The Beastie Boys Edition
Puffy was taking obvious sampling to its extreme. The Neptunes were stripping down songcraft to its skeleton and also riding the crest of a cult-of-personality wave. And where were we? Where was I? I was perched on the precipice of what would eventually be called neo soul.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
A&R people have long been the talent scouts of the music industry, the outriders, whose choices map the route for record labels to follow.
And just as the industry has been forced to reinvent itself in the wake of the streaming revolution, the enigmatic role of the A&R has dramatically evolved: from anonymous... See more
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1. The White Stripes cover The Velvet Underground’s “After Hours” at Magic Stick in Detroit, 2000
2. Meet The Strokes MTV 2005 via @thestrokes_archive
3. Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast w/ her band Post Post covering MIA’s Paper Planes in 2009
4. Nardwuar... See more
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