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Nate Patrin

Nate Patrin is a St. Paul resident and cultural critic specializing in popular music. Since the late 1990s, his work has appeared in sites and publications including Pitchfork, Stereogum, Spin, Red Bull Music Academy, The Shfl, and City Pages. He is the author of two books: Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop and The Needle and the Lens: Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock’n’Roll to Synthwave.

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The Needle and the Lens: Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock’n’Roll to Synthwave (University of Minnesota Press, 2023)

Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop (University of Minnesota Press, 2020)

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