January 2011
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"The Return of Mr. Zone 6" Coming Out This March
It’s a “mixtape album” apparently. Not to be confused with a 12” promo vinyl maxi single white label EP.
Source: Bob Woodward
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Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial →
One of the coolest moments in my music-related life was driving around my city back in South Florida around 2002 and a pirate radio station was playing Planet Asia’s “Pure Coke” in their mix along with some unknown, local MC cuts.
Local radio is extremely important to me (let me count the number of times I’ve considered leaving NYC to somehow get in with 99 JAMZ Miami)...
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Gucci Mane Is Finally Collaborating With Britney... →
1017 Brit Squad
(This cannot possibly be real)
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BloggeRs vs. Label A&Rs →
…in the battle of who is the palest in the room
“I think you have to come at it first as a fan, cause otherwise it’s like, get a different job.” - Nick “Catchdubs”
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Black Keys' breakthrough year: Here's how they did... →
Notable quote:
Carney says he and Auerbach are hip-hop fans, but he fears for the genre’s survival. “It is an art form that is totally at risk of dying,” he says. “With the decline of record sales, that genre is exposed. There never really was a live hip-hop scene. When you think about rock ‘n’ roll, you think concerts. With hip-hop, you think albums. Other than Jay-Z, hip-hip shows aren’t big...
Daryl Hall: The lighter half of Hall & Oates was... →
via New York magazine
Highlights:
- Neighborhood kids playing De La Soul for Hall at the World’s Fair site in ‘88
- Travie McCoy having the authority to issue the “ghetto pass”
- Miles Davis encounter after Oates shaved off his mustache
- The shaving of said mustache being called a “spiritual moment”
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New year, new bid, old news.