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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Master Blazter,
Shafiq Husayn
By
sweeney kovar
on
Mar 16, 2012
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Jovan Coleman was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. A self taught musician, he relocated to California in 2007 to live out his calling as a DJ, producer, and drummer. J-1 quickly became an integral staple of the Los Angeles music scene, whether on ...
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2

Sounds like:
Georgia Anne Muldrow,
Apollo Brown,
Invincible
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 17, 2012
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Detroit native Boog Brown has been putting in work in the indie circuit for the past few years and seems poised to make 2012 a big year for herself. The MC/poet just dropped her full length remix project The Brown Study Remixes, she has her first sev...
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3
Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Random Axe,
Main Attrakionz
By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 18, 2011
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Danny Brown is my pick for breakout rapper of 2011, and I am completely biased. I first met Danny in 2008 when he still wore jeans a few sizes too big and still had braids. But he was always the weirdo rap nerd that he is being celebrated as now, it ...
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4

Sounds like:
Gilles Peterson,
Floating Points,
Waajeed
By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 17, 2011
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Eric Lau is a young, gifted producer and DJ from the UK. Introduced to many by Gilles Peterson in 2006, his first LP New Territories proved him to be beyond his years in musical sensibilities. The debut album combined a soul aesthetic with Detroit-in...
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5

Sounds like:
Frank N Dank,
14KT,
Elzhi
By
clodomiro
on
Oct 23, 2011
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Ro Spit's album The Glass Ceiling Project drops later this month. The Detroit representative has been working hard to break the "glass ceiling" that often hovers over artists' careers and has enlisted some of Detroit's finest to help out. With guest ...
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6

Sounds like:
Romye (The Pharcyde),
Danny Brown,
Eazy E
By
Eric Fallows
on
Oct 18, 2011
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A first listen to Dopehead back in early 2010 proved to be shocking for its time. Then, a couple of his videos were displayed at The 1440 Collective located on the eastside of Detroit, and he transcended official. Like any other music lover who skips...
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7

Sounds like:
Main Attrakionz,
Elzhi,
Eminem
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 9, 2011
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Danny Brown might have been considered a fringe artist this time last year, but the recent release of his newest (free!) album XXX and its proceeding reception show that the hybrid's popularity is growing by the day. A quick recap: In the mid 2000s D...
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