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upful LIFE’s B.Getz takes a look back at seventeen standout albums of 2017, including works from SZA, Adam Deitch, JAY-Z, Chronixx, Dimond Saints and more.

Hovering above the clouds and strolling down memory lane, ever the veteran OG, Premier knows that the mass appeal remains hard to earn. When his BADDER crew takes the stage to represent, with militia-like discipline and a New York state of mind, they kick in the door, and mos’ definitely take it personal. New York, ya out there? My advice to you is to step in the arena when Crooklyn Comes Alive, because although DJ Premier is royalty and still boasts the skills, he will not be puttin’ in work forever.

August’s gigantic Oregon Eclipse 2107 was an ambitious, fulfilling, once-in-a-lifetime endeavor, captained by Symbiosis Gathering and enlisting a dozen transformational

Last week in Central Oregon, a dozen celebrated international music and art festivalscongregated on the majestic Big Summit Prairie for a

Dimond Saints release their fantastic re-work of Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” after the song’s massive LIB debut.

A luminary of the West Coast’s psychedelic-bass music diaspora, Random Rab rises to occasion with Formless Edge, his eleventh full-length solo opus released Friday, June