Fringes

    ​ In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. This weekend, Debbie and I continued our Homeric quest to find bands over which to get excited. In an effort to broaden our search, we decided to look a little bit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Screech Is a Juggalo

    Juggal-uh-ohs will never dieYesterday, Charlie Sheen took to Twitter to confirm that the Access Hollywood creature would be hosting one night of this year's 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos. Soonafter Sheen's four-million followers learned that Sheen is Down with the Clown, Psychopathic Records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Nate Dogg, R.I.P.: A Tribute And A Playlist

    ​Hip-hop legend Nathaniel Hale, a/k/a Nate Dogg, has passed away at the age of 41. The cause of death is still being investigated; he suffered a pair of strokes in recent years, reportedly paralyzing the left side of his body and severely impairing his speaking ability. Hailing from Long Bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Interview: Tom Green on Juggalos, The Tila Tequila Incident, and his Viral Xzibit Video

    "The idea of a bunch of clowns rapping? That appeals to me." photo by Nate "Igor" SmithTom Green meets Gallagher for the first time in his life, Gallagher makes cancer jokes in return. Along with the bizarre-booking likes of Gallagher, Ron Jeremy, Tila Tequila, and Hannibal Buress, comedian Tom Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Q&A: Brother Ali on Rock the Bells and The Importance of Getting Touched By Ghostface

    Cover of Ali's The Truth is Here EP Of the many details that differentiate Brother Ali from your average rapper, it is important to note that after delving deep into the painful dissolution of his emotionally abusive marriage on his 2007 album The Undisputed Truth, Ali wraps things up by telling h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    The Top Ten Rap Supergroups That Never Happened

    Over the weekend, the rapper Sean Price took to Twitter to propose a collaboration album between his own Brooklyn-based Boot Camp Clik hip-hop crew and Staten Island's mighty Wu-Tang Clan. The idea has been received rapturously. But then again, theoretical hip-hop supergroups usually are. Rap's hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Film

    April 15, 2009

    American Violet Good Hearted, Heavy Handed

    "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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Interview: Comedian Aziz Ansari

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Picking Apart Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, Part 3

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2006

    Live: Cranky New York Rap Nostalgia Soldiers On

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Music

    October 31, 2006

    Pole Position

    Talking strippers, lies, and aging with the daisy-fied Juggaknots

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2006

    VH1's Hip-Hop Honors: A Running Diary

    Talking strippers, lies, and aging with the daisy-fied Juggaknots

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    Music Videos: Epic Once Again

    Talking strippers, lies, and aging with the daisy-fied Juggaknots

  • Film

    April 26, 2005

    Film

    Talking strippers, lies, and aging with the daisy-fied Juggaknots

  • Columns

    December 7, 2004

    Horoscope

    Talking strippers, lies, and aging with the daisy-fied Juggaknots

  • Music

    October 12, 2004

    Do-Gooders Do Good

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Music

    January 13, 2004

    The warm smell of colitas can go fuck itself

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Music

    June 10, 2003

    Who's That Man, Momma?

    Tragicomic Masterpieces Go Unheard

  • Music

    February 4, 2003

    The Prelude

    Tragicomic Masterpieces Go Unheard

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    World War of Words

    As Battles Turn Complicated, Murder Remains Bigger Than Hip-Hop

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Hip-Hop Goes Commercial

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    March 20, 2001

    More Fly With Honey

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    February 6, 2001

    Pazz & Jop Preview

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    November 28, 2000

    Getting Bizzy

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    October 31, 2000

    Stinkonia

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    October 17, 2000

    Ina Dancehall Groove—Finally

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    August 8, 2000

    Eraserheads

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    February 15, 2000

    Music

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    December 28, 1999

    Bitches Brew

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

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