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- Music, Music Review Dec 4, 2020
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Dezron Douglas and Brandee Younger address cultural issues from lockdown on Force Majeure
- City Life, Street View Apr 11, 2019
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Cool jeans
This south-side children’s boutique satisfies your thirst for denim.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Feb 20, 2018
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Brittney Cooper’s black-girl magic for grown-ass women
In Eloquent Rage, Professor Crunk offers a course on black feminism and the importance of Beyoncé.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Chicago footwork producers Boylan and Pranas drop a transcendent track to hype Boylan’s imminent birthday bash
Boylan and Pranas's "Pick It Up" samples the latest smash single from lightning-rod Chicago rapper Famous Dex.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2016
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Twenty-five years later, filmmaker Julie Dash reflects on Daughters of the Dust
An apparent inspiration for Beyoncé's Lemonade, Dash's film (1991) has been restored and reintroduced to the mainstream through a theatrical rerelease.
- Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2016
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The best things to do in Chicago during Memorial Day 2016 weekend
Beyonce, Bike the Drive, Crap Beer Day, and more happenings from May 27-30.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2016
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As Beyoncé and Drake's big albums rule pop, Chicago rapper Sterling Hayes gets intimate
Save Money rapper Sterling Hayes gets bleak on his debut mixtape, but his music isn't without its highs.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2016
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Chicago rapper Sasha Go Hard sets an example of independence for her daughter
Sasha Go Hard's new mixtape displays the fighting spirit that's made her a force to be reckoned with—and gifts it to her young daughter.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 17, 2016
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Kuk Harrell brings the best out of Rihanna
The Grammy-winning vocal producer talks about the path that led him from church choir in Chicago to collaborations with the likes of Beyoncé, Sting, and Mary J. Blige—and to his work on the new Anti.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2016
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Officials haven't warned us about lead in our drinking water, Beyonce hits town over Memorial Day weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, Garry McCarthy rumored to be under consideration for police chief job in London, and cop who shot unarmed teen and bystander in December sues teen’s estate.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2015
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Drake proves ghostwriters don't matter with 'Hotline Bling'
"Hotline Bling" is one of four new songs the Toronto rapper-singer debuted this past week, and though it hasn't gotten as much attention as the dis tracks aimed at Meek Mill, it's the best of the batch.
- Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2015
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Donnie Trumpet and Chance the Rapper's new album hit the Web last night without any warning
Surf, the new album from Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment (aka Chance the Rapper's backing band), is for sale on iTunes.
- Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2015
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The Prancing Elites start a prance-dance revolution
If you can't fall in love with these guys, you need to find Jesus.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2015
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Kanye West's 'All Day' proves the value of strength in numbers
The Chicago hip-hop icon demonstrates some of the advantages of collaborating with more than a dozen songwriters at a time.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2014
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Beyonce, D'Angelo, and the albums that don't make year-end lists
Music that falls outside the "best-of" cycle encourages us to think of records as moments, not objects.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2014
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Please kill the MTV Video Music Awards
The awards show celebrates music videos as a pretense, and in the process it insults the medium.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 7/24: Beyonce and Jay Z, Ignition Festival of New Plays, and Zine Book Club
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, July 24.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Fri 6/6: International Photobooth Convention, Ribfest, and a Tribute to Beyonce, America's Greatest Montessorian
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, June 6
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 4, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Surachai's scary semimodular synth
Plus: The Empty Bottle's silly staff podcast, Frank Leone's sinister new song, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2014
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Pharrell continues to be unstoppable
"Happy" breezes to the top of the Hot 100.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2014
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Beyonce struggles on the pop charts
"Drunk In Love" might be too weird for the Top 10.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Rival Dealer," Burial's last-minute disruption of year-end lists
The British electronic-music artist releases his finest EP.
- Blogs, Bleader May 28, 2013
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Fergie, Q-Tip, and pop experiments gone awry
Club beats, hip-hop, and old-time jazz collide.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 17, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Hollywood Holt joins Beyonce and Andre 3000 on the Great American Soundtrack
Plus: A sophomore effort from synth-popper Fielded and toil and trouble from dirt-rock trio Lil Tits
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Apr 3, 2013
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This week's Chicagoan: Tricia Jolliff, fan-fiction writer
"We get people who submit to us, and the story is predictable and lame, and there’s so many misspellings. The guy always gets the girl, or the girl always gets the guy."