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Mixtape review: Chance the Rapper's stellar, infinite 'Acid Rap'
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. An infinite jest, Chicago lyricist Chance the Rapper's stellar new mixtape "Acid Rap" begins with a woman's seductive voice -- chanteuse Lili K. -- uttering, "Even better than I was the last time, baby,...Tags: Kanye West, LSD, David Foster Wallace, Lil Reese
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His 'dark' material: Kanye West said to be 'done' recording new album
Kanye West is reportedly “done” recording his sixth studio album, with an eye toward releasing the follow-up to his platinum-selling 2010 LP “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” this summer. Meanwhile, the Twitter firebrand has...
Tags: Kanye West, Music, Kim Kardashian, Entertainment Events, Fashion Shows
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Coachella 2013: Baauer works a crowd awaiting 'Harlem Shake'
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThe question lingered for nearly the entire set: When would Baauer drop "Harlem Shake," his syrupy instrumental dance track that spawned a viral craze? Would he do it early to get it out of the way, as Gotye did when he played "Somebody That I Used to... -
In hip-hop, violence is taking on a diminishing role
Among the most important rap albums released over the last year or so, one contains a song about Nas' complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Another has a track in which Killer Mike outlines President Reagan's contribution to the prison-...
Tags: Notorious B.I.G., Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Lobbying, Politics
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Congress Theater can sell liquor while appealing license revocation
City officials revoked the liquor license of the Congress Theater on Friday, but the Logan Square concert venue will remain open and continue selling liquor for the time being. The theater has appealed the revocation, and liquor license rules allow a...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Congress Theater loses liquor license, but can serve alcohol during appeal
Tribune reporterThe city today revoked the liquor license of the Congress Theater, but the Logan Square concert venue will remain open and continue selling liquor for the time being. The theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave., has already appealed the revocation, and...Tags: U.S. Congress, Arts and Culture
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Victim warned family, 'If they don't kill me, they're going to kill you'
Tribune reportersThree times a day, Antwone Price would call his grandmother to make sure she was safe. “He said: 'I’ve got to protect you. If they don’t kill me, they’re going to kill you,'" Myrtis Price said. "He told me that three times a day.... -
Chief Keef arrested near Atlanta after hotel security smells marijuana
South Side rapper Chief Keef was arrested near Atlanta this week for disorderly conduct after hotel security smelled marijuana smoke coming from his room, police said. The disorderly conduct arrest comes two months after he was released from custody...
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Q&A: Charli XCX
RedEye special contributorBritish singer Charli XCX tends to have a dark view of relationships. On her debut studio album, “True Romance,” she compares being in love to being trapped in a prison cell, getting poisoned and surviving a nuclear winter. “I don't...Tags: Marina and the Diamonds (music group), Bleep (euphemism), Eminem
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Album review: Chance the Rapper, 'Acid Rap'
3.5 stars (out of 4) Chance the Rapper opens “Acid Rap,” his second, self-released mix tape, with a boast: “Even better than I was the last time, baby.” It’s hard to argue with him. As a teen MC, Chancellor Bennett turned...
Tags: South Loop, Kendrick Lamar, Kobe Bryant, Chicago Loop, Lil Reese
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Grand Forks Herald Tom Carbone column
Grand Forks HeraldMusic from Baz Luhrmann's Film "The Great Gatsby" (May 6) 3/5 stars Jay-Z, executive producer of the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of "The Great Gastby," worked with the director for two years "translating the Jazz Age sensibility of F....Tags: Jay-Z, Andre Benjamin, Music, The xx (music group), Beyonce
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South Side rapper Lil Reese is found sleeping in car and arrested on warrant
South Side rapper Lil Reese was caught sleeping in a car early Sunday and arrested on a warrant. The arrest warrant was issued Thursday in Champaign County for Lil Reese, 20, whose birth name is Tavares Taylor. He was arrested about 4 a.m. Sunday in...
Tags: Police Arrests, Wars and Interventions, Champaign County (Illinois), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice
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