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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Mystikal, Master P, Nick Cave, Whiskey, Coffins, Motivational Advice, and Pickles Pickles Pickles

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Mystikal, "Hit Me"

Mystikal went to prison for a long time, on some very horrible charges, and so the question, as always, is: How much should we allow ourselves to separate the person from the product? It'd be easier, of course, if the dude had fallen off since his '00s heyday but, somehow, in his fourth decade, he seems to be getting stronger. On "Hit Me" — "even the white people sittingupinthismotherfucka can'tdonothingbutsay WOW" — he channels James Brown shamelessly, and with great might, and cooks up a marvel.

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Songs of the Week: Drake Doesn't Lie, Maybach Music Group Gets Money, and Heems Recommends a Dentist

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The Gaslight Anthem, “45”

After releasing four albums, receiving the sweaty embrace of their spiritual godfather Bruce Springsteen, and dropping about a million unabashed oh-whoa sing-along choruses, is Gaslight Anthem front man Brian Fallon not yet famous enough to warrant a parody Twitter account? People who like to make references to docks and switchblades and tattoos and convertibles and girls’ perfume and blue jeans and regret and difficult father-son relationships and the rain over New Jersey tonight, this is your big chance!

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