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Rap 1.0: A History of the Early Hip Hop Internet

I wrote this.

8:27 pm  •  6 May 2013  •  134 notes

I wrote about rap sonics and cleanliness and such in my latest Pitchfork column.

2:54 pm  •  29 March 2013  •  63 notes

I wrote about DJ Screw at Pitchfork because I can.

10:42 am  •  4 March 2013  •  50 notes

I reviewed the lives of each and every Tumblr user at Spin.

1:26 pm  •  18 January 2013  •  44 notes

I wrote about the year in rap music over at the hall.

3:20 pm  •  27 December 2012  •  113 notes

My latest column is up at Pitchfork, further conversation over at CB.

4:24 pm  •  19 November 2012  •  28 notes

I will be giving a lecture about rap music at Virginia Tech tomorrow. Come through if you are in the area. Details here.

10:30 am  •  12 November 2012  •  24 notes

Outkast (Andre 3000) - A Life In The Day Of Benjamin Andre (Arista, 2003)

I reviewed the Kendrick Lamar album for Spin. 

One thing I haven’t seen discussed (though maybe only because I’ve been purposely avoiding the darker recesses of the fanzone and thus almost all of the conversation anywhere on the internet) is how much “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter” seems to be a pretty explicit homage to this old Love Below record, particularly in its opening encounter and dialogue. I guess it’s not really a huge revelation to say that Kendrick and GKMC was influenced by Dre at this point but let’s get specific.

9:15 am  •  24 October 2012  •  69 notes

I wrote about how and why we all need to stop arguing about record sales already for my Pitchfork column, which has now been retitled Hall Of Game.

6:39 pm  •  17 October 2012  •  32 notes

I wrote about Kreayshawn for the first time ever (this is how you really live that advanced tastemaker life - silently wait for flavors to die and then watch them twitch) over at Spin. 

12:58 am  •  28 September 2012  •  30 notes