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In Defense Of... Dap

"In Defense Of..." is a yearlong look at Blackisms that have been co-opted, gentrified, manipulated or misunderstood.

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How I Learned to Love Axl Rose: Commentary

Axl Rose's 60th birthday provided an opportunity to reappraise the Guns N’ Roses frontman.

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A Firm Defense of the Firm's Underrated LP 'Mean Business'

The Firm were not Led Zeppelin, though they had that band’s guitarist; nor were they Bad Company, though that band's original singer fronted the Firm.
These two facts might have served the band well in 1985, when their self-titled debut made a splash. But after a year of listening and attending shows (in which no Zeppelin or BadCo songs were played), fans might have been looking for more familiar sparks by February 1986, when the group’s second record,
The customers are not always right. Jimmy Page (guitar), Paul Rodgers (vocals), Tony Franklin (fretless bass and keyboards) and Chris Slade (drums) were a supergroup if ever there were one. And while

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