![]() ![]() Which is why A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., and Clams Casino represent Hip-Hop / Rap on the first day of the festival. The festival itself, like the website, lost that type of exclusiveness in the best way possible. A website that recently called Flockaveli, “the single most influential gangsta rap record of the new decade,” High praise from a website that once reviewed a Jet album simply by including a video of a monkey pissing in its own mouth. The website has despite its reputation, began to be a forefront of emerging rap artists. There is still amounts of that, but Pitchfork has expanded its audience, even giving Kanye West’s seminal album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy a perfect Ten out of Ten. The website itself used to be harped on for championing flash in the pan indie records that seemingly no one listened too. It plays second fiddle to the behemoth of music that is Lollapalooza within the city, but has started to carve out its own niche. Pitchfork Fest starts next month in downtown Chicago. ![]()
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