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05.22.12 List Hub 0

Lords of the Underground: A Guide to Underground Hip-Hop

By Hua Hsu, eMusic Contributor

"Underground" is one of those tantalizingly vague terms that's always on the verge of obsolescence until some mouthy, hungry new rapper comes along and reanimates it. Whether it was being dismissed as a fad, derided as a menace to society or ascending the pop charts, there's always been a distinct way in which hip-hop has represented its underground ethos — the long-repressed reality straight from America's cities on one hand, or a new set of… more »

11.04.11 Six Degrees 0

Six Degrees of Araabmuzik’s Electronic Dream

By Andy Battaglia, eMusic Contributor

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »

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• 05.25.12 full retard video coming early next week. its packed with enough stupidity and hilarity that it should wash away some of this weeks hell.
• 05.25.12 thanks for all the love, folks. rest assured the in to the wild tour will proceed as planned and i will hit the uk/europe late summer/fall.
• 05.25.12 man what a fuckin day.when i said i felt like the other shoe was about to drop i didn't imagine a steel toed boot of a giant. c'est la vie.
• 05.25.12 on another note, today is the 4 year anniversary of the death of CAMU TAO. love you, mu.
• 05.25.12 london and barcelona: unfortunately i will not be attending ATP or primavera due to the passing of a loved one. i will make it up to you.
• 05.25.12 YOU WON THE DAY, DEATH, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT MUCH.
• 05.25.12 this is the sound of the other boot dropping. #deathstrikesback
• 05.24.12 to clarify: someone dear to me and my bandmates has unexpectedly passed. i can not leave to do the shows. will try and make it up to you.