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Chicago beat maker Spectacular Diagnostics brings a mystical touch to underground hip-hop

by Leor Galil July 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago hip-hop producer and visual artist Robert Krums has been making music for nearly two decades, and for most of that time he went by the name Earmint. About five years ago, he reinvented himself as Spectacular Diagnostics. Fortunately, the reputation in the national underground he’d earned as Earmint helped him assemble a hit squad […]

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Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap gets bootlegged again, this time on vinyl

by Leor Galil April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

There are new hip-hop bootleg records hitting the market, including a vinyl version of Chance the Rapper’s breakout 2013 mixtape, Acid Rap.

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