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Five Ways Trick Daddy Can Bounce Back After His Arrest

By Matt Preira
Apr 7, 2014

Late last week, the citizenry of Miami-Dade County was forced to see yet another one of its heroes fall -- dramatically and with the plummeting speed of an anchor thrown from a moving plane -- from grace. Rapper Trick Daddy (real name: Maurice Young) was apprehended by police for a...
This Is The Music Your Pot Dealer Loves

By Matt Preira
Feb 3, 2014

One of the most oft-explored weed stereotypes deals with the inescapable small talk that comes with committing the USA's favorite non-violent, increasingly-legal crime. "What do you mean?" balks a utilitarian. "You show up. You spit out an amount and some dollars. And you leave." Ah! Anyone who has ever copped...
Beyoncé Drops Self-Titled, Surprise 14-Track "Visual Album" (VIDEO)

By Matt Preira
Dec 13, 2013

Lately, it seems like the only news we hear about pop megastar vocalist and international muse, Beyoncé Knowles, is that which screams a bloodthirsty cry of "Domesticity!" Is Queen B. pregnant? Where did she and Jay-Z travel last? And what was she wearing when they went there? She even named...
Drummer Chris Corsano Explains What Makes a Jam Work and Björk

By Matt Preira
Nov 28, 2013

Chris Corsano is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the nebulous sphere of intentional aural insanity that constitutes free music and its various iterations as noise, psychedelia, and having-something-to-do-with-jazz. Since the late '90s, Corsano has performed solo and in infinite combinations of players — both heartily obscure and incredibly...
Drummer Chris Corsano on What Makes a Jam Not Work, Free Jazz, Noise, and Bjork

By Matt Preira
Nov 25, 2013

Chris Corsano is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the nebulous sphere of intentional aural insanity that constitutes free music and its various iterations as noise, psychedelia, and having-something-to-do-with-jazz. Since the late '90s, Corsano has performed solo and in infinite combinations of players -- both heartily obscure and incredibly...

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