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Cutting Room Jams: A Brief Q&A with D'Angelo
Revisiting a 1999 interview with the generational talent who passed away earlier this month.
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Cutting Room Jams: What's Next?
A conversation with NPR's Rodney Carmichael about the end of the BET Hip Hop Awards and the future of the culture.
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Fixed, in a Hole
Ramblings from a season in creative retreat.
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Cutting Room Jams: Underground Rap's Gender (Im)Balance
An essay originally published in The Wire, ELUCID in concert, and thoughts on Jean Grae's memoir.
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The End of 2024
Year-end thoughts, plus a homage to KA.
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Cutting Room Jams: Oakland Notes
Three fall tales from the Town: a Saafir homage, a political track by Naru Kwina, and Inkburner's drum-machine art.
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Did Hip-Hop Go Fash?
A post-election essay on the murky collision between hip-hop and the right-wing fever swamps.
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A Day at the Museum
Scenes from a visit to the "Hip-Hop America" exhibit in Los Angeles.
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Cutting Room Jams: Being Precious
Recent work, and remembering a now-obscure controversy.
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Cutting Room Jams
Footnotes and marginalia from a culture journalist, critic, and collector. Mostly music, but sometimes other stuff, too.
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