Scattered, Smothered and Covered: Music mags keep Atlanta acts on blast
Black Lips cover Filter. Waka covers Respect. Yelawolf covers the Fader. T.I. and Keri Hilson cover Vibe
What do Waka Flocka and Black Lips have in common? Well yes, some of that, but also this: They're among the five Atlanta-based acts currently gracing the covers of national music mags. Just a reminder that the city's cross-genre musical dominance has yet to grow stale. On some Barry Manilow ish: We write the songs that make the whole world sing.
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Black Lips cover Filter:
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Punks. Provocateurs. Incendiary. Infamous. The notorious Black Lips have earned many labels, somehow simultaneously embracing and dismissing each one—viciously spitting in the face of naysayers and raucously embracing the crowds who cheer them on at every stage. They’ve been banned from venues too many times to count, stirred up controversy in every corner of the world, and recorded a half-dozen albums of truly awesome lo-fi punk—and done it all with straightforward sincerity and charm.
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Respect. editor Elliott Wilson defends his decision to put Waka Flocka Flame on the cover: