December 2011
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Can You Listen to These 2011 Albums Please?
If you have read my blog over the last year and my top 50 songs list then you can probably get a good idea of what albums I really enjoyed this year (XXX, Take Care, and Glass Swords). So, instead here are 15 albums/mixtape/EPs that I either under-covered on this blog (Lee Banks’ P.A.P.E.R.) or I just want to say are really good and you should be sought out even though you might already...
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The truth is that in art no one actually owes anyone anything. Yes, older...
– Nelson George, from his book “Hip Hop America”.
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Top 50 Songs of 2011
1. DJ Khaled (feat. Drake, Rick Ross, & Lil Wayne) – “I’m On One”: I have done a 180 on this song since I first heard it. Drake’s chorus began ringing too true and one day I looked at myself and formed some meaning behind Drake’s “with my skin tanned and my hair long”. Looking back on the year, whether on my best days or worst mornings this song would always find its way into my ears.
2. Waka...
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Dance music is all about structure, knowing when to do this or that, and also...
– Brandon Soderberg, from his former(?) “It’s All In the Details: Comments on Specific Parts of Rap Hits” Feature talking about Usher’s “O.M.G.”.
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Like Popeye the Sailor, man (yeah) I go hard, Pimpin like the Pink Panther,...
– Mouse on Tha Track, from “Cartoon”.
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chaseaftersomething asked: who are your favorite music journalists/bloggers ?