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Sounds like:
Kendrick Lamar,
Thundercat,
Kamasi Washington
By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 16, 2015
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Do you know Terrance Martin? You should and you need to. The L.A. native grew up with Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, and a string of other black luminaries that have been lighting up the music industry on the back-end for years but as of late have be...
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2

Sounds like:
Juju Rogers,
Bishop Nehru
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Dec 5, 2015
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H-H-H-Hot damn! My favorite indie label Jakarta Records has just given us all some news to hum about -- FloFilz's new album Speakthru is almost ready.
Now, if you'll remember they are the label responsible for that glorious JuJu Rogers album, so it ...
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3

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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4

Sounds like:
Fama Eightyseven,
Bugseed,
Jazz Jousters,
Jesse Futerman
By
David Peter Simon
on
Sep 28, 2015
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I fall for anyone who pits Bill Evans piano against the pitter patter of chopped hi-hats and classic French film.
In case you were wondering, the lovely French words are from "Pierrot le fou." The track's by Untitled Memories, a single man spin-off...
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5

Sounds like:
Kamasi Washington,
Eddie Moore,
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 18, 2015
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Jazz is the foundation of American music, but you wouldn't know that by turning on the radio unless you're a seasoned musician or musicologist. The improvisational aspect has bled into and formed pop music as we know it, and its tones and rhythms bir...
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6

Sounds like:
Kendrick Lamar,
Sounwave,
XV
By
sean o
on
Sep 18, 2015
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When Maryland rapper Ace Cosgrove sent me a private link to his ambitious new record Baby Need Food, I was immediately drawn to "Black/Flawless," a track anchored by the heady, jazzy spirits of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly.
Baby Need Food is...
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7

Sounds like:
Titeknots,
Leigh D Oliver,
Detroit Swindle
By
RSkotarczyk
on
Sep 14, 2015
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SoSure Music presents Hollis Parker's latest EP What You Need. All three tracks offer Parker's signature sound — jazzy, classic house romps that seem to speak of bustling cities, chilled evenings, secret getaways, and lovers.
With that in mind, the ...
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8

Sounds like:
Card on Spokes,
Cid Rim
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Sep 13, 2015
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Too Jazzy, too fresh. Despite often being mistaken for a sexy priest, Sixtus Preiss is actually a total jazz badman from Austria, and is kind enough to give us all the "band version" of his phenomenal "Lololo."
Imagine JJ Abrams gave you two version...
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