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18 de August de 2026
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The Birth of Afrofuturism: When the Future Became Memory

There is something deeply paradoxical about the birth of Afrofuturism. A movement that imagined spaceships, extraterrestrial civilisations, advanced technology and impossible futures was born, to a large extent, from a question about the past. What happens when a people have had much of their history taken away? ...
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29 de July de 2026
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The Day the Turntable Became an Instrument

There are inventions that changed the way we make music. Others transformed the way we record it, distribute it or preserve it for future generations. But every now and then, someone looks at an ordinary object and imagines a purpose nobody else had considered before. The turntable is one of those objects....
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17 de July de 2026
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The Culture of Sampling: When Memory Learned How to Make Music

There’s a persistent misconception that has followed the sampler ever since it first appeared. Many people still see it as a machine for copying sounds—a shortcut for musicians who can’t play an instrument. An easy way out. But all it takes is a look at the history of popular music to realise the opposite is true. Sampling was never about replacing creativity...
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10 de July de 2026
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EMI Nigeria: When Lagos Was the African Capital of Vinyl

There was a time when buying a record in Lagos was almost as normal as doing so in London, New York or Tokyo. Today it may seem difficult to imagine, especially if we think about the current state of the African music industry, but during the 1970s Nigeria became the greatest recording industry powerhouse on the continent....
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19 de June de 2026
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How Jamaica Changed Electronic Music Forever

Some countries produce great musicians. Others change the course of music history. Jamaica belongs firmly in the latter category. When we talk about the evolution of electronic music, we tend to focus on places like Detroit, Chicago, Berlin or Manchester. And rightly so...
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13 de June de 2026
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How Jazz Saved Hip Hop in the 90s

Every so often in music history, two seemingly different worlds collide and create something far greater than the sum of their parts. The relationship between jazz and hip hop is one of those stories....
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6 de June de 2026
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Latin Soul: The Story Almost Nobody Talks About

Some music is made to entertain. Other music is born because people needed a way to breathe. Latin soul belongs to the second category...
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11 de April de 2026
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PART I — 2PAC: Streets’ Poet,  Storm’s Prophet

Before the mythology, before the headlines, there was Tupac Shakur—a kid shaped by movement, politics, and contradiction. Born in Harlem in 1971 and raised between New York and the West Coast, Pac didn’t just inherit struggle...
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11 de April de 2026
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Two Icons, One Story, A Culture That Changed Forever

There are stories in hip hop that feel larger than music—stories that define eras, redraw boundaries, and leave a permanent mark on culture. The intertwined journeys of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. sit right at the center of that conversation...
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4 de April de 2026
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From Yard to the World: The Living History of the Jamaican Sound System

The Jamaican sound system isn’t just a way to play music—it’s a cultural engine, a street-level institution, and one of the most influential forces in modern music history. Born in the yards of Kingston in the late 1940s, the sound system emerged from necessity, ingenuity, and a deep hunger for rhythm...
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