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How did I manage to miss the fact that
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— 8 Jul 2000 Greg Comment

How did I manage to miss the fact that Roger Troutman died last April? I’m saddened by it. Most readers probably know him from “California Love” or another hip hop collaboration but his contribution to funk and hip hop was much bigg[…]

ATN Is Dead, Long Live ATN
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— 8 Jul 2000 Tom Comment

ATN Is Dead, Long Live ATN: as Kathleen says, did anyone read ATN much? Still, it blazed some kind of trail and maybe us amateur hacks owe it something for that. I’m more interested in the news that it’s hiring Simon Reynolds to do a hope[…]

Guarding the Borders of the Hip-Hop Nation
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— 8 Jul 2000 Tom Comment

Guarding the Borders of the Hip-Hop Nation: I don’t normally link to NY Times articles because it’s subscription-only, but this is a great, sad article, coolly observational pen-portraits of individuals involved in personal and public str[…]

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