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Keep Dope Alive: Why the Hip Hop Nation Is Getting High on “The Chronic”

“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about nobody in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”

by Isaac Fergusson

Originally published: June 22, 1993

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1980-1989: How ’80s Music Bent the Color Line

“One by one the idols of other nations visited us, but those without a Yankee sponsor barely registered as blips on the scale of mass appeal.”

by Carol Cooper

Originally published: January 2, 1990

The Journey of Bob Marley

“Here was a messenger whose lyrics call attention to our condition, to the reasons for suffering: The music brings lightness to the feet and makes them dance, but the beat is a marching drum, a call to struggle”

by Isaac Fergusson

Originally published: May 18, 1982

Sound Culture Fest’s Afro-Caribbean Rhythm Mission: ‘This Goes Deep Into Roots’

by Beverly Bryan

September 1, 2015

The Slackers Take Their Ska, Reggae Sounds Straight to the Fans

August 31, 2015

Stephen Marley on Celebrating Bob with the Catch a Fire Tour: ‘Reggae is the Foundation of This Family’

August 28, 2015

Why Diplo Fell For the Frightnrs’ Take on Seventies Reggae Rhythms

August 13, 2015

Defend Your Ballot: Dan Weiss, Pazz and Jop 2012 Contributor

by Sound of the City

January 30, 2013

Matisyahu Unplugged: “I Feel Like the Other Sides of My Personality Come Out In These Shows”

by Hilary Hughes

December 14, 2012

Live: Catalpa Offers A Little Bit Of Everything To The Soggy Masses At Randall’s Island

by Jonah Bromwich

July 30, 2012