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Beth Orton's new album 'Weather Alive' is a sensory record: 'I was really engaging with this idea...

Beth Orton's new album 'Weather Alive' is a sensory record: 'I was really engaging with this idea...

Beth Orton's "Weather Alive" is an album bustling with firsts. Orton has been a working musician for nearly 3…

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9 Revolutionary Rap Albums To Know

9 Revolutionary Rap Albums To Know

These nine rap albums exude Black solidarity and revolutionary fervor.

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Serpentwithfeet's Great Spirit Fills Every Note Of Deacon

Serpentwithfeet's Great Spirit Fills Every Note Of Deacon

Think back to the fourth season of HBO's sui generis crime drama The Wire. It's all about the finer points of…

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Review: Raekwon, 'Fly Luxurious International Art' | SPIN

Review: Raekwon, 'Fly Luxurious International Art' | SPIN

7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: April 28, 2015Label: Ice H2O / CarolineRaekwon is the deadpanning, teeth-g…

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Chicago Rapper Chris Crack Has Been on a Creative Bender

Chicago Rapper Chris Crack Has Been on a Creative Bender

Chicago Rapper Chris Crack Has Been on a Creative Bender By M. T. Richards · November 12, 2020 Chris Crack, 3…

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Masta Class: Take A Look Around Turns 30 - Rock and Roll Globe

Masta Class: Take A Look Around Turns 30 - Rock and Roll Globe

Celebrating three decades of a hip-hop classic including an exclusive interview with Masta Ace himself! Even …

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ShyBelligerent, reformed pimp turned rapper, shines a light on vulnerability in L.A. hip-hop

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By M.T. Richards
| Yahoo Entertainment Verified
ShyBelligerent is hurting. You can see it in his videos, where he paces helplessly through cemeteries and city streets and unfurnished bedrooms. You can hear and feel it in his voice. The 30-year-old rapper born Michael William, who is rail-thin with sharp, angular features and a pencil mustache, is also fearless on the page. He writes about all that’s been done to him, and all that he’s had to do.
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Meet Luh Tyler, the 17-Year-Old Phenom Taking Over the Rap World

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By M.T. Richards
| MSN Verified
Seventeen-year-old Luh Tyler is the reluctant but increasingly confident vanguard of new-school pimp rap. As he explains on My Vision, his Motion Music and Atlantic Records debut, “I wasn’t tryna rap for real, I did that s*** on accidental.” For all his natural ability, his lustrous melodies, well-placed bon mots, his feline grace, he started rhyming only last summer. And he certainly wasn’t gunning for the title of hip-hop’s boy wonder.
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Meet Luh Tyler, the 17-Year-Old Phenom Taking Over the Rap World

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By M.T. Richards
| MSN Malaysia Verified
Seventeen-year-old Luh Tyler is the reluctant but increasingly confident vanguard of new-school pimp rap. As he explains on My Vision, his Motion Music and Atlantic Records debut, “I wasn’t tryna rap for real, I did that s*** on accidental.” For all his natural ability, his lustrous melodies, well-placed bon mots, his feline grace, he started rhyming only last summer. And he certainly wasn’t gunning for the title of hip-hop’s boy wonder.
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