Dean Van Nguyen

Dean Van Nguyen is a music journalist. Below are 177 of 177 articles datpiff.ink indexes across 3 publications. Each links out to the original at the publisher.

• Rock to the Rhythm: The Story of Lexicon — POW · Jun 09, 2026
• Concrete Jungle Jazz: Cataloging Grupo Um’s Jittery São Paulo-Based Music — POW · Feb 10, 2026
• Paul Wall Had a Great Year — POW · Jan 03, 2023
• The Fantasist: Namir Blade Takes Us to Metropolis — POW · Jun 16, 2022
• A Man Apart: On Steel Tipped Dove’s 'Call Me When You’re Outside' — POW · Jan 20, 2022
• A General Sense of Menace: Big Jade’s 'Pressure' — POW · Jun 22, 2021
• The Pick of the Litter: "Come Back in One Piece" — POW · Apr 23, 2021
• Hero vs. Villain: "I Wonder" — POW · Jan 13, 2021
• Pop Lock These Words: The Story of Jean Grae’s Jeanius — POW · Sep 01, 2020
• Texas Forever: Dretti Franks Channels Vintage DJ Screw — POW · Jun 15, 2020
• Championship Crunk: On Duke Deuce's Memphis Massacre 2 — POW · Mar 31, 2020
• Keep Dealing: On Pusha T's "Puppets (Succession Remix)" — POW · Oct 16, 2019
• Legends Never Die: On the Return of Ghostface Killah — POW · Oct 01, 2019
• Veteran from the West: Spice 1 Remains The O.G. — POW · Sep 25, 2019
• Carol City ZUU: On Denzel Curry and Miami — POW · Jun 24, 2019
• On the Bridge Without a Rope: Boogie's Everything's For Sale — POW · Feb 07, 2019
• A Winter's Tale: Ten Years of 808s & Heartbreak — POW · Nov 27, 2018
• Lil Peep, One Year Later — POW · Nov 18, 2018
• From the Red Clay Soil: An Interview With Jack Wilkins — POW · Oct 16, 2018
• Still on the Grind: Bun B Strikes Back With Return of the Trill — POW · Sep 17, 2018
• Back To The Classroom: On Skooly’s “Dope Fiend” — POW · Sep 06, 2018
• The Cosmic Analog of Charif Megarbane — POW · Aug 27, 2018
• RIP C Struggs, A Dallas Legend — POW · Aug 13, 2018
• Fight Of His Life: C Struggs Faces Mortality on 'Why Not Hustle 2' — POW · Jun 06, 2018
• What's Old Is New: Ryan Porter's 'The Optimist' Finally Arrives — POW · Mar 15, 2018
• 14k Heaven: Payroll Giovanni and Cardo Return with 'Big Bossin’ Vol. 2' — POW · Feb 12, 2018
• iPhone Assassin: The Scintillating Rise of Molly Brazy — POW · Jan 29, 2018
• 'Bout It, 'Bout It: Cam’ron gets with 'The Program' — POW · Dec 11, 2017
• Best Two: NxWorries Re-Invent The Remix — POW · Nov 16, 2017
• 100 Round Goon: The Thrilling Rise of Q Da Fool — POW · Oct 25, 2017
• Ooooooohh, on the S4U Tip: Britain’s Slickest New R&B Act — POW · Jul 06, 2017
• Puff Daddy’s 'No Way Out' Turns 20 — POW · Jun 30, 2017
• Mach-Hommy and Knxwledge Team Up on 'The Spook' — POW · Jun 20, 2017
• Mafioso Monster: On Payroll Giovanni's 'Payface' — POW · May 30, 2017
• Raekwon’s 10 Favorite Hip-Hop Albums of All Time — Consequence · Mar 24, 2017
• Dippin’ Again: Juelz Santana’s Unlikely Comeback — POW · Mar 21, 2017
• Album Review: Real Estate – In Mind — Consequence · Mar 14, 2017
• The Meaning of Biggie: On Life After Death — Consequence · Mar 09, 2017
• Bay Area Boomin': On Nef the Pharaoh's Thrilling Career — POW · Jan 26, 2017
• Ain’t Nothin’ but a Paris Hit: PNL and the Art of French Hip-Hop — POW · Jan 03, 2017
• Red or Dead: On YG’s “Red Friday” — POW · Dec 05, 2016
• Michael Jackson's "Invincible" Turns 15 — POW · Nov 02, 2016
• Knxwledge & .Paak 2020: On NxWorries' Yes Lawd! — POW · Oct 20, 2016
• The Stuff of Lore: Shabaka & The Ancestors' Wisdom of Elders — POW · Sep 29, 2016
• Album Review: Local Natives – Sunlit Youth — Consequence · Sep 09, 2016
• Blonde on Blond: The Return of Frank Ocean — POW · Aug 27, 2016
• Westside Right on Time: The latest from Compton's Boogie — POW · Jul 13, 2016
• Album Review: BadBadNotGood – IV — Consequence · Jul 08, 2016
• Endless Summer: A Look At Roy Ayers' 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' — POW · Jun 27, 2016
• Silence is Golden: The Alchemist and Havoc Team Up on 'The Silent Partner' — POW · Jun 10, 2016
• Burn Hollywood Burn: Dumbfoundead’s “Safe” — POW · Jun 02, 2016
• Album Review: Aesop Rock – The Impossible Kid — Consequence · May 02, 2016
• Album Review: ASAP Ferg – Always Strive and Prosper — Consequence · Apr 25, 2016
• Album Review: M. Ward – More Rain — Consequence · Mar 01, 2016
• From The Vault: Jeru The Damaja Drops Three Lost Dirty Rotten Demos — POW · Feb 16, 2016
• Album Review: Young Thug – I’m Up — Consequence · Feb 09, 2016
• It's Not Supposed to Rain at the Beach: On Anderson .Paak's Malibu — POW · Jan 28, 2016
• “Dope Beats To Step To”: Timbaland’s King Stays King — POW · Jan 20, 2016
• David Bowie Tribute: The Covers of Bowie — POW · Jan 15, 2016
