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The Organist

Episode 48: Shook Ones, Revisited

Hua Hsu on the secret behind an ancient unsolved mystery of 90's East Coast hip-hop and the genius of listening.

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By Andrew Leland • Mar 3, 2015 • 8m Listen

Writer Hua Hsu on the mystifying genius of the great New York hip-hop group Mobb Deep, the genius of obsessive German hip-hop fans on the Internet, and the unfathomable, haunting piano loop that connects them.

Photo courtesy Mobb Deep

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    Andrew Leland

    author of “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir At The End Of Sight”

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    author of “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir At The End Of Sight”

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