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Common: “I needed to unlearn some of the things I thought I had to be as a black person"

submitted by Nick Sep 9th 2019 11:00 am (www.nme.com)

Releasing his 12th album in 27 years, Common talks to NME about personal growth, the Soulquarians, Nipsey Hussle and why he still loves '...H.E.R.'It's all about love for Common in 2019.Hip-hop has more than its fair share of quotable lyrics. Among them are the conflicted lines of Jay-Z’s ‘Moment of Clarity’ where the legendary MC opts to abandon appeasing rap purists in favour of lining his pockets. “Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense/ But I did five mill’ — I ain’t been rhyming like […]The post Common: “I needed to unlearn some of the things I thought I had to be as a black person" appeared first on NME.

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Calvin Harris: says EDM “doesn’t have anything in common with the music I love to make”

submitted by Nick Nov 13th 2018 07:00 pm (www.nme.com)

"EDM has been sad, slow songs for years now"Calvin Harris attends The BRIT Awards 2018 held at The O2 Arena on February 21, 2018 in London, EnglandCalvin Harris has said that EDM of recent years sounds nothing like the music that he enjoys making. The producer extraordinaire, who has topped Forbes’ list of the highest paid DJs for the ...

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Common: Watch John C. Reilly Freestyle Over Common & Kanye West’s “Southside”

submitted by Nick Nov 8th 2018 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Affable character actor John C. Reilly has a long history with music: He starred in the great music biopic sendup Walk Hard, has a folk group called John C. Reilly & Friends, and has chatted with Father John Misty. He even recently had a foray into the rap world, acting out the skits on A$AP…

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Slipknot: With ‘All Out Life’, Slipknot prove you don’t have to soften in your old age

submitted by Nick Nov 1st 2018 03:00 pm (www.nme.com)

The Iowa metallers’ new single is as heavy as they’ve ever beenSlipknotIt’s the most common statement in rock. Flick through any metal mag and you’ll see it printed endlessly: ‘it’s our heaviest album yet!’. Better still, there’s that old chestnut: “the heavy parts are heavier, and the melodic parts are more melodic!’. When t...

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Common: The Chemistry Of Common Life Turns 10

submitted by Nick Oct 5th 2018 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

As far as lyric as band-thesis statements go, Fucked Up never made their ethos clearer than on the chanted refrain of "Twice Born." "Hands up if you think you are the only one," lead barker Damian Abraham asks in-between a number of Biblical queries concerning the fates of Peter and Pilate. Towards the end of…

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Pig: Ariana Grande Adopted A Pig, And Pete Davidson Already Got A Tattoo Of Him

submitted by Nick Sep 18th 2018 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)

It's pretty common for young couples, especially young couples who aren't yet ready to have kids, to raise pets together. It is less common for them to decide that they should become owners of a fucking pig. And yet that is the route that Ariana Grande and her fiancé, SNL star Pete Davidson, have chosen.

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