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Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) Talks Pusha T’s My Name is My Name

By Randy Blythe | October 29, 2013

Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) Talks Pusha T’s My Name is My Name

The beats on Pusha T's My Name Is My Name make you want to install and then blow a set of very expensive speakers as you drive your hooptie...

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks the Weeknd’s Kiss Land

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By Zac Pennington | September 23, 2013

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks the Weeknd’s Kiss Land

“This ain’t nothin' to relate to.” Pop music has enough victims. I don’t mean to say that pop music itself is some kind of toxic malignancy — this...

Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks King Krule’s 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

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By Jana Hunter | August 26, 2013

Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks King Krule’s 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

This is a record I want to like. I've felt this way a lot about King Krule. I like Archy Marshall, the little I know of him via his public presence.

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

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By Ashok Kondabolu | June 26, 2013

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

I once saw a briefly-posted video on the Stones Throw label's website of a lecture Otis Jackson, Jr., aka hyper-prolific producer/rapper/musician...

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious

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By Stew | May 23, 2013

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious

I’m on the B41 bus cruising north on Flatbush Avenue through Brooklyn towards my homestead. (Or am I really headed to Peppa’s Jerk Chicken?)

Aleksey Weintraub (Lakutis) Talks LL Cool J’s Authentic

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By Aleksey Weintraub | May 21, 2013

Aleksey Weintraub (Lakutis) Talks LL Cool J’s Authentic

"Ladies Love Cool James" was ill as hell when he popped out the couch in full couch camo in Toys, the movie that predicted drones like 20...

Angel Del Villar II (Homeboy Sandman) Talks Obey the Altar Native’s Musical Advancement: The Museum

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By Angel Del Villar II | May 9, 2013

Angel Del Villar II (Homeboy Sandman) Talks Obey the Altar Native’s Musical Advancement: The Museum

Obey the Altar Native, which is a three-man crew out of Arizona consisting of emcees named Obey, Denone, and Ro Ruckus, just put out...

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons to Die

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By Stew | April 25, 2013

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons to Die

The new release by Ghostface Killah and producer/film score composer/record store owner/entertainment law professor Adrian Younge...

Victor Vasquez (Das Racist) Talks Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city

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By Victor Vazquez | April 10, 2013

Victor Vasquez (Das Racist) Talks Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city

The new Kendrick Lamar album is hella good. Like, fuck Batman, feel me? Fuck Looper, this shit was better than Looper.

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy, Survival) Talks Death Grips’ No Love Deep Web

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By Hunter Hunt-Hendrix | April 8, 2013

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy, Survival) Talks Death Grips’ No Love Deep Web

Death Grips have the ambiguous honor of being the most "now" band around right now. The originality of the music itself lies in their unique..