• “We Can Make It Better”: Building Kanye West’s 'Late Registration' — POW · Sep 23, 2015
• Evil Lurks in the Shadow: DOOMSTARK’s “Lively Hood" — POW · Sep 16, 2015
• The Corrections: Ghostface's 'Pretty Toney Album' — POW · Aug 20, 2015
• Dr. Dre Makes His Final Rounds — POW · Aug 11, 2015
• Dad Blood: The Rising Star of Compton Rapper, Boogie — POW · Jul 23, 2015
• All Driller No Filler: King Louie’s ‘Drilluminati 3’ — POW · Jun 22, 2015
• Make a Scene: Shamir’s XL Debut, “Ratchet” — POW · May 22, 2015
• Soul Controllers: An Interview with BADBADNOTGOOD — POW · Mar 30, 2015
• Solarized: Best Coast's New Single "California Nights" — POW · Feb 27, 2015
• The Harder They Come: Ghostface Killah and Badbadnotgood feat MF DOOM “Ray Gun” Video — POW · Feb 06, 2015
• Deep Purple: The Making of Cam’ron’s “Purple Haze” — POW · Dec 09, 2014
• To the Top Floor: Big K.R.I.T. "See Me On Top 4" — POW · Oct 10, 2014
• Funk Wit Da Style: The Making of Craig Mack’s "Project: Funk Da World" — POW · Sep 26, 2014
• No Gangster Boogie – Thirst 48 — POW · Jul 25, 2014
• Unsolved Mystery: In Search of Young Lay — POW · Apr 07, 2014
• New Jack Cinema: From The Block to the Big Screen — POW · Oct 01, 2013
• Kentucky Deity: The Evolution of Allen Poe — Bandcamp Daily
• Yussef Kamaal, “Black Focus” — Bandcamp Daily
• After 40 Years, Neftali Santiago Releases His Solo Funk Masterwork — Bandcamp Daily
• Searching For Sugar Man: How Nigeria’s Joe King Kologbo Lived The Highlife — Bandcamp Daily
• Vincent Ahehehinnou, “Best Woman” — Bandcamp Daily
• A Guide to The Many Faces of Multi-Instrumentalist Charif Megarbane — Bandcamp Daily
• Renaissance Man: The Story of Hermeto Pascoal’s Great Lost Album, “Viajando Com O Som” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: December 2017 / January 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• Man of the Hour: The Resurrection of Jazz Legend Hailu Mergia — Bandcamp Daily
• “Gumba Fire” Looks Back at the “Bubblegum” Side of ’80s African Music — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: February/March 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• Renaissance Man: The Undervalued Career of French Jazz Virtuoso Jef Gilson — Bandcamp Daily
• Joe Armon-Jones Captures the Pluralistic Grooves of Modern London Jazz — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: April/May 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Story of Don Cherry’s Forgotten Classic “Home Boy (Sister Out)” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Story of Phat Kat, “Carte Blanche,” and The Gods of Detroit Hip-Hop — Bandcamp Daily
• The Unlikely Story of Tohru Aizawa Quartet’s Obscure Japanese Jazz Classic — Bandcamp Daily
• Jess Sah Bi & Peter One, “Our Garden Needs Its Flowers” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: June/July 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• Oneness of Juju, “African Rhythms” — Bandcamp Daily
• Marissa Nadler, “For My Crimes” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Unearthing of Thelonious Monk’s Lost Live Classic — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: August/September 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Story of Preacherman’s Puppet-Assisted Outsider Funk — Bandcamp Daily
• Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler ft. Dames Brown, “The One” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr, “Jazz, Jazz, Jazz” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: October/November 2018 — Bandcamp Daily
• Orchestre Abass, “De Bassari Togo” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Funky Reinvention of Jaye P. Morgan — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: December 2018/January 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• Houssam Gania, “Mosawi Swiri” — Bandcamp Daily
• Live Without Fear: Rediscovering the Spiritual Jazz of Infinite Spirit Music — Bandcamp Daily
• Chocolate, “Peru’s Master Percussionist” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: February/March 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• Big Bend, “Radish” — Bandcamp Daily
• Ernest Ranglin’s Lost Reggae-Disco Classic Gets a Second Life — Bandcamp Daily
• Azymuth, “Demos (1973​-​75) Volumes 1&2” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: April/May 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Young Ones of Guyana, “On Tour” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: June/July 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• Mia & Judd Apatow’s Grandfather Was a Giant of Soul and Jazz — Bandcamp Daily
