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    Bargain Bin Babylon: Sister Sledge: We Are Family

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    Bargain Bin Babylon: Cowboy Junkies: ‘Cause Cheap Is How I Feel

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    Bargain Bin Babylon: Earth, Wind & Fire: All ‘n All

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    Bargain Bin Babylon: Henry “Buzz” Glass: Square Dance Variations Volume I

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    Concert Review: Tool

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    Concert Review: The Mountain Goats

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    Discography: MF Doom: Special Herbs

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    Discography: MF DOOM: Operation: Doomsday

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    Discography: MF DOOM: Bl_ck B_st_rds

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    Holy Hell! Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Turns 20

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    Holy Hell! Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company Turns 20

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    Holy Hell! Fixed:: Context Turns 20

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    Interview: Nonagon

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    Interview: Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil

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    Interview: Joseph D’Agostino of Empty Country

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    Chet Baker: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You/Chet Baker in New York/Chet/Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe-review

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    Buzzcocks: Late for the Train – Live & in Session 1989-2016

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    Mexican Institute of Sound: Distrito Federal

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    A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Invisible Cities

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    A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Invisible Cities

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    Black Sabbath: Vol. 4 (Super Deluxe Edition)

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    Melvins: Working with God

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    Resequence: Childish Gambino: 3.15.20

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    Resequence: Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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    Resequence: Prince: 1999

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    Resequence: Chance the Rapper: The Big Day

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    Rediscover: Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star

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    Criminally Underrated: The Counselor

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    Night of the Kings

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    The Father

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    Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

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    Night of the Kings

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    Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

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    The Swordsman

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    Nomadland

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    Holy Hell! The Wedding Planner Turns 20

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    Oeuvre: David Cronenberg: A History of Violence

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    The Awkward Black Man: Stories by Walter Mosley

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    What Becomes a Legend Most: by Philip Gefter

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    The Hearing Trumpet: by Leonora Carrington

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Home Tag Archives: Chance the Rapper

Tag Archives: Chance the Rapper

Resequence: Chance the Rapper: The Big Day

By Aaron Paskin
August 27, 2020
in :  Music, Music Features, Resequence

Here is a version of The Big Day whose narrative more gracefully articulates both the joys and anxieties of undergoing a life transition as significant as marriage.

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Chance the Rapper : The Big Day

By John Paul
August 4, 2019
in :  Music, Music Reviews

Not quite a classic, it’s nonetheless a welcome statement from one of the decade’s most important hip-hop artists.

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Jeremih / Chance the Rapper: Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama

By Daniel Bromfield
January 8, 2017
in :  Music, Music Reviews
Jeremih / Chance the Rapper: Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama

Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama is a stocking-stuffer; a half-hour holiday release slapped together for the season.

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Top 20 Albums of 2016

By Spectrum Culture Staff
December 22, 2016
in :  Lists, Year End Lists

These are the 20 best albums of the year.

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Top 25 Songs of 2016

By Spectrum Culture Staff
December 20, 2016
in :  Lists, Year End Lists

Our Top 25 Songs of 2016.

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Chance the Rapper: Coloring Book

By Nathan Adams
May 18, 2016
in :  Music, Music Reviews, Recommended Music

Chance has grown into something new and mighty.

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Monthly Mixtape: July 2013

By Spectrum Culture Staff
July 30, 2013
in :  List Inconsequential, Lists

David Lynch & Lykke Li – “I’m Waiting Here” (Sacred Bones) David Lynch has always had a thing for mysterious, alluring women. His film work has long reflected this, but lately so has his music. His second album, The Big Dream, takes a page from his first in aligning Lynch with an enchanting and established female vocalist for one of …

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Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap

By Nathan Kamal
May 27, 2013
in :  Music, Music Reviews, Recommended, Recommended Music

[xrr rating=4.0/5]What does a “mixtape” even mean these days? Like its vinyl cousin, the EP, the mixtape has become a nebulous term. Whereas the former has devolved into shorthand for “a few songs that won’t fit onto an album,” hip hop mixtapes exist in a place between photocopied beats being rapped over by aspiring MCs and slick, professional grade albums …

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Monthly Mixtape: March 2013

By Spectrum Culture Staff
March 28, 2013
in :  Lists, Monthly Mixtapes

BS – “Douchebag Aviators” (Tommy Boy) What separates a pair of “douchebag aviator” sunglasses from the standard ones? Doesn’t matter. Instead, what’s important is that Tommy Boy Entertainment is back to putting out rap music and leading the way is Brooklyn’s BS with “Douchebag Aviators.” While the song’s title and video do point to a sense of humor, what makes …

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