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SAINT PEPSI - HIT VIBES | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes
SAINT PEPSI - HIT VIBES | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes
With a burgeoning number of SoundCloud artists, Bandcamp accounts, and on-demand music communities continuing to flourish online, the inclusion of “original” works within “new” material has become more apparent now than it ever has in the past. This increase goes far beyond transforming mainstream pop hits into nightclub bangers or splicing magnetic tape for experimental ends; digital platforms are beginning to encroach on the boundaries of creative commons in a way we ha
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SAINT PEPSI - HIT VIBES | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes
ATLiens Turns 20 - Stereogum
ATLiens Turns 20 - Stereogum
André Benjamin didn't use his first verse on ATLiens, OutKast's second album, to tell you about how great he is. Instead, he used it to tell you why he shouldn't have to tell you how great he is. His whole verse is a tight, concise little story about some rappity-rap rapper trying to battle him and André just looking on impassively. And then, when the guy gets finished rapping at him, André offers to explain his "only child style": "I grew up by myself, not 'round no park bench / Just a nigga busting off flows in apartments." It's a startling announcement — that André, and OutKast by extens...
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ATLiens Turns 20 - Stereogum