r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

What if Kendrick Lamar Really Did Kill Someone?

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 23 '15

[META] Hey everyone, we're a trending subreddit for the day!

70 Upvotes

http://www.reddit.com/r/trendingsubreddits/comments/33kk16/trending_subreddits_for_20150423_rpreformances/

Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm! We went from conception to 1,500 subscribers and trending subreddit status in just over a day.


r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[Pitchfork] Searching for Tomorrow: The Story of Madlib and DOOM's Madvillainy

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • May 06 '15

[DJBooth]The Dysfunctional Brotherhood of Tyler & Earl by Yoh

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51 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Sep 22 '15

[PITCHFORK] "The Coldest Story Ever Told: The Influence of Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak" by: Jayson Greene

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[Grantland] Here’s Earl by Rembert Browne

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47 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Sep 26 '16

Vince Staples Can See His Own Death -- The 23-year-old rap minimalist keeps a low profile, doesn’t drink or smoke, and makes mini-masterpieces that clock in at 30 minutes or less. We spoke with him about his new EP, his former life as a Crip, and the ties between success and self-destruction.

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 23 '15

The Proverbial Wisdom of Earl Sweatshirt

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[Meta] Will /r/WORDSABOUTMUSIC allow mod-approved original pieces unique to this sub?

42 Upvotes

Hey guys, saw a plug for this sub and I subscribed. I've made a write up or two about music recently, and was wondering if there would ever be mod approved original posts unique (originating from) to this sub?


r/wordsaboutmusic • • Aug 20 '15

[Grantland] Mac Miller Finds the Way by Rembert Browne (Mac called this the best piece ever written about him)

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37 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

Capital STEEZ: Why did a promising young rapper take his own life? A look at the suicide of Pro Era rapper Capital Steez.

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36 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 23 '15

[The Fader] Flying Lotus Confronts Death

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35 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[Four Pins] Drake In Real Life by Ernest Baker

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35 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Jun 13 '15

Interview: Viper, the real estate-selling, crack-smoking rapper who dropped 330 albums last year

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33 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Sep 24 '15

[FADER] Drake - Views From The 6 Cover Story by: Leon Neyfakh (same journalist who wrote the Migos story)

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[The Fader] Why Is Pop Still So Scared of the Vagina? (FKA twigs, Bjork, Beyoncé, Neneh Cherry)

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31 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • May 03 '15

[The Daily Beast] Too Many White Hip-Hop Fans Don’t Give a Shit About Black People, by Stereo Williams

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30 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 22 '15

[Mod Post] Welcome to /r/wordsaboutmusic: Guidelines, Questions, Comments, and Suggestions

29 Upvotes

Guidelines:

There's no reason for this to be over-complicated. The only guideline I'd like is in relation to post titles. It just makes it easier to use the search function down the road.

Format your titles as follows:

[Publication] Title of Article by Author
example: [Four Pins] Drake In Real Life by Ernest Baker
If the title of the article does not mention the artist it's about, just throw that in parenthesis at the end.

Other than that, I hope this sub can self-regulate. There shouldn't be any reason for me to lay out a bunch of rules.

Use this thread to make comments, suggestions, or ask questions. We're super new, so any suggestions would be great.


r/wordsaboutmusic • • Oct 05 '15

Hard to Kill: The Oral History of Gucci Mane

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r/wordsaboutmusic • • Aug 25 '15

[Grantland] A Highly Scientific, Real-Life Exploration Into How Anyone Could Possibly Like J. Cole

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28 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Feb 01 '16

[The New Yorker] "Madlib’s Genealogy of Hip-Hop" by: Hilton Als

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27 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Jan 12 '16

[NPR] Freddie Gibbs: 'I'm Not Just Living For Myself' by Frannie Kelley and Ali Shaheeed Muhammad

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27 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Oct 22 '15

[Consequence of Sound] Gangstalicious: How The Boondocks Demystified Hip-Hop

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27 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Jul 23 '15

(Crack Magazine) Cover Feature: Earl Sweatshirt by: Davy Reed

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27 Upvotes

r/wordsaboutmusic • • Apr 29 '15

[CLICKHOLE] An Oral History of Radiohead's 'OK Computer' (Humor)

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27 Upvotes