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Just One Man’s Opinion: The 25 Best of the 2010’s

Preamble In 2009, I thought my listening habits would just continue to stroll into the 2010’s in the same manner. I was neck deep in a world of Indie Rock, with a peppering of classic Blues, Jazz, and R&B albums – basically to maintain some appearance of balance. Real Estate had released their eponymous debut album, Grizzly Bear had dropped the powerful and immersive Veckatimest record, and Animal Collective was making Electronic Indie music mainstream with Merriweather Post Pavilion. There...

Schoolboy Q Builds the Bridge

They use to say that rap was divided between the East Coast and the West Coast. The styles were different, the influences split, and the feuds between the coastal camps all too real. The East was defined by jazz samples often laid under brash sprocket-style percussion and darker grittier beats. Boom-bap delivery and smooth jazz were belied by the added beats, which were often shrill and treble-heavy percussion added as contrasting elements. Good examples include Mobb Deep, NAS, or Wu-Tang...