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Beatnick Dee - Everything Unsaid (Ft. Koncept & J57)
Beatnick Dee - Everything Unsaid (Ft. Koncept & J57)
Sounds like: Cashus King, Homeboy Sandman, Blu
By sweeney kovar on Mar 6, 2015 | The late 90s are heralded as a gilded age for underground rap, where indie MCs enjoyed robust budgets and substantial marketing efforts. While the ad dollars may not be where they once where, independent rap is as strong as it's ever been.  Beatnick... read more →
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Ras_G & The Koreatown Oddity - Live and Direct
Ras_G & The Koreatown Oddity - Live and Direct
Sounds like: Zeroh, House Shoes, Eagle Nebula
By sweeney kovar on Feb 3, 2015 | Coalescing from a cloud of backwoods smoke are Ras_G and The Koreatown Oddity, formidable in their own standings but other-worldly when merged together into the musical entity known as 5 Chuckles.  Quietly at work during 2013 and 2014, they've been ... read more →
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Quelle Chris - Love Me
Quelle Chris - Love Me
Sounds like: Blu, Joey BadA$$, Strong Arm Steady
By sweeney kovar on Jan 29, 2015 | Quelle Chris outstyles your favorite rapper in an Old Navy fleece. Ever the carefree philosopher, Quelle waxes poetically over Oakland-based producer Timestretch's piano-led quiet banger on "Love Me," questioning affection and love within rap and his... read more →
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Blu - Kiss The Sky (Large Professor Remix)
Blu - Kiss The Sky (Large Professor Remix)
Sounds like: Kendrick Lamar, Fashawn, Earl
By sweeney kovar on Jan 23, 2015 | If a picture is worth a million words, Blu is Gustav Klimt. His lyricism is symbolic with a dash of abstraction, shining with presence and passion.  A while back, he debuted an excellent loose single with DJ Revolution, "Kiss The Sky." Out of the gr... read more →
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Ras_G - Let G Know... (Keep It A Billion)
Ras_G - Let G Know... (Keep It A Billion)
Sounds like: Knxwledge, Pete Rock, Black Milk
By sweeney kovar on Dec 10, 2014 | Emerging from a thick cloud of Backwood smoke, Ras_G celebrates his upcoming arrival day (birth day for you earthlings) with the release of Down 2 Earth Vol. 2. A collection of mellow boom-bap tracks that harken back to G's younger days collecting Pe... read more →
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Diamond District - Ain't Over (Black Milk Remix)
Diamond District - Ain't Over (Black Milk Remix)
Sounds like: Oddisee, Eric Lau, Quelle Chris
By sweeney kovar on Dec 3, 2014 | March on Washington was a powerful sophomore LP from the underground all-star crew from the DMV, Diamond District. Produced entirely by group member Oddisee and featuring XO and yU's grit-and-grime barrage, the LP helped cement the crew and their reg... read more →
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Jon Wayne - Good Samaritans (Ft. Samiyam)
Jon Wayne - Good Samaritans (Ft. Samiyam)
Sounds like: Ras_G, Alchemist, SelfSays
By sweeney kovar on Dec 2, 2014 | It almost sounds like the premise to a hip-hop joke: Jon Wayne, Samiyam, and Ras_G walk into Alchemist's studio and create a banger.  Well, it's real. Stones Throw's Bukowski recently paid a visit to Al The Chemist's Venice recording compound with S... read more →
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Ras_G - Take It Slow
Ras_G - Take It Slow
Sounds like: Samiyam, Alchemist, Joey Bada$$
By sweeney kovar on Nov 14, 2014 | Ras_G, Leimert Park's high priest of boom-bap, is readying a second volume of Down to Earth, a collection of instrumental hip-hop beats. Perhaps known more for astral-travelling bass manipulations, Leaving Records and Stones Throw explain the mellowe... read more →
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