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Genres & History
6/14/2011
While R&B and rap collaborations have conquered the charts in recent years, they're part of a peanut butter and jelly territory that's been treaded for decades. The production values may vary like the …
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My Groove
6/14/2011
From the top of the tallest antenna, radiating out with thousands upon thousands of watts of power, the nighttime (always nighttime) request and dedication shows were a weekly staple of AM radio …
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Artist Essentials
6/14/2011
You may have heard of Warren G's half-brother, a Chronic-peddling producer named Dr. Dre. His Regulate . . . G Funk Era helped develop a defiantly West Coast sound of billowing bass lines …
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Genres & History
6/14/2011
Much like the Detroit-bred hip-hop of Eminem, the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May), and Midwestern mavericks like Plastikman sound the way the city looks and feels. Meaning …
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Artist Essentials
6/14/2011
Listen to the acoustic strummings and honeyed vocals of "Home," from Duncan Sheik's self-titled debut album, and you might get the idea that this singer-songwriter is firmly ensconced in traditional fo …
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Artist Essentials
6/14/2011
A complete portrait of singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik is made up of many stylistic snapshots - take the buffed-edge folk-pop of "She Runs Away," the spare narrative imagery of "A Mirror in the Heart," …
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Genres & History
6/14/2011
The Coasters' cover of the James Hanley standard, "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - the flip to their mega-smash "Yakety Yak" - is alleged to be writer-producers Leiber & Stoller's favorite doo-wo …
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Genres & History
6/14/2011
As you wander towards the shore this summer, iPod in hand, please have a kind thought for your forebears, for whom the lo-fi transistor radio was the only portable listening device. Even then, they wer …
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Artist Essentials
6/14/2011
Here's where we go deep to bring you the best of Michael W. Smith's decades' worth of rarities, seasonal songs, one-offs, and worthy album tracks. Smith brings in the angelic voices of a boys choir for …
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