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LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?

By Jim Shearer on 12/10/2008

Common and hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa doing a Microsoft Zune commercial? Once again, the only reason I ask is because I'm undecided myself. I'm torn, damn it. Afrika Bambaataa on prime time TV is pretty freakin' awesome, so is the fact that an artist is talking about where he gets his musical inspiration from, but I just don't know about that girl who utters my cringe-worthy word of the month: amazing. Thoughts? MORE »

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SUPER TUESDAY: New Album Releases (Dec. 9)

By Jim Shearer on 12/09/2008

Filed under: SUPER TUESDAY

EPMD, We Mean Business (left) First album in nine years, and as usual, including the word "business" in the album title. Cat Power, Dark End Of The Street EP Extra songs from the Jukebox sessions. Justice, A Cross The Universe A live CD/documentary DVD (nice wordplay to include their signature cross logo in the title). The Damned, So, Who's Paranoid A splendid week of releases, first one from old-school hip-hippers EPMD, now one from old-school punk rockers, The Damned. Common, Universal Mind Control With some extra mind control from Kanye, Pharrell, and Cee-Lo. Brandy, Human If we weren't knee-deep... MORE »

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