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Here Are the 29 Worst Album Covers of 2019 Published Dec 03, 2019So, you've finally finished a new album. What a stunning and beautiful achievement! That means you wrote, arranged, recorded, mixed and mast...
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Exclaim!'s Top 10 Music/Video Posts of 2012 Published Dec 28, 2012As 2012 winds to a close, it's time to look back on some of the most popular music that we've shared over the last 12 months here at Exclaim...
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Exclaim!'s Top 10 Newsmakers of 2012 Published Dec 27, 2012Here at Exclaim!, we've seen a little of everything in 2012. From landmark albums to tragic deaths to brave expressions of self to controver...
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Top 10 Christmas Songs of 2012 Published Dec 24, 2012In the lead-up to Christmas, music fans get assaulted with countless cash-in cuts about the baby Jesus, sleigh rides, and cuddling up by the...
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Top 10 Cover Songs of 2012 Published Dec 21, 2012Cover songs are a tricky thing. On the one hand, many artists pride themselves on their ingenuity and originality, and opt to reconfigure a...
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Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Top 50 Albums of the Year Published Dec 21, 2012Throughout the month of December, Exclaim! has been rolling out our coverage of the best albums of the year, divided into seven different ge...
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Exclaim's Most Unappreciated Albums of 2012 Published Dec 20, 2012A lot of great music comes out in a year, and not all of it gets the attention it deserves. Some get a fair bit of credit, but not enough; o...
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Top Non-Rap Freeleases of 2012 Published Dec 20, 2012Between major-player stop-gap freebies from dudes like Rick Ross and Big Sean, career-building collections from Joey Bada$$ and Chief Keef,...
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Hip-Hop 2012: New Era Hip-Hop Published Dec 20, 2012Overall, 2012 was good to hip-hop: the artists that had the greatest successes proved that the genre has matured beyond a binary old school...
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Hip-Hop 2012: Inside Lamar's Black Hippy Crew Published Dec 20, 2012Flipping the Wu-Tang Clan's model for success, the four-headed beast that is South Central L.A.'s Black Hippy wants to establish each of its...
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10 Most Disappointing Albums of 2012 Published Dec 19, 2012For those of you who don't shut off your computer in an act of rage or careful self control, list season is one that can get emotions high a...