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Beatinspector
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Sep 14, 2026
Beatinspector - Do Not Cut Vol. 3 - Live - A Jazz Jousters Collection Tribute
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triphop
The Marshall Project
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Jun 21, 2026
Ear Hustle’s Antwan Banks Williams Goes Deep on ‘Like Father, Like Son’
Two years after the podcast’s co-creator’s dad died, he used hip-hop to celebrate their bond.
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Film
Anil Dash
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Jul 16, 2025
Exit the Wu
Alright, friends, in honor of attending the (alleged) last-ever Wu-Tang show at Madison Square Garden, I thought it appropriate to tell the story of the time I got to see the greatest, most hype, most chaotic energy hip hop show that I've ever seen, or that I ever _will_ see: the last time all nine…
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zohran-mamdani
Anil Dash
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Jan 19, 2018
Have the Hip Hop BBQ
I keep having to explain a principle I arrived at a few years ago when I realized the modern conservative movement is grounded almost entirely in a contrived sense of grievance, predicated on a false victimhood of its supporters. (That’s not to say some haven’t genuinely suffered some wrongs, but…
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policy
Anil Dash
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Jun 19, 2016
Set Adrift: Beneath the Surface of P.M. Dawn
Today, P.M. Dawn exists as a faded memory for most music fans, if they’re remembered at all. But Attrell Cordes made songs like nothing that came before. Beautiful, sweeping melodies paired with lyrics of regret, remorse, heartache and profound loss. And then there were those surreal, recurring…
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hip-hop
Cory Dransfeldt
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Apr 18, 2015
Run The Jewels at Coachella Music Festival
Coachella 2015 weekend 2.
hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Jul 18, 2011
The Busta
A few months ago, I introduced a blogroll on my site, making me probably the first person in more than half a decade to get excited about a blogroll. But my exuberance is based on the quality of the people listed there: I wholeheartedly endorse their work, and delight in being able to link to their…
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Jun 19, 2009
First!
Jay Smooth, “Please stop calling everyone and their mother ‘The First Rapper’“: > U-Roy may be one of rap’s predecessors, and among the influences that laid the foundation for rap, but he did not invent it…any more than Jocko Henderson, Gil Scott Heron, Lord Buckley or the West African Griots…
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Anil Dash
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Jul 8, 2006
On Vox: The Jay-Z of Blogging
[](http://anil.vox.com/)As the Jay-Z of blogging, I feel obligated to share this HP commercial featuring the Jay-Z of hip hop. � Read more on Vox
hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Mar 23, 2005
Big Will Returns
Now that Jay has confessed to listening to Will Smith, I can too. First, there’s a few things to know. I still hold out hope that Will’s going to make a great album, because he still hangs out with Jazzy Jeff, and Jeff makes great records, and maybe the influence would rub off. Also, Will’s always…
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Feb 14, 2005
That's my everyday uniform
At last! The Kris Kross website, rediscovered! Thanks for the link, Jay.
hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Jan 12, 2005
Star and Bucwild can kiss my ass
Given the reports from Stan (with updates) and Jay, it seems like my fears are confirmed: Some parts of the hip hop community feel that Indians are good enough to steal beats from, but not good enough to treat with respect. Two of the most popular shock jocks on the air on east coast hip-hop…
hip-hop
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south-asians
Anil Dash
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Nov 15, 2004
R.I.P. O.D.B.
When "The W" came out, I got to see all 9 members of the Wu-Tang Clan on stage at one time. Even that night, I knew we’d never see them all together again. And unfortunately, that turned out to be the case. Rest in peace, Russell Jones.
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Oct 19, 2004
Please Don't Hurt Hammer
I find it oddly comforting that MC Hammer’s wikipedia page is not only completely updated, but clearly written by a fan who’s only papered the thinnest veneer of objectivity on their fawning writeup of Hammer’s career. Beautiful. Also fun is watching Jay’s Hammer thread go off the rails as the “a…
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music
Anil Dash
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Oct 11, 2004
jay-z to head up def jam?
Well, that raises the bar from “has his own sneaker line” in the rapper-as-mogul sweepstakes: Jay-Z’s in the running for president of Def Jam. 50’s gonna want a city renamed after himself.
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music
Anil Dash
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Aug 7, 2003
all hail the queen
I’m listening to the (12 years old!) track “Latifah’s Had It Up 2 Here”, and my mind is thoroughly boggled that the interceding years have left the Queen as an Oscar nominee, TV star, and pretty much a household name. I’d have figured, as her music career faded, she’d have retreated to her…
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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May 4, 2003
Hip Hop Hindi?
My cousin in California sent me the following email, but I haven’t kept up enough with our local hip hop stations enough to know if we’ve had the same trend on the radio in NYC. I figure some of you are more up to date on this, so leave any relevant comments below if you know what’s up. > We are…
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Jan 25, 2003
hip hop makes you understand fair use
I don’t think it’s coincidence that most of the people who don’t understand the drive to protect rights of fair use and to limit the absue of copyright aren’t hip hop fans. We’re influenced by the cultures that we participate in.
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fair-use
Anil Dash
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Oct 31, 2002
R.I.P., JMJ
I wasn’t going to write about it, but I can’t seem to stop thinking about it, so maybe writing it out will get it out of my head… I’m surprised just how affected I am by Jam Master Jay’s passing. You probably already know, if you didn’t before, that he was the DJ For Run-DMC. Jason Mizell was also…
music
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Jul 18, 2002
Get rid of these discs
It’s funny because it’s true! This list of One Hundred Albums You Should Remove from Your Collection Immediately only includes 3 or 4 that I have. Overall, they are so,so right on. But you’ll pry "Fear of Black Planet" out of my cold, dead hands, you sons of bitches.
music
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criticism
Anil Dash
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Jun 5, 2002
Russell Simmons, politico
It’ll be interesting to watch this develop…. Russell Simmons has been making moves to enter the political arena for years, having hosted Democratic fundraisers here in Manhattan a few times, and now trying to leverage his pull in the hip-hop industry to get celebrities to participate in community…
hip-hop
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russell-simmons
Anil Dash
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Oct 25, 2001
Another thing that I have
Another thing that I have observed, and this is a very high compliment, is that Snoop Dogg is the Mick Jagger of hip-hop. I love both those guys, and see them both as great role models. Ya know, except for the massive drug use, misogyny, and general self-destruction.
snoop-dogg
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hip-hop
Anil Dash
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Nov 22, 2000
I saw Wu-Tang Clan last
I saw Wu-Tang Clan last night, and it was predictably entertaining, even though I didn't know every song. But the reason I think it will turn out to be quite memorable is because O.D.B. was there. Expectedly, he was a little incoherent, confusing, and quite amusing. Somehow, I don’t think we’ll…
music
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entertainment
Anil Dash
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Nov 14, 2000
Today I learned that the
Today I learned that the Gza’s kids are really well-behaved, and that he is really good at chess.
chess
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hip-hop
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