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\nOn her first EP, on rap mixtapes and in hit singles, R&B singer Jhen\u00e9 Aiko has cooed alongside a who's-who of hip-hop: Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, Wale. Her song<\/b> with Drake, "From Time," topped the charts this past year. But Aiko isn't content to be your …
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\nThat they're both dead doesn't really matter. Mellencamp believes in channeling, that other voices speak through him when he's writing music<\/b>. … It will become a whole new song<\/b>." Fans of roots-based music<\/b> should appreciate the disc, said Jed Hilly …<\/b>
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