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Social Media Has Made Hip-Hop About Rapping Again – Not Making Songs
Direct-to-fan social platforms allow rappers to communicate their art immediately and directly, no middlemen and no waiting. Here’s how they’re doing it.
On Kanye’s ‘MP’ Format and the Future of Albums as We Know It
Kanye West released 5 albums this summer, all of them feature exactly 7 songs. What’s the deal with this new format, and what does it say about our future?
Talking Points: Kaytranada Explains Why You Gotta Get Outside Your Vacuum
In this edition of “Talking Points,” producer and beat maker Kaytranada talks about his grooves, his influences, and his upbringing, and we boil it down!
Learning to Scratch with “This Is America”
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L’Rain on Making ‘Not Jazz’ and Being in a ‘Dead Marriage’ with Music
Welcome back to our interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the…
How I Made a Trap Song About the Food Chain for 2 Chainz
Former Soundfly staffer Adam Lerman is one of the producers behind Viceland’s latest viral short. Take…
25 Times Accountants Appear in Rap Songs
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How Adam Yauch Became Rap’s Fun-Loving Social Change Advocate
Anyway you slice it, Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys was as “cool as a…
How Rap Ushered the Piano into Its Next Developmental Phase
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