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April 11, 2014 Andy Cush

Coachella’s organizers are livestreaming the three-day music festival in its entirety again, and as The Verge points out, that means you’ll be able to watch OutKast’s first live show in about a decade as it plays out, even if you’re not in Indio. To do so, just head to Coachella’s YouTube channel around 11:30 PST (2:30 EST). […]

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March 5, 2014 Andy Cush

Well, this is unusual. To promote the next season of smash-hit Game of Thrones, HBO will release a mixtape of hip hop and Latin artists making music about the show. Participating musicians include Wale, Big Boi, Daddy Yankee, Bodega Bamz, and Common. From the sound of things, it’s a pretty blatant ploy to attract a nonwhite audience. […]

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May 9, 2013 Andy Cush

Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. This week we’re focusing on what’s one of the all-time great loops in my book: Willie Hutch’s 1973 orchestral soul jam “I Choose You,” sampled in UGK and OutKast’s […]

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