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It's official. LeBron James will return for an unprecedented 24th season in the NBA, but it won't be with the Los Angeles Lakers. James has…
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Conway the Machine keeps the I Heard You Paint Houses rollout moving. "The Long Kiss" arrives as visuals off the mixtape, a collaboration …
June 19, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop CW 25 picked up fast. The Alchemist dropped a new EP, Liquid Form, with exactly the kind of feature list this …
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Pallbearer started with Westside Gunn's "Over Gold" as the reference point. Same pace, same weight, same cinematic darkness. This is w…
Pallbearer is a 74 BPM instrumental built around two piano melodies and a cello sitting over a dirty ruff drum loop. The two piano parts don't …
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