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How Kendrick Lamar and Drake utilised hip-hop’s greatest marketing tool. But is it ever anything more than just business?
Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Biggie and Tupac. Jay-Z and Nas. Hip-hop ‘beef’ is a trusted and proven marketing tool. But what happens when it goes beyond business?
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BE MORE FUGAZI: How the post-hardcore band defied the whole industry, showing you can still have ethics in this ‘cut-throat, business world’.
It was 1986, the vocalist and guitarist of hardcore punk band ‘Minor Threat’, Ian MacKaye, felt like he was destined for a different direction. He was sick of the current trends in the punk scene and wanted a new project “reminiscent of The Stooges, with a slice of Reggae”. Fugazi was born.
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Why is any fast-rising, talented (and usually all-female) band labelled as an ‘industry plant’ by music nerds?
The last month or so has seen a pretty meteoric rise for ‘The Last Dinner Party’. The release of their debut album has been backed up by winning the Brits Rising Star award. But of course, being an all-female band n all that, it’s come with its fair share of criticism.
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The basic brilliance of ‘Pixies’ Kim Deal’s bass playing
A little known fact about me – I play bass. I’m not great but I’m not terrible, it’s just a nice little hobby. When you ask a bass player for their greatest influences, you might get Paul McCartney or Flea or, if you’re a real bass nerd, Jaco Pastorius. But for me, the basic brilliance…
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: 24 hour party people – A great song, an even better movie, and an even better story.
Last night I watched the movie ’24 hour party people’ for the first time since my first year of uni. It was, along with ‘Withnail & I’, the movie that I associate most with that year. And the music I associate most with that year? Happy Mondays and New Order. I guess I have a…
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Is Matt Berry the greatest human on earth? And why the answer is yes.
We start things off with talking about the greatest human being of all time, maybe. Matt Berry. Sir Matt Berry? You might be thinking, well isn’t this a music website? Matt Berry is an actor isn’t he? He is, and a great one of that, but what some people don’t know is he is also…
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