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1

Sounds like:
Shabazz Palaces,
THEESatisfaction
By
sean o
on
Feb 26, 2017
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Gorilla vs. Bear premiered this silky Porter Ray joint earlier this month. It's been sitting in my SoundCloud Likes for nearly as long, waiting patiently for me to share it with y'all.
The Seattle-based rapper is two weeks away from dropping his deb...
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2

Sounds like:
Eminem,
Atmosphere,
Murs
By
Almond Ivan
on
Feb 8, 2016
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Shan Vincent de Paul is about as forward thinking as hip-hop can get. With an influence outside of music -- branching into areas like spirituality -- along with inspiration sourced from filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson and Terrence Malick, it's e...
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3

Sounds like:
Jon Wayne,
SelfSays,
The Koreatown Oddity
By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 13, 2015
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Zeroh spits that Jodorowsky rap.
After being conspicuously absent from new music since an instrumental beat tape from earlier this year, the mercurial MC re-emerged on his birthday (November 5th) to drop a new song, "ALLDAYEVERYTHING."
Frantic, pu...
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4

Sounds like:
Chester Watson,
Kid Cudi,
Izzy Jone$
By
sean o
on
Oct 1, 2015
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East Bay rapper/producer Mylo Mu is back in Berkeley after spending the summer in North Carolina.
Mylo tells me that abstract hip-hop joint "Angelia" is the byproduct of his East Coast experiences with lucid dreaming and Afro-Surrealism. Coincidenta...
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5

Sounds like:
Mick Jenkins,
Chester Watson
By
sean o
on
May 30, 2015
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East Bay in the house. Rapper/producer Mylo Mu is studying African American studies at UC Berkeley and crafting purposeful hip-hop, like new joint "Frida Mayhlo."
Inspired by Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky and co-produced by K...
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6

Sounds like:
Goldlink,
Ab-Soul,
Brasstracks
By
Almond Ivan
on
Apr 27, 2015
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Hip-hop honestly doesn't do much for me. But when I hit play on "Know This World," my eyes glistened. When I saw that Ivan Jackson, trumpet player and one-half of Brasstracks, produced this tune, I got a bit giddy.
The art for this track puts a spi...
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7

Sounds like:
Queens D.Light,
Ta'Raach,
ThEESatisfaction
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 29, 2015
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The MC known as Eagle Nebula was raised in Inglewood but cut her teeth as an MC, poet, and all-around writer in the cold streets of N.Y. Now back in L.A., Nebs has wasted no time re-connecting to her native garden.
After spear-heading a city-sponso...
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8

By
Hugh McClure
on
Dec 9, 2014
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A couple of weeks back, we covered "Van Gogh," the first of two collaborative releases from Melbourne hip-hop outfit Milwaukee Banks.
After first teaming up with production wizard Andrei Eremin, they've just released the second installment of this p...
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