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The joy and the funk and the mire

37 mins | Sep 7, 2023
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Dream Hampton is arguably the most significant music journalist of her generation. Despite spending her career criticizing hip-hop’s shortcomings, she can’t help trying to fix it. Spencer Kornhaber tells her story. Read by Michael Satow.

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