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    Joanna Newsom is bringing lyrics back to popular music
    Source: The Seattle Times
    Tuesday 9th March, 2010  

    As in hiphop, so it was in other pop musics: the aughts devalued lyrics.

    Rap became "all about the beats" and rock became obsessed with sonic grandeur.

    From Soulja Boy to Madlib, Nickelback to Arcade... ...

    Read the full story at The Seattle Times


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