Nate Patrin

Nate Patrin is a longtime music critic whose writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including Pitchfork , Stereogum , Spin , Bandcamp Daily , Red Bull Music Academy , and his hometown Twin Cities' late alt-weekly City Pages . His first book, Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop (Minnesota, 2020), was named a Best Music Book of 2020 by Kirkus and Rolling Stone .

Nate Patrin is a longtime music critic whose writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including Pitchfork , Stereogum , Spin , Bandcamp Daily , Red Bull Music Academy , and his hometown Twin Cities' late alt-weekly City Pages . His first book, Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop (Minnesota, 2020), was named a Best Music Book of 2020 by Kirkus and Rolling Stone . See less