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A recent conversation with one of Music Times' office neighbors got into the economics of releasing hip-hop music. The curious conversation partner asked why rappers were always releasing mixtapes, which were typically available for free and often featured rhymes better than what one hears on an official LP. The only answers we had was that rappers wanted to create buzz and perhaps they just enjoyed making music too much to take breaks. Nipsey Hussle seems to have found a profitable method of mixtape deployment however. -
Phil Chevron, Guitarist of The Pogues, Dies At Age 56 From Esophageal Cancer
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TRANSLATION: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, "Journey Home (Barcarola)"
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DOWNLOAD: RE/Search Head V. Vale's 'Lausanne Theme' for Solo Piano
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