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Grime Pays

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Grime Pays

A U.K. garage and hip-hop roundup.

They need your love: the Rapture.

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(Not) Strictly Rhythm

The Rapture does the truffle shuffle in too-tight pants.

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OMG, WTF, LOL!

Ashlee Simpson, Now 16, and Now That's What I Call Music 58.

Dizzee Rascal runs the road.

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Road Warriors

Dizzee Rascal and Run the Road catch us up with London's grime scene.

The Eternals: Damon Locks, Wayne Montana, and Tim Mulvenna (from left).

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Pushing Too Hard

Post-rock, the little nongenre that couldn't, refuses to die.

Pavement in 1994.

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Gold Soundz

It’s hard to remember now that the mists of time (and rent and the electric bill) have clouded…

The new Kelis

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In Public

An open letter to Kelis.

DJ /rupture

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Renegades of Funk

Hip-hop mixtapes and mutations.

The guy who made "Southern Hospitality."

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Vaudeville Villain

Ludacris' Chicken-N-Beer goes flat out of the can.

Mutants on the Bounty

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Mutants on the Bounty

Four reissues tell tales from the post-punk crypt.

. . . And changing . . . and changing . . . and . . .

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Changing Stripes

Armchair techno pioneers Plaid grow complacent in their old age.

DJ /rupture contemplates his next Broklyn beat.

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Amen-ities

Jungle revivalists Broklyn Beats and SoundMurderer bang their heads on the crunk rock.

Praying mantis in fright wig (left), studio-obsessed genius-hack.

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Wreckers of Civilization

Insectoid vocals, interminable solos, capital-R Rock: Ladies and gentlemen, Led Zeppelin.

Bugz in the Attic.

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Fabric Softeners

Middling series, ace mixes.

DJ Lance Lockarm dreams in, with sound.

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Wheels of Steal

Seattle mash-up maestro DJ Lance Lockarm plays connect-the-dots with pop history.

Artichoke Heart

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Artichoke Heart

Ricardo Villalobos moves it, you.

Superpitcher

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Loosening Up

Kompakt expands on its 100th release.

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A 2005 Quarterly Report

Beanie Sigel ft. Peedi Crakk & Twista, “Gotta Have It” (Roc-a-Fella). Lady Sovereign ft. Riko, “Random (Menta Remix)”…

Pimping Ain't Easy

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Pimping Ain’t Easy

Far from their bespectacled and backpacked stereotype, most underground rappers are sonically and sartorially indistinguishable from their mainstream…

Blood Bothers, from left: Johnny Whitney, Mark Gajadhar, Morgan Henderson, Jordan Blilie, and Cody Votolato.

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Reign in Blood

Seattle's Blood Brothers go supersonic on the new Crimes.