Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds: Mama D/Leimert Park

From the lush record Sounds of Crenshaw Vol. 1, by Terrace Martin’s supergroup The Pollyseeds, comes “Mama D/Leimert Park“—on which Martin (who produced Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly) plays all the instruments, as well as the vocoder-aided vocals. The song is current while feeling a little like a throwback, thanks in part to that hi-hat. With Rose Gold and Chachi, Robert Glasper and Kamasi …

Radiohead’s Reissue of “OK Computer” Has a Hidden Treasure

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of OK Computer, Radiohead has released a £100 special edition box of the record—with a hidden treat. As well as an art book and notes from Thom Yorke, the commemorative edition comes with a C90 cassette—on which is a collection of demos and two minutes of “a bizarre high-pitched frequency.” That sound has been recognized as the ZX Spectrum (an …

2 Live Crew: Banned in the USA

Fresh Kid Ice aka Chris Wong Won of hardcore rap outfit 2 Live Crew has passed away. The Miami-based group drew plenty of controversy for their wild, sexually explicit lyrics—many of which were remarkably misogynistic—but this also made them poster children for freedom of speech. (Their most successful record 1989’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be was the first to be classified as legally obscene.) …