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Azealia Banks – Fonda Theatre – 7/14/12

See also: *Our review of Azealia Banks at Coachella *Slutwave, Tumblr Rap, Rape Gaze: Obscure Musical Genres Explained Azealia Banks Fonda Theatre 7/14/12 Hip-hop remains one of the last bastions of bald-faced homophobia. Rappers follow any remotely gay-sounding comment with "no homo," and historically, one of the devastating battle disses......
Niles Hollowell-Dahr

The Cataracs Are Not Like a G6

It's a Friday morning, and David Singer-Vine and Niles Hollowell-Dhar sit on the sun-dappled patio of their favorite taco stand, Silver Lake's El Siete Mares. But they don't order food. "It's too early for tacos," Singer-Vine, 24, says as he shakes his head, his eyes still a little sleepy. Just......
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Cunning Linguists: Five Recent Rap Songs About Going Down

With a few exceptions -- Lil Wayne, call us -- male rappers historically have come off as very ungenerous lovers. It's always been, "Hey, eat/suck/gobble/choke on my dick!" with the only promise of reciprocation being, occasionally, the dopey 69 position. (Seriously, if you're doing that, you must be 16.) Until......
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D'Angelo – House of Blues – 7/4/12

D'Angelo House of Blues 7/4/12 Comeback stories are as American as baseball and apple pie. D'Angelo -- the R&B singer who's had to shoulder the weight of being most-likely-to-succeed to both Marvin Gaye and Prince's legacies, not to mention sex god -- performing on the 4th of July after an......
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Leading Ladies

Ken Ludwig's a sophisticated guy. The playwright is responsible for some of the more glamorous Broadway productions of the past 20 years or so — the Gershwin-inspired Crazy for You, for which he wrote the book, scooped up pretty much every award out there — and he's known for keeping......
Issa Rae; Credit: W.B. Fontenot

Issa Rae and Awkward Black Girl Fill a (Tiny) Niche

Check out our entire YouTube issue here. In front of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the Grove, someone is scraping lightweight plastic chairs across the pavement instead of picking them up, and the sound is akin to fingernails being dragged down a chalkboard. Issa Rae, the 27-year-old writer,......
Bootie Brown

The Pharcyde's Bumpy Ride

Last month, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Pharcyde's seminal album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, label Delicious Vinyl threw a huge party at the Roxy. The club was filled to capacity with fans eager to see the work performed in its entirety; it was so packed that even......