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Dr. Dre

Reviews 2

Full Clip: August’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Dr. Dre

Compton

Articles 6

Black Sky Thinking

How The Music Industry Took On Napster And (Not Everyone) Lost

Two decades on from Metallica's infamous decision to sue Napster, Eamonn Forde looks back and explores how the rock troupe's co-belligerent Dr Dre ended up outsmarting Ulrich & co, changing tack, and laughing all the way to the bank
Anniversary

Dre Ain’t Shit: 25 Years On And The Chronic Still Stinks

It was the record that ended hip hop's Golden Age and confirmed lazy nihilism as the art form's most valuable ingredient. After 25 years, Angus Batey asks, isn't it time its maker began to accept some responsibility?
A Quietus Interview

Clannish Boys: Rza & Mathematics On The Latest Chapter In The Wu-Saga

They may be better known these days for in-fighting and taking each other to court, but most of the surviving members of the Wu-Tang Clan have reunited for a better-than-you-might-expect LP. Interview by Angus Batey
Film

All About Reality? Straight Outta Compton Reviewed By Angus Batey

The NWA film has failed on several levels. Angus Batey takes a look at the problems involved in trying to get a music industry story like this onto the big screen
Anniversary

20 Years On: Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle Revisited

Angus Batey looks hard at Snoop's now-canonised debut and questions some of its seriously problematic aspects that continue to be ignored by critics and audiences
Anniversary

20 Years On: Ice Cube’s Death Certificate Revisited

Angus Batey looks at the 360-degree attack of one of the most creatively independent yet offensive hip hop albums ever made

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 4

Baker's Dozen

An Ocean of Atoms: Lord Spikeheart’s Baker’s Dozen

The experimental metal master guides Alex Rigotti through his thirteen favourite albums that explore heaviness, spirituality and love, and that shaped both him and his debut solo album The Adept
Baker's Dozen

Irrepressible Discoveries: James Lavelle Of UNKLE’s 13 Favourite Albums

With a new album on the way and a much-anticipated set at Brighton's Attenborough Centre at the ready, James Lavelle, the man behind UNKLE and Mo' Wax, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the 13 records that shaped him
Baker's Dozen

Sense Of Absurdity: Jonathan Higgs Of Everything Everything’s Favourite Albums

The Manchester indie band's frontman gives Christopher Sanders a tour of the formative records of his teenage years, and explains why they, along with Australia's longest-running soap opera, have made a lasting impression

Baker's Dozen

Cee Lo Green On His 13 Favourite Records

The Lady Killer himself, Cee-Lo Green, steps up to the plate and divulges his 13 favourite albums to The Quietus

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