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Ryan Adams performs at Hollywood Forever, October 10, 2011

Ian Cohen
See also: *Our Q&A With Ryan Adams *Ryan Adams Responds To Our Interview Ryan Adams Hollywood Forever October 10, 2011 Better than:...the sum total of every single stand-up comedy show concurrently happening in the greater Los Angeles metro area. "How L.A. is it that you can see a concert in......
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Chad VanGaalen & Gang Gang Dance – Culture Collide Festival – October 9, 2011

Ian Cohen
See also: *Culture Collide Festival Preview: Let's Get International *Culture Collide Festival review: Liam Finn, Rainbow Arabia, Guineafowl, The Awkwards perform on October 6, 2011 *Culture Collide Festival review: The Death Letters and Cameras perform on October 8, 2011 Chad VanGaalen and Gang Gang Dance Culture Collide October 9, 2011......
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Cutting-Room Floor Outtakes From Rick Ross' Amazing GQ Profile

Ian Cohen
Miami rapper Rick Ross is the subject of a lengthy and fucking amazing profile in Gentleman's Quarterly that makes the same point that Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don did: Rick Ross is the greatest rapper alive. That's not the same thing as being the best rapper alive -- in......
I assume he brings a change of clothes when he's on tour with Suicidal Tendencies; Credit: Ian Cohen

Thundercat – The Echo – 9/5/11

Ian Cohen
Thundercat The Echo September 5, 2011 See also Ian Cohen's feature profile: Thundercat Emerges With His Debut, Co-produced by Flying Lotus Better than: The Gobots' acid jazz project Remember back in little league when the coach's kid couldn't hit, field or run for shit? Hell, maybe you were that kid......
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Young Jeezy & Freddie Gibbs – House of Blues – 8/30/11

Ian Cohen
Young Jeezy & Freddie Gibbs House of Blues August 30, 2011 Better than: Thug Motivation 301: Advanced Quantum Theory with lab There was a whiff of condescending concern as well as good old-fashioned indignation amongst the hip-hop community's Realness Police when Freddie Gibbs announced he was signing with Young Jeezy's......
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Snoop Dogg Plays Puff, Puff, Pass With Hashtag, Sets World Record

Ian Cohen
Yesterday rapper and GGN media impresario Snoop Dogg announced his "attempt" to set the Guinness World Record for most ReTweets in a single day, of this tweet. This was met with the usual chuckling from wannabe Best Week Ever-types that goes down whenever he publicly announces his intent to do......
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Kendrick Lamar – Music Box – 8/19/11

Ian Cohen
Kendrick Lamar The Music Box August 19, 2011 Better than: Previous passings of the West Coast torch to Knoc'turnal, Hittman, RBX and Guerrilla Black. In 2009, people made a huge deal about Jay-Z attending a Grizzly Bear show with Beyonce and then saying afterwards, to paraphrase, that hip-hop could stand......