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Rakim

  1. superlatives
    Black Thought on His Solo Work, the Roots’ Things Fall Apart, and 2020“This is the new normal for now, and we have to carry on and figure out how to roll with the punches.”
    By Starr Rhett Rocque
  2. Remembering Bert Padell, the Accountant Who Got Hip-Hop Paid in FullHe was a crucial behind-the-scenes figure in the early days of hip-hop and left such a mark on the industry that Biggie namechecked him a song.
    By Jesse Serwer
  3. the best of
    Chris Rock Thinks Kanye West Is ‘the Best’“It’s better than Thriller!”
    By E. Alex Jung
  4. somewhere in time
    Dave Holmes Revisits the Top 10 Songs at American Idol’s 2002 DebutStarring Ashanti.
    By Dave Holmes
  5. out on the weekend
    This Weekend’s Concerts, From Death Cab to Death From Above 1979Plus: Donald Glover as Childish Gambino, the Rapture, Nas, and more death!
    By Ray Rahman
  6. the industry
    Denzel Washington Quits Ironically Titled MoviePlus: Rakim is back.
    By Amos Barshad
  7. apropos of nothing
    Who Belongs on Mount Rapmore?In the past week or so ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons — “The Sports Guy,” a massively popular columnist who’s ostensibly a sportswriter but would better be described as the National Commissioner of Bar Arguments — has started writing about “Mount Rapmore,” a hypothetical rap version of Mount… well, yes.