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bee choi's avatar

i love this post, all the historical context and NPR history. my recent post (yesterday! wow timing! universe) is my 'definitive' Tiny Desk moments that quickly revealed itself to be a hip-hop hot list. Clipse inspired my post as well and, of course, T-Pain is mentioned as the turning point of viral success. https://partydip.substack.com/p/the-definitive-tiny-desk-concerts

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John Wright's avatar

Wow! Yea crazy timing!! I just read your piece and learned about a few Tiny Desk shows that I missed. Had no idea that Gucci Mane was on there - that's going to the top of my list.

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bee choi's avatar

wild how long ago it was now! as gucci himself might say (time to) “catch up!” lol

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malvika's avatar

loved learning about the history of tiny desk, and very well written — thank you!

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Leonie's avatar

only once they started featuring Black artists post T-pain

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Tricia's avatar

I have the new Anohni tiny desk queued up, looking forward to it

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