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Music May 12, 2017
‘Everybody’ Has Something to Say About Logic
Logic is an adept lyricist known for speedy, tongue-twisting flows, and yet much of the public narrative about the rapper fixates on the way he looks.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music April 28, 2017
Kendrick Lamar’s Statement of Faith
With his excellent fourth album, DAMN., the rapper has given us an album that is as concerned with America as it is with God.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music April 4, 2017
GoldLink’s Local Sound
The DC rapper’s new album raises the question of what “place” in the pop-culture landscape even means anymore.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music March 2, 2017
Syd’s Quiet Storm
No longer in the background of Odd Future, the Los Angeles singer is finding her voice.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music January 17, 2017
A Victory Lap for Run the Jewels
With the Trump presidency on the horizon, Killer Mike and El-P do what’s become customary for them: They urge us to get up and fight.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music December 13, 2016
The Donald Glover Experiment
Who says the comedian, actor, rapper, TV writer can’t be everything all at once?
Marcus J. Moore
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Music November 18, 2016
A Tribe Called Quest: Thank Them for Their Service
The group returned just when we needed it.
Marcus J. Moore
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Music November 5, 2016
Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness
Rap music’s nice guy plays it safe on his new album Black America Again.
Marcus J. Moore