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UNHAPPY RAPPY

R.I.P. Das Racist, 2008-2012

By Amos Barshad at

Das Racist broke up this weekend. You either:

A. Care about this.
B. Don't care about this.
C. Aggressively, vocally don't care about this.

They were that kind of band.

It went down on Friday, in Germany. During a solo set at Munich’s On3 Festival, a gig that was originally supposed to be a full Das Racist show, a grinning Heems delivered an announcement: "You guys wanna know a secret? I'm gonna do some Das Racist songs, but Das Racist is breaking up and we're not a band anymore. Here we go." Victor Vasquez, a.k.a. Kool A.D., followed that up by tweeting "for the record i quit das racist 2 months ago and was asked by our manager not to announce it yet. apparently @himanshu wanted to do it tho," to which Heems replied "hah dag, my bad dont even remember saying that shit."

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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Lana Del Banks, Fiona Apple, Johnny Depp, and Hotel Rooster Parties

By Amos Barshad at

Lana Del Rey featuring Azealia Banks, "Blue Jeans" (Smims&Belle Extended Remix)

We’re gonna kick off our latest installment of SOTW with this here unholy Lana-Azealia collaboration as a harbinger of what’s to come. I can’t tell you why, but this week is just packed with all kinds of material that certainly exists, whether or not it should. Just a fair warning before we go any further.

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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: The-Dream Rocs, Kool A.D. Flys Thru the Air Inna Airplane

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The-Dream, “Roc”

Is it weird that The-Dream uses the spelling of the word “rock” so closely associated with his former Def Jam boss Jay-Z? Yes, sort of. In response, Jay-Z should make a song about how good he is at doing sex.

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