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Sounds like:
Sam Gellaitry,
Ekali,
Gravez
By
sean o
on
Nov 29, 2015
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Heard of the Illuminati? Well, they don't got shit on pizza cult.
One prominent pizza cult member, Sam, makes brash bass music under the moniker Goldwater. Or maybe Goldwater is his last name. Or maybe pizza cult members drink gold water to wash dow...
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2

Sounds like:
A Sol Mechanic,
Handbook,
Guru Griff
By
sean o
on
Nov 27, 2015
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Producers often cite J Dilla as an influence. That's understandable. What I'm impressed by is how a young producer like Flamingosis can pay homage to Jay Dee while carving out his own smooth-ass niche so effortlessly.
"Getting Close To You" puts a s...
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3

Sounds like:
Christian Tiger School,
sinh,
Madlib
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Nov 25, 2015
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Caught sleeping, we all were. For many this will be your first time hearing the sounds of SLABOFMISUSE, which is good. The South African native has some serious beatery up his sleeves, which I've seen him use to merk people. I've also seen his beater...
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4

Sounds like:
Tuamie,
Apollo Brown,
Knxwledge
By
sweeney kovar
on
Oct 16, 2015
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Lyman Woodard Organization's Saturday Night Special is a diggers record. The Detroit LP packs the kind of artfully arranged jazz-funk hybrid that has hypnotized hip-hop era record sleuths.
It's one of DJ House Shoes' favorite records. So much so tha...
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5

Sounds like:
Knxwledge,
Teebs,
Illingsworth
By
sweeney kovar
on
Oct 2, 2015
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The name of Zap Francis may not immediately have you thinking of beats and bass lines, but with compositions like "Chime End" our auteur could pick any appellation out of Flash Gordon and I'd be down.
"Chime End" begins as a beautiful disarray befo...
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6

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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7

Sounds like:
Maribou State,
Cosmonaut Grechko,
Hollis Parker
By
RSkotarczyk
on
Sep 10, 2015
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Oh, glorious day! We're very excited to premiere Titeknots' single, "Buzzard Walk." Have you ever heard a sound so lovely?
If the heart could sing its own story about life and love, "Buzzard Walk" is what it would sound like. Titeknots has created s...
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8

Sounds like:
Waajeed,
Tall Black Guy,
Kaytranada
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 5, 2015
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I had a bad joke about a Sage Francis/Zap Mama mash-up to start talking about Zap Francis, but I think we're all better off without it.
I can't say too much about today's peculiarly named artist, because, well, there is not much to know. First hear...
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