The Inventory

Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

7/12/19

11:00 AM

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TV Reviews7/12/19

TV Reviews7/12/19

Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La is a magical-yet-hokey monument to music—and to Rick Rubin

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3/22/18

5:08 PM

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Newswire3/22/18

Newswire3/22/18

The Library of Congress says Fleetwood Mac, Run D.M.C., and "Footloose" are all culturally significant

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2/5/18

7:00 AM

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Off The Charts2/5/18

Off The Charts2/5/18

Bauhaus, Run-DMC, Cocteau Twins, and other should’ve-been hits from 1983

A.V. Club Staff

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12/30/16

3:32 PM

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Newswire12/30/16

Newswire12/30/16

It’s like that: Run-D.M.C. is suing Walmart and Amazon for ripping off its brand

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11/14/16

1:00 AM

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Roundtable11/14/16

Roundtable11/14/16

30 years later, how does Beastie Boys’ Licensed To Ill hold up?

and David Anthony

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8/24/16

1:00 AM

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Soundtracks Of Our Lives8/24/16

Soundtracks Of Our Lives8/24/16

The Judgment Night soundtrack foretold the rap-rock apocalypse

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7/15/16

4:00 PM

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Great Job Internet7/15/16

Great Job Internet7/15/16

As “Walk This Way” turns 30, an artist combines other rappers and rockers

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7/9/16

10:00 AM

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Great Job Internet7/9/16

Great Job Internet7/9/16

Revisiting Run-D.M.C.’s hip-hop version of the Ghostbusters theme

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5/19/16

2:30 PM

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Great Job Internet5/19/16

Great Job Internet5/19/16

Read This: The oral history of “Walk This Way”

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3/14/16

5:00 PM

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Great Job Internet3/14/16

Great Job Internet3/14/16

A pair of new song parodies pays tribute to some comedic movie legends

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9/16/15

12:33 PM

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Newswire9/16/15

Newswire9/16/15

Universal wants to get back in the rap game, is eyeing a Def Jam biopic

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8/26/15

1:00 AM

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Inventory8/26/15

Inventory8/26/15

These are the breaks: 10 of the most sampled drum beats in music history

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7/10/14

10:00 AM

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Made In America is Ron Howard’s gosh-wow tribute to Jay Z’s music fest

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