Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database

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. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing

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. Erlewine was born in

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, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the

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, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper '' The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''.

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Erlewine's page
at Pitchfork.com
Contributions
to ''

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