• The Utopia Strong, “The Utopia Strong” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: August/September 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• Ana Mazzotti’s Smooth Samba-Jazz is Rescued From Obscurity — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues of 2019 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: January/February 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• Revisiting Sparkle’s 1979 LP, the Album That Made Disco Cool Again — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: March/April 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• With “Maria Maria” Brazilian Legend Milton Nascimento Took His Sound to the Ballet — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: May/June 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• Sharhabil Ahmed’s Reign Is Clear On “The King Of Sudanese Jazz” — Bandcamp Daily
• Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids Continue Their Musical Odyssey on “Shaman!” — Bandcamp Daily
• Georgia Anne Muldrow (as Jyoti), “Mama, You Can Bet!” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: July/August 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• Funk Legend Steve Arrington Celebrates a Long Career with “Down to The Lowest Terms” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: September/October 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues of 2020 — Bandcamp Daily
• Marcos Resende & Index, “Marcos Resende & Index” — Bandcamp Daily
• Ennio Morricone, “I Due Evasi Di Sing Sing” — Bandcamp Daily
• Bunny Scott, “To Love Somebody” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: January/February 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• Wau Wau Collectif, “Yaral Sa Doom” — Bandcamp Daily
• Guedra Guedra كدرة كدرة, “Vexillology” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: March/April 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: May/June 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: July/August 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• Common, “A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2)” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: September/October 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues of 2021 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: January/February 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Origins of Egyptian Music Legend Hamid Al Shaeri — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: March/April 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: May/June 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• Exploring the Vintage Eclecticism of Numero Group — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: July/August 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: September/October 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues of 2022 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: January/February 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• DJ Black Low, “Impumelelo” — Bandcamp Daily
• Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, “Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988​-​89” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: March/April 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: May/June 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• Charif Megarbane, “Marzipan” — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: July/August 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: September/October 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues of 2023 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Best Reissues on Bandcamp: January/February 2024 — Bandcamp Daily
• The Travellers, “Black Black Minds” — Bandcamp Daily
• Keanu Nelson, “Wilurarrakutu” — Bandcamp Daily
• Various Artists, “Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia” — Bandcamp Daily
• Manu Chao, “Viva Tu” — Bandcamp Daily
• Bob Marley and The Wailers, “Soul Rebels” — Bandcamp Daily
• Meklit, “A Piece of Infinity” — Bandcamp Daily
• Potential Badboy, “Elusive” — Bandcamp Daily
• Gasper Lawal, “Ajomasé” — Bandcamp Daily
• Zig-Zag Band, “Chigiyo Music Kings 1987–1998” — Bandcamp Daily
• Various Artists, “Ghana Special: Highlife” — Bandcamp Daily
• David Zé, “Mutudi Ua Ufolo / Viuva Da Liberdade 1975” — Bandcamp Daily
• YĪN YĪN, “Yatta!” — Bandcamp Daily
• Tilaye Gebre, “Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band (የጥላዬ ሳክስ ከዳህላክ ባንድ ጋር)” — Bandcamp Daily
• Various Artists, “Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986–91” — Bandcamp Daily
• Wesenyeleh Mebreku, “Resonance of Time (የጊዜ ቃና)” — Bandcamp Daily