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Just Blaze

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    September 30, 2011

    Just Blaze Speaks On The Wide-Ranging Controversy Surrounding His Cat, And Its Fake Twitter Account

    Earlier this week we blew your minds with our post about rappers cats, which included the bombshell that the so-called Snoop "Dogg" actually owns a pair of kittens. But of even greater controversy was our reporting on hip-hop superproducer Just Blaze's cat, called Rags Lauren. After our story went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Pictures Of Rappers' Cats, and a Snoop Dogg Feline Bombshell!

    ​Last week we brought you pictures of jazz players with presidents. It was pretty awesome, particularly Duke Ellington and Richard Nixon. But now, something even better: Pictures of rappers' cats! Fact is, while canines are a common subject (and metaphor) in hip-hop songs, felines don't appea ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    ​Last week we brought you pictures of jazz players with presidents. It was pretty awesome, particularly Duke Ellington and Richard Nixon. But now, something even better: Pictures of rappers' cats! Fact is, while canines are a common subject (and metaphor) in hip-hop songs, felines don't appea ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2009

    The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs

    In 2009, rap is no longer dangerous. Meet an MC wrestling with capital-letter issues: blood, dirt and death

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#30-21) (Sponsored By Medieval Times)

    You better believe they serve Pepsi at Medieval Times. 30. Los Campesinos-Hold On Now, Youngster (Wichita/Arts and Crafts) Gareth Campesinos and Co. clearly grew up not just liking music but being obsessed by bands, and they've done the only honourable thing you can in that position: they've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

    25. Prafit-"Nice Weather" The nice weather is long gone--the ostensibly immutable Los Angeles sun blotted by kidney colored clouds and cold rain. So Prafit's ode to the sizzle of July feels like an antique postcard documenting endless light, chicken breasts smothered in BBQ sauce, and basement ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Who's Biting J Dilla's Beats?

    Hip-hop producer's legend ascends posthumously; estate struggles to maintain control

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    The Kidz In the Hall Demonstrate the Power of A Good Rolodex

    When ex-Just Blaze proteges, Kidz in the Hall released their debut album, School Was My Hustle on the newly revived Rawkus Records, I didn't listen to it for a variety of reasons. Chief among them was the "Ivy League Rap" label critics ascribed to the duo of Nawledge and Double-O. Still scarred f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest

    You may not know who Jay Electronica is yet, but I'm willing to bet that you would had he chosen a better name. Jay Electronica does not sound like the one of the most buzzed about rappers of 2008. Jay Electronica sounds like the name of a small-potatoes Milwaukee techno DJ circa 1999 who magicall ... More >>

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Killah on the Road

    Ghostface returns to the streets — and his own inner weirdo — on Fish Scale

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Hardcore Middle Class

    Kanye West is no savior, but his refusal to be anything but himself just might set hip-hop straight

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Styles of Beyond

    Riff-Boom-Bap

  • Music

    December 26, 2002

    Hip-Hop Boo-Hoo

    Riff-Boom-Bap

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    U Don’t Know

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