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“It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dead At 59

Rob Base, the New York rapper best known for his timeless hit "It Takes Two," has died. Per Variety , Base, born Robert Ginyard, passed away today, just four days after his birthday, after a private cancer battle. He was 59. The post “It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dead At 59

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Jazz Trombonist Ryan Porter Dead At 46

Ryan Porter, a trombonist who became a beloved fixture of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Get Down jazz scene and played on key albums by Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington, has died, the Los Angeles Times reports . Porter passed away Saturday after injuries sustained in a

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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded

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Channel Tres – “Pop Pop”

A couple of months ago, Compton club funkateer Channel Tres flipped the Crystal Waters classic “100% Pure Love” on his single “Medicine.” Today, he’s got another new track. As far as I know, this one doesn’t interpolate any early-’90s bangers, though it does have some of that

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Lizzo – “Hoes” (Feat. Sexyy Red)

Look, I don’t know what to tell you. There’s a new Scary Movie movie, right? They’re rebooting the franchise, bringing back the Wayans brothers and Anna Faris and Regina Hall. It’s just called Scary Movie, same as the first, even though it’s the sixth entry in the franchise.

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Veeze Releases New Surprise Mixtape Y’all Won

The twitchy, idiosyncratic Detroit rap weirdo Veeze became a cult hero on the strength of his debut album Ganger, which Stereogum correspondent Peter A. Berry picked as 2023’s best rap album. Since then, Veeze has released a steady string of one-off singles like “Signed A

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Mike D – “What We Got”

Once again, Mike D is getting on the mic. A couple of weeks ago, Mike D released his solo single “Switch Up,” the first new music from any Beastie Boy in 15 years. Recently, Mike has been playing shows with Very Nice Person, the band led by his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond,

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J Mascis & Mike Watt Cover Each Other’s Bands On New Split

Back in what I guess we’ll call the Our Band Could Be Your Life era, J Mascis and Mike Watt were SST Records labelmates. In the time before American underground rock became big business, Watt was one third of San Pedro, California heroes the Minutemen, while Mascis led (and

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Azealia Banks Explains Why She Didn’t Punch Judy Jupiter

At a recent New York dinner party, two famous people crossed paths, and things could've gone quite badly. Chances are that you recognize Azealia Banks, the New York dance-rapper who's probably more famous now for talking reckless shit online than for making music. (The last

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We’ve Got A File On You: Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. Blue Morpho is the first album Ed O’Brien has released under his own name,

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Olivia Rodrigo – “The Cure”

I’m about to go Pepe Silvia on Olivia Rodrigo; her new single has given me plenty of enough thread to do it, to completely unravel. (If you don’t know Pepe Silvia, you should. It’s one of TV’s best moments from the legendary It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.) Anyway, this post

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