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QUESTIONABLE :: Retracing the Strange History of Skate Shoe Design
"The timeline of footwear designed for skateboarding is odd, especially considering how paramount shoes are to the act itself." When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Anthony Pappalardo...
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The Hundreds X Amoeba Records Lookbook
The Hundreds X Amoeba Records lookbook, shot on location at Amoeba Hollywood.
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THE RECORD STORE AT THE END OF THE WORLD :: A Conversation with Marc Weinstein, Co-Founder of Amoeba Music
"I’ve never been about the money. I’ve always been about spreading the gospel of music and what it can mean for humanity." We get the full story behind the world's...
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Our Favorite Amoeba Music 'What's In My Bag?' Episodes, from Earl Sweatshirt to Grimes
Our favorite episodes of Amoeba Music's award-winning web series "What's In My Bag?" from DJ Quik to Earl Sweatshirt to Ariel Pink.
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The Inimitable Legacy of 'Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star,' 20 Years Later
"Black Star was more than a group––it was an idea that was fully realized in a bygone, impossible-to-recreate moment." Remembering Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 20 years...
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A Brief History of Rawkus Records :: Bobby Hundreds Chats with Label Co-Founder Jarret Myer
Bobby Hundreds and Rawkus Records co-founder Jarret Myer discuss the history of the iconic independent hip-hop imprint that housed groundbreaking acts like Company Flow, Big L, Pharoahe Monch, Black Star,...
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Counting Down Our 10 Favorite Rawkus Records Albums
Alex Wong rounds up his favorite 10 albums from Rawkus Records, the underground label that emerged during the golden era of hip-hop and introduced artists like Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch,...
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Bring the Rawkus :: My Top 10 Songs from the Golden Era Label of Underground Hip-Hop
Jensen Karp's top 10 releases from the unforgettable collective that is Rawkus Records. Get out your baggy jeans and Newsies paperboy hat, and practice your tag, because it’s time go...
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Get to Know the Beyond the Streets Artists We've Featured, Interviewed, & Collaborated With
From the legendary Kenny Scharf to Slick and The Seventh Letter, we've rounded up all the interviews and collaborations we've done with artists that are at Beyond the Streets, the...
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The True Meaning of Garfield
"To me: Garfield is the face of the franchise, but Jon is the heart and soul of what the comic strip is really about."
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Q&A :: Dreamer & Musician Mannywellz at the DACA Rally in D.C.
As an outspoken advocate for Dreamer’s rights, Nigerian-born artist Mannywellz uses his art as a way to voice his reality.
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GARFIELD AND THE ABYSS :: The Scariest Garfield Comic Strip Series Ever from 1989
One day my quiet little world was disrupted by an unearthly voice, and a crack opened up into the great and yawning beyond—and it was all Garfield’s fault.