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Esoteric’s New Instrumental Record is (Norrin) Rad(d)!

February 9, 2009 – 10:30 am
I spent much of last week lamenting Hip-Hop’s current state of affairs and singling out a few artists as exceptions to the rule of diminishing quality that governs the artform now-a-days. So it’s only right that I begin this week in praise of one of the few contemporary Hip-Hop artists I happen to consider […]
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A Self-Imposed Exile to the Radio Dial

January 19, 2009 – 10:30 am
If you took anything away from my post on The Notorious B.I.G. last Friday I hope it was about his legacy. The way he died was heartbreaking, and instrumental in cementing the association between rappers and violent deaths in the popular consciousness. And his admittedly small catalog, comprised of one-and-a-half classic LPs (I […]
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Gimme a Two-Thousand-and-(L)Eight-Pass, Vol. 1: Boy Eats Drum Machine

January 8, 2009 – 10:30 am
  Yeah, 2008 is over, but I’m still discovering records that came out before the year ended. There are also a few albums I just never managed to find the time or space for during what was a very busy year on the blog. So don’t be surprised if I slip an occasional post […]
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Shuffle Songs, Vol. 4 — Baby Ruth®?

November 13, 2008 – 10:30 am
Yes, that is Chunk–the pudgy, habitually dishonest, ice-cream-obsessed kid from the 1980’s flick The Goonies–doing his “truffle shuffle” at the top of this page. And that can only mean one thing…that in today’s post I’m putting Blogarhythms on “shuffle” once again! Named after a song by postpunkelectrogoths New Order, the Paris-based Thieves Like Us are […]
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“C-to-the-O-to-the-O-to-the-L-to-the-I-to-the-N” © James Todd Smith

October 1, 2008 – 10:30 am
Circumstances beyond my control — but which have much to do with my bank account — have been filling my days with a lot of stress lately. Relaxation and enjoyment of personal time have been at an all-time minimum. Even the fire alarms in my apartment building, which went off last night well […]
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