<![CDATA[So in the last five to ten years, as hip-hop culture has continued the march from being simply popular from becoming a downright universal lingua franca — and if you think I'm overstating that at all, consider that right now, at this second, The Roots are now the house band on The Tonight Show —…

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<![CDATA[Kanye West808s and HeartbreakRoc-A-Fella I suppose it’s a sign of the times that a superstar rapper can release a throwback homage to a legendary drum machine and it can come off sounding more like a hybrid of new wave punk. Kanye West has done just that with his latest release, 808s and Heartbreak. What’s most…

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