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CHRIS FARAONE

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Review: Oak Lonetree, Lava + 2

Molten flow
Oak Lonetree hemorrhages more discs than Kool Keith — which, for those who don't know, is a bootyload.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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An abridged history of the Roots' collabs

Tangled up
Collaborations
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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The making of the Roots-versus-Antibalas Sound Clash

How ?uest got his groove back
We're not previewing the Red Bull Sound Clash just because the buzz-beverage overlords supply Phoenix headquarters with enough voltage to paralyze a petting zoo.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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Meet your Massachusetts Governor's Council

Clown committee
In this perilous economy, Governor Deval Patrick is faced with extraordinary economic challenges.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 14, 2009

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Review: Notorious

Romanticized, but well executed
To its fault and its credit, George Tillman Jr.'s bio-pic offers a life story that fans of late MC extraordinaire Chris Wallace, a/k/a Biggie Smalls, a/k/a the Notorious B.I.G., have known for years.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 13, 2009

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Review: The Roots of Hip-Hop

Harte (2009)
Everybody wants to claim hip-hop.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 19, 2009

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Start Snitching

Wilkerson, Murray, and just about everyone else forever hold their peace
There's a new theater in the multilateral conflict spurred by bribery charges leveled against former state senator Dianne Wilkerson.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 07, 2009

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Wu-Tang Clan's essential flavor

Lupo's, January 2, 2009
Fortune magazine once estimated that Michael Jordan has fueled our economy to the tune of $10 billion. Wu-Tang Clan are responsible for the careers of about that many MCs.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 12, 2009

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Ol' Dirty's dirty side

Jaime Lowe's Life and Death of ODB
Sometimes it takes an outsider to understand the inside.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 09, 2009

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Just the 11 of us

The Macrotones find strength in numbers
De La Soul believe that three is the magic number. My college girlfriend thought it was 55, not counting guys she only blew.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 06, 2009

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Party like it's 1999

How to throw a wicked pisser goodbye Bush/HellObama bash
Just because you puked a lung on New Year's Eve doesn't mean you can't plan another five-alarm rager this month.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 30, 2008

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Search party

MBTA cops never stopped inspecting your bags
These days, the morning commute is hardly complete without a newspaper, coffee, and potential violation of one's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure .
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 31, 2008

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This Far by Faith

Dorchester Peace Institute fights for its life...and wins
Though the timing was merely coincidental, it seemed extra harsh for Governor Deval Patrick to slash funding for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute right before Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 17, 2008

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Broadcast dues

Wally Sparks cracks local rap with Heir 2 tha $treetz
Saturday night at Good Life, veteran hip-hop scenester Ricky Powell blessed a roomful of wide-eyes with his world-famous slide show, in which he flashed and joked about his pics of celebs ranging from Jam Master Jay to John Lee Hooker.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 16, 2008

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They'd like to thank their producers...

Selected winners of the Boston Music Awards
Selected winners of the Boston Music Awards
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 16, 2008

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100 Unsexiest Men of the Year Follow-Up

  Because There Was an Election
The problem with dropping our Unsexiest list in March of an election year is that we never know what kind of weasels, Republicans, and Republican weasels will urinate in America’s stream of consciousness down the final stretch.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 12, 2008

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Graffiti wars

Cops and taggers play a high-stakes game of cat and mouse
Even though he’s headed to prison, SPEK will still be visible in Massachusetts.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 12, 2008

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Kid Sister | Dream Date

Downtown (2008)
It's lame to critique other critiques, but it was a bit much for Spin to bless Kid Sister's debut with four out of five stars.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 05, 2008

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Radio days

Will C.’s beyond-fresh Down the Dial comp
Will C was born 20 years too late and four skin tones too light.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 26, 2008

The Chuck Turner conspiracy?

Unheard Voices
Sure, some news outlets have competently covered City Councilor Chuck Turner's recent arrest for allegedly accepting a cash bribe in exchange for a liquor license — and then lying about it.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 28, 2008
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