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The Cobain 50 — 126 episodes

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1

Come As You Are: A Live Finale Episode

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Daniel Johnston – Yip/Jump Music (1983)

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Half Japanese – We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love (1990)

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Butthole Surfers – Pee Pee the Sailor (1983) and Locust Abortion Technician (1987)

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Swans – Young God (1984)

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Bonus: Ray Farrell’s Journey Through Indie and Major Labels

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Bonus: A Deeper Listen with Matt Cameron

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The Frogs - It's Only Right and Natural (1989)

9

What Records? - What Is It. (Compilation) (1982)

10

Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth (1980)

11

The Faith and Void – The Faith/Void Split LP (1982)

12

Flipper – Album – Generic Flipper (1982)

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Bonus: The Gits on Sound & Vision Live

14

The Saints – Eternally Yours (1978)

15

Scratch Acid – Scratch Acid (1984)

16

Public Image Ltd. – The Flowers of Romance (1981)

17

Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring (1985)

18

It's Christmas in Seattle: We'll Be Back in 2025!

19

Fang – Landshark! (1983)

20

Saccharine Trust – Paganicons (1981)

21

Fear – The Record (1982)

22

Tales of Terror – Tales of Terror (1984)

23

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged Turns 30

24

Bonus: A Deeper Listen with Pedro the Lion

25

Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)

26

Mazzy Star – She Hangs Brightly (1990)

27

Black Flag – Damaged (1981)

28

Revisiting Nevermind and In Utero

29

Gang of Four – Entertainment! (1979)

30

The Breeders – Pod (1990)

31

Roundtable: Respect the Classics

32

Lead Belly – Last Sessions, Volume One (1953)

33

Aerosmith – Rocks (1976)

34

Remembering Charles R. Cross, a Legend in Northwest Music Journalism

35

David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

36

The Beatles – Meet the Beatles! (1964)

37

Roundtable: Kurt <3s Melody

38

Marine Girls – Beach Party (1981)

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R.E.M. – Green (1988)

40

The Knack – Get the Knack (1979)

41

Michael Azerrad, the Man Who (Literally) Wrote the Book on Nirvana

42

Jack Endino on the Northwest Sound and the 35th Anniversary of 'Bleach'

43

Beat Happening – Jamboree (1988)

44

Wipers – Is This Real? (1980), Youth of America (1981), and Over the Edge (1983)

45

Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)

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Bonus: Hiro Yamamoto on Soundgarden, Forging New Paths, and the Circles of Power

47

Roundtable: Breaking Punk

48

Black Flag – My War (1984)

49

The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (1969)

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Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)

51

Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)

52

Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones

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Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen

54

Roundtable: Women in Punk

55

30 Years After Kurt's Death

56

Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)

57

The Raincoats – The Raincoats (1979)

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The Slits – Cut (1979)

59

PJ Harvey – Dry (1992)

60

Roundtable: The "Radical" Politics of Kurt Cobain

61

Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

62

MDC – Millions of Dead Cops (1981)

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Bad Brains – Rock for Light (1983)

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The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)

65

Roundtable: What Do The Stooges, Pixies, and The Vaselines Have in Common?

66

The Vaselines – Dying for It (1988)

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The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)

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The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)

69

The Cobain 50: Coming January 10

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2022: "Pollo Rico" by billy woods

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1974: The Cedar Park Jams

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1978: Old School Tapes

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - Women in Modern Hip-Hop

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2011: "Thuggin'" by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1999: The Alchemist Masterclass

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1988: Nasty Nes on Seattle's Halcyon Days of Hip-Hop

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1996: 3 'n the Mornin' (Part Two) by DJ Screw

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1990: Sample Culture

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2007: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1998: "Ha" by Juvenile

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Explore KEXP Podcasts!

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1992: "Tennessee" by Arrested Development

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2014: "Sheplife" by Briggs

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1982: "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1976: Lee Quiñones on the Art of Graffiti

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1995: "Shook Ones, Pt. II" by Mobb Deep

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2008: We Need to Talk About Kanye West

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - DAM on Breaking an Egg From the Inside

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2019: DAM, Palestine, and the Global Resonance of Hip-Hop

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1984: Whodini, Run-DMC, Fat Boys, and a Pivotal Year in Rap

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2009: Reese's Puffs and the Commercialization of Hip-Hop

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2004: "All Caps" by Madvillain

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1973: DJ Hollywood Starts the Party

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1989: "Cha Cha Cha" by MC Lyte

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1981: "Rapture" by Blondie

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1985: "I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2013: "3005" by Childish Gambino

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1979: "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2020: "Atrevido" by Trueno

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2017: DoNormaal on "THIRD DAUGHTER" and Hip-Hop's Accessibility

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1991: "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" by Geto Boys

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2015: "The Blacker the Berry" by Kendrick Lamar

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1997: PaRappa the Rapper

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1980: "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1983: The Wu-Tang Clan and Asian Influences in Hip-Hop

107

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2005: “luv(sic) pt 3” by Nujabes

108

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2021: "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2016: "Caroline" by Aminé

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2001: The Rivalry Between Jay-Z and Nas

111

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2012: "Oldie" by Odd Future

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1986: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2000: The Soulquarians

114

Support 50 Years of Hip-Hop During KEXP's Spring Drive!

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2006: "Mr. Me Too" by The Clipse

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1993: "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty by Nature

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2010: "Zodiac Shit" by Flying Lotus

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - Scratching and the Art of DJing

119

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1977: Grand Wizzard Theodore and the Invention of Scratching

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1975: "Let's Take It to the Stage" by Funkadelic

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - Hip-Hop's Origins

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2002: "Work It" by Missy Elliott

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1987: "Paid in Full" by Eric B. and Rakim

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2018: "Vindaloo" by Armand Hammer

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50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1994: "Stress" by Organized Konfusion

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50 Years of Hip-Hop: Coming February 1