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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2014
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Eminem and Marilyn Manson's boring rape fantasies
Using rape fantasies in "shock" music isn't just gross, it's profoundly boring.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2014
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Dense crowds and dubious security practices at the first day of Lollapalooza
Accusations of assault against security guards overshadowed an otherwise strong slate of performances at Friday's edition of the Grant Park-based music festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Fri 8/1: Lollapalooza, Give Me 500, and Black Harvest Film Festival
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, August 1
- Music, Music Feature Dec 31, 2013
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2013
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2013 ends with an "eh"
A landmark year ends in a flurry of limp ballads and fake folk.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2013
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Eminem embraces his inner fogey
Hip-hop's favorite juvenile delinquent grows up.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2013
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Fall Out Boy's new single has rap in its DNA and 2 Chainz in its video
Local pop-punk powerhouse takes a page from rap's book with its new single, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2012
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Rap-game Halloween masks
These hip-hop Halloween masks aren't exactly what they seem
- Film, Artist on Artist Apr 10, 2012
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Artist on Artist: El-P of Company Flow talks to Million Dollar Mano
"I would literally put my pinkie on the table and sever it with a knife if I could do some shit for Jay-Z"
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2012
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Q&A with Danny Brown: "I could possibly die from music"
What makes Detroit rappers special, and how much weed got smoked during that one video shoot
- Music, Music Column Aug 11, 2011
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Drawing swastikas on shit: Odd Future, Iceage, and Cult of Youth
Shock art is hardly new, but the engine that drives it keeps changing
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2011
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Blah-lapalooza
Lollapalooza announces 2011 lineup, inspires deja vu.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2011
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Morning Newsfeed: Pet Tigers, Rhinoceri Soon May Be Illegal in Wilmette
- Music, Music Review Mar 17, 2011
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A Homemade Canon
Loud Family front man Scott Miller picks his favorites from a half century of pop, and his choices are fun to read about even when the're hard to agree with.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2011
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Nuthin But a "P" Thang (in Which "P" Stands for "Poop")
Alan Simpson on hip-hop.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2010
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This Week in the Reader's Music Section
So much Pitchfork stuff. And so much non-Pitchfork stuff too.
- Music, Critic's Choice Jul 10, 2003
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50 Cent
- Film, Movie Critic's Choice Nov 7, 2002
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8 Mile
- Music, Music Review Jul 27, 2000
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Will the Real Marshall Mathers Please Stand Up?