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Like poppa, like son.

'He gon' get these beats 'n' rhymes'

by Rodney Carmichael

How young is too young to talk to your kids about rap? For a Louder co-host, the arrival of a Biggie-loving toddler changed everything about how he hears hip-hop — especially women's place within it.
The record runs like a compilation of their best musical instincts compressed, refined and fine-tuned to a punchy summer frequency.

Kaytranada and Aminé come full circle

by Jordan Coley

Kaytranada and Aminé are two artists who have had to surmount a bit of outsider's anxiety. Their new collaborative album, KAYTRAMINÉ, finds them comfortable — with themselves and each other.
Animal Collective's Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished comes with a five-song EP titled A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Supermarket.

Animal Collective, 'Dreams'

by Ted Davis

Hear an inexplicable cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic, which appears on a reissue of the band's 2000 debut Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished.