Articles tagged "pete rock"

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Various Artists: Johnny Cash Remixed

by Mike Schiller

[29.Jan.09] :. Almost all of these artists spent as much energy as possible preserving the spirit of the songs that these updated versions are based on.

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Column: Torch & Twang

Who Says Country Can’t Hip-Hop?

by Juli Thanki

[26.Nov.08] :. Poverty, crime, disenfranchisement, sinning, saving, and no-account women: Stereotypical subjects of the average country song, or the average hip-hop song?

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“Once You Have a Love Like That You’ll Always Be Around”: An Interview With Pete Rock

by John Bohannon

[13.Aug.08] :. With the release of his new album N.Y.'s Finest, the legendary hip-hop producer looks back and forward at the same time: remembering both his hardships and victories while looking forward to hip-hop's new age.

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Pete Rock: NY’s Finest

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

[14.Apr.08] :. Rock has not created a new standard with this album, but he has created an alternate universe, reminding us that hip-hop can still be anything we make it.

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Edo. G featuring Pete Rock: My Own Worst Enemy

by Pierre M. Hamilton

[28.Jan.05] :. With the release of My Own Worst Enemy, Edo. G rolls off the assembly line as music’s next best thing, a “throwback from the ‘90s”. As if the mere mention of golden era...

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Pete Rock: Lost and Found: Hip-Hop Underground Soul Classics

by Terry Sawyer

[13.Feb.04] :. Barely Breaking Even (BBE) sounds like a record label started by musical purists, archival nerds forever in pursuit of cullers with the right ear and dusty gems wrongly collecting cobwebs in some...

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