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Licensed to Ill Was Never Supposed to Work

Beastie Boys | Licensed to Ill (album) The Joke Nobody Got Licensed to Ill was a satirical album everyone took at face value, an inside joke that went Diamond and outsold every rap record before it, cobbled together from borrowed parts and happy accidents. “There were tons of guys singing along to ‘Fight for Your […]

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The Song That Made You Dance Before You Listened

Foster the People | Pumped Up Kicks The Slap in the Face “Pumped Up Kicks” is a first-person monologue from a kid plotting murder. It went Diamond, hit a billion streams, and most people were dancing to it before they caught a single word. “It took people a while to let the lyrics get into

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