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Cuepoint
Medium’s Premier Music Publication: An ear for the new, a heart for the classics
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Matthew Reyes
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Cuepoint
Dec 22, 2016
Licensed to Ill: The Beastie Boys’ Complicated Legacy
Sexism and homophobia are forever tied to the…
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DJ Semtex
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Dec 2, 2016
Street Dreams: How Hip-Hop Mixtapes Changed the Game
Hustling illegal cassettes became a worldwide…
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Mike “DJ” Pizzo
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Aug 31, 2016
How Cypress Hill Made Marijuana Mainstream
B-Real and Sen Dog exhale the secrets behind their classic…
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Thirstin Howl
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Aug 15, 2016
Stealing the American Dream: The True Story of Brooklyn’s Lo Lifes Crew
There were so many of us, we…
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Anil Dash
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Jun 18, 2016
Set Adrift: Beneath the Surface of P.M. Dawn
Prince Be mixed beautiful, sweeping melodies with lyrics…
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Mike “DJ” Pizzo
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May 11, 2016
Still Diggin’: An Oral History of D.I.T.C.
How a 30 year friendship in the Bronx, NY manifested into a…
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Mike “DJ” Pizzo
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Mar 29, 2016
The Bitch in You: Revisiting Ice Cube and Common’s Vicious 90s Rap Battle
Before they were big screen…
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AI Fly Guy
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Mar 23, 2016
Rappers Out in Silicon Tryna Get Their Billions On
Hip-hop’s biggest stars are investing in tech, but…
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mauludSADIQ
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Nov 3, 2015
The Infiltration of Black Rap (1981–86)
Black entrepreneurs — the earliest purveyors of recorded rap…
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Alexander Taub
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Jan 15, 2016
The Old People’s Guide to DJ Khaled
Never play yourself again
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