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Kanye West at his album listening party at Milk Studios last week in New York City.

June 18, 2013 West's latest album was meant to be an event, and it's served that mission quite well.

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As kids, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer were all obsessed with hip-hop and TV shows like Yo! MTV Raps.

June 18, 2013 The hip-hop parody group has produced some of the funniest SNL material in recent memory.

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Three of today's most fascinating violinists have new albums, including Augustin Hadelich, who pairs off with Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas.

June 18, 2013 Sweet melodies by Bach and haunting sounds of Morton Feldman enliven new albums.

The Beatles pose in Liverpool's Derby Square in February 1963 — the year, according to author Colin Fleming, that yielded the band's most definitive work.

June 16, 2013 Author Colin Fleming says early BBC sessions provide a blueprint for who the band would become.

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Even the name of J. Cole's new album, Born Sinner, is a nod to the hip-hop lineage from which he descends: Biggie > Jay > J.

June 17, 2013 The rapper's new album, Born Sinner, is a reckoning with the hip-hop lineage from which he descends.

Blake Morgan's songs were played some 28,000 times over a 90-day period on Pandora, earning $1.62 in royalties.

June 15, 2013 Pandora's move, an effort to get more favorable royalty rates, also has some songwriters up in arms.

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