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Hear The xx Cover Drake & Rihanna’s “Too Good” In The BBC Live Lounge

3379 days ago

Stereogum — The xx are, after a fashion, Drake and Rihanna collaborators. After all, "Take Care," the best of Drake and Rihanna's collaborations, was built on a sample of one of Jamie xx's Gil Scott-Heron remixes. And now, as Pitchfork points out, the xx have tr... more info

Stream Malcolm London’s New Album Opia Feat. Vic Mensa, Jamila Woods, Donnie Trumpet, How To Dress Well

3467 days ago

Stereogum — Malcolm London is a quadruple threat poet/activist/educator/musician from Chicago. Many people pad their resume with titles, but very few come with an endorsement from fellow multi-slash philosopher, author, and professor Cornel West as “the Gil Sc... more info

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Charles Tolliver in Conversation with Gilles Peterson

4045 days ago

Core News — “Ahead of the Barbican Centre show, Gilles meets the man behind the seminal Strata-East jazz record label, Charles Tolliver for an in-depth chat. They discuss Charles’ beginnings, moving to NYC, the ethos behind the label, working with legendary ... more info

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Shorties (Cheryl Strayed Profiled, An Excerpt from the New Gil Scott-Heron Biography, and more)

4149 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — Vulture profiled author Cheryl Strayed. PopMatters excerpted from Marcus Barum's new book, Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man. 26 online "best books of 2014" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy yesterday (bringing the total n... more info

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Gil Scott-Heron :: Message To The Messengers

4313 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Been way deep into this one over the past few months, Gil Scott-Heron’s Spirits. Released in 1994 it was Gil’s penultimate LP (he would not release another album until 2011′s I’m New Here, his last). Here’s a taste, the album’s opener –... more info

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Addison Groove + Alex Banks – Solid Steel Show 2014-06-06

4331 days ago

Core News — “Solid Steel (6th June) Addison Groove is our guest in Hour 1 with the most diverse mix he’s ever done and perfect for a sunny weekend. We kick off with a dubwise selection from Lee Perry, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby and Linval Thompson, then two ... more info

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Originals: The Story Of Gil Scott-Heron – Full Documentary

4363 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Gil Scott-Heron died three years ago this month. His 1994 LP, Spirits, has been on repeat of late, prompting a recent YouTube dig unearthing the following BBC documentary from 2004, which is streaming in full in six parts. First installment after the... more info

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Posthumous Gil Scott-heron Album To Be Released On Record Store Day

4397 days ago

ContactMusic — Poet and jazz legend Gil Scott-Heron is set to return to the charts from beyond the grave with his first posthumous album.Plans for the release of... more info

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