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Sounds like:
Kidnap Kid,
Disclosure,
Flume,
Hermitude
By
RSkotarczyk
on
Jun 12, 2012
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How have I not blogged about this yet? FOR SHAME! I've been sitting on this track far too long, but this post comes with perfect timing. Enchante is Greco-Roman's newest member, and if you are familiar with Greco-Roman you'll know they house other gr...
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2

Sounds like:
Travi$ Scott,
Jacques Green,
Elliot Lipp,
Hood Internet
By
RSkotarczyk
on
Jun 11, 2012
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Ryan Hemsworth (Halifax, Canada), might be an expert in hip-hop remixes. Without changing the heavy hip-hop influenced beat, he manages to flip them on this unique chillwave tip. It's an interesting mix.Sifting trough his Soundcloud is kinda like lis...
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3
Sounds like:
Kanye,
Baauer,
Dane//Close,
Diplo,
Kid Cudi,
By
RSkotarczyk
on
May 25, 2012
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Travis$ Scott is a 19-year-old Houston native, and a perfect hybrid of everything I like about hip hop and electronic music. I was just talking to a friend about how those two genres love to flirt with each other, and here "Lights (Love Sick)" illust...
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4

Sounds like:
Basment Jaxx,
Diplo,
Star Slinger,
Brodinski
By
RSkotarczyk
on
May 22, 2012
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LFTF has been into Baauer from the beginning, so I'm not even gonna pretend like I can take credit for this awesome find. If this shit doesn't make you want to bounce, you better "Harlem Shake" that chip off your shoulder. Lose your mind in the BPM a...
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5

Sounds like:
Collin McLoughlin,
Future,
Dylan Owen
By
sean o
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May 17, 2012
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For anyone living under a musical rock, now is as good a time as ever to introduce you to Cal and Rez. The Brooklyn-based duo, better known as Timeflies, have amassed quite a following with their Youtube freestyles and covers. It's not hard to see an...
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6

Sounds like:
Aesop Rock,
Kimya Dawson,
Atmosphere
By
el gringo rico
on
Apr 19, 2012
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At first glance, you might question just what the hell a collaboration between Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson would sound like. He is a verifiable king of underground hip hop, one of the most thought-provoking and abstract lyricists of all time. Kimya, ...
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7

Sounds like:
Johnny Astro,
Frank Ocean,
Skizzy Mars
By
sean o
on
Jan 15, 2012
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Johnny Astro is a harbinger of what to expect from the urban music scene in the coming years. As the world goes digital and globalization leads to more and more ways of sharing, connecting and discovering, underground talent, especially emcees, face ...
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8

Sounds like:
Left Boy feat. Mirakle,
OK KID,
Die Orsons
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jan 14, 2012
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Besides being vaguely out-of-tune, this is actually a pretty original track. In it, Océane joins Left Boy to cover Gloria Gaynor's 1978 "I Will Survive" -- with a bit of a hip-hop twist.The man behind Left Boy is Ferdinand Sarnitz, an Austrian hip-h...
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