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How Did I Miss That: Starchild - "All Is Fall"

Last year, Starchild reminded us all that the seasons were about to change with his winter warming jam “All Is Fall”. On almost a year to the day, our editor-in-chief conjured up a pre-winter warmer with this little beauty on the seasonally inspired compilation Robot Soup from none other than Potholes In My Blog. “All Is Fall” is …

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How Did I Miss That: Knxwledge - karma.loops.prt3

Clearly we either had too much good music to partake in June 2012 because we somehow managed to miss this positively awesome album from Philly’s own Glen Booth aka Knxwledge. The Auracle reporting for euphoric overload. You never really know just how good a particular artist is until you start going through their back catalogue …

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How Did I Miss That: Powerpuff Girls Sampling James Brown

If you hadn’t noticed already, there’s something very familiar about the Powerpuff Girls theme tune and it has something to do with James Brown… Sorry if I’m covering old ground here, but because I never had the opportunity to watch The Powerpuff Girls when I was a child (it was always on cable and we …

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How Did I Miss That: Pharrell With DJ Premier Impersonating Busta & Q-Tip

In our latest instalment of “How Did I Miss That?”, we have Pharrell and DJ Premier joking around backstage. Yesterday, we discussed what happened when Madlib and J Dilla, two of the best hip hop producers out there, got together and now we’re talking about two more: Pharrell Williams and DJ Premier. This video, which …

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How Did I Miss That: Top 10 Worst National Anthem Performances

With Alicia Keys singing the National Anthem for at the Superbowl next month, we take a look at the top 10 worst national anthem performances. To sing your country’s national anthem in front of millions is nerve wracking. It really sets the tone, whether it’s for the Superbowl in the USA or a football (soccer) match …

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How Did I Miss That - Donuts: The Videos

In this instalment of “How Did I Miss That?”, we look at the videos for Dilla’s Donuts. Last week, we told you about the re-release of Donuts as a 45 box set. The wait for that isn’t too long (it comes out in January) but if a month is too long for the “new” audio, …