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Week of JUL 20

Curren$y's High Productivity

John Ricard

Every rapper has a signature adlib they utter prior to kicking their rhyme, and Curren$y the Hot Spitta is no different. "The 'Y' is silent," he says about the smoked-out syllable that prefaces his verses. "It sounds more like 'eah.' " That adlib has appeared on a slew of tracks in 2011; Curren$y is fresh off putting out his second major-label release of the year, Weekend at Burnie's (Jet Life/Warner Bros.), and he has at least three more scheduled to come out before you say "Happy 2012!" Wh... Read More >>

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The VMA Nominations Play To The Internet (Again)

July 21, 2011
Last night MTV announced the nominees for this year's installment of their annual pseudo-event extravaganza, the 2011 Video Music Awards, and once again, the nominees for Video Of The Year have three ... Read More >>

Q&A: EMA's Erika M. Anderson On How To Shock People
Q&A: EMAs Erika M. Anderson On How To Shock People

July 20, 2011
With her excellent debut Past Life Martyred Saints, former Gown Erika M. Anderson (a.k.a. EMA) has been causing quite a stir for dense sonics and harshly comic narratives that haven't been this critic... Read More >>

Win Tickets To See Kreayshawn on Thursday

July 19, 2011
The much-blogged about Bay Area rapper Kreayshawn, whose track "Gucci Gucci" sent her to the top of the trending-topics charts earlier this summer, will play a concert in New York City this Thursday. ... Read More >>

The Waste Of Paint Team Hits Up 4Knots

July 18, 2011
In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. This weekend, Debbie and I turned our attentions inwards, to the Village ... Read More >>

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