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Noteworthy Hip Hop

Rediscovering 24-Carat Black

By Noah Springer • December 22nd, 2020

Noah talks to Zach Schonfeld about his new book on the overlooked legacy of funk and soul band 24-Carat Black.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2020

By Noah Springer • November 27th, 2020

Fresh hip hop for you!

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2020

By Noah Springer • October 21st, 2020

Last year, I was overwhelmed by all the quality drops over the full season, and this year, September 25 seemed to mark the beginning of the season with an amazing selection of releases I just can’t do justice.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2020

By Noah Springer • September 23rd, 2020

In honor of the new old Tony Hawk game, we’ve got hip hop to grind to.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2020

By Noah Springer • September 1st, 2020

“We’re still in quarantine, and I’m still listening to beats and rhymes.”

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2020

By Noah Springer • August 7th, 2020

These are some revolutionary times we’re living in, so this month, Noahs dives into a few albums that match that vibe.

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Music for the Revolution

By Noah Springer • June 18th, 2020

Noah highlights some new hip hop albums well suited for our moment in history.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2020

By Noah Springer • May 8th, 2020

Noah finds a bit of normalcy in hip hop when that quarantine paranoia begins to set in.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – March 2020

By Noah Springer • April 8th, 2020

Noah celebrates this column’s one-year anniversary with some great new albums.

Exploits Feature

Modernism and Auto-Tune

By Noah Springer • March 20th, 2020

“I see auto-tune playing the same role in hip hop in the last two decades as photography played in art in the 19th and early 20th century.”

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – February 2020

By Noah Springer • March 6th, 2020

This month’s column includes one of the more powerful albums Noah’s heard in a while.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – January 2020

By Noah Springer • February 4th, 2020

Noah checks out what the ’20s have in store.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – December 2019

By Noah Springer • January 12th, 2020

Noah says “goodbye” to 2019 by saying “hello” to a few albums he overlooked during the year.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2019

By Noah Springer • December 3rd, 2019

Fresh November beats!

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2019

By Noah Springer • November 7th, 2019

Just like a white girl’s cup filled with pumpkin spice, Noah’s ears runneth over with great hip hop this month.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2019

By Noah Springer • September 30th, 2019

Noah alternates between the unknown and known with this month’s hip hop.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2019

By Noah Springer • August 29th, 2019

Noah’s endlessly fascinated by the deep range and mutability of hip hop’s subgenres.

Open Letter to Legion

By Noah Springer • August 16th, 2019

My beautiful, heady, unwieldy love –  what am I to do with you?

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2019

By Noah Springer • July 31st, 2019

Noah’s got another month’s worth of fresh beats and wants to hear if you’re digging his tastes.

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Springfield Forever

By Noah Springer • July 22nd, 2019

Some mobile games are only entertaining for a few hours. For Noah, The Simpsons Tapped Out has proven fun for nearly a decade.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – June 2019

By Noah Springer • June 27th, 2019

Noah Springer’s hip hop musings make the jump from the web to Unwinnable Magazine proper.

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – May 2019

By Noah Springer • May 31st, 2019

May was an eclectic month for hip hop. All sorts of flavors here, but mostly: Lizzo!

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2019

By Noah Springer • April 30th, 2019

Noah’s got new hip-hop for April!

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Noteworthy Hip Hop – March 2019

By Noah Springer • March 26th, 2019

Fresh hip hop selections for March!

Exploits Feature

Unknown Influences

By Noah Springer • September 4th, 2018

What happens when a fiction leaks out into the world and changes it?

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