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Sounds like:
Black Hippy,
A$AP Rocky,
Ab-Soul,
Kendrick Lamar
By
Tobias Handke
on
Jun 6, 2013
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Schoolboy Q might not be getting the plaudits of fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar, but his major label debut Oxymoron is one of my most anticipated hip-hop releases of the year. Q's already sent tongues wagging with the drug dealing tale "Yay...
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2

Sounds like:
Mello Music Group,
The Black Opera,
Awon & Phoniks
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 2, 2013
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Sunday's a good day for some mellow hip hop, right? Especially when it's got a catchy hook courtesy of Charlie Brown.ScienZe recently teamed up with Blu and producer EOM to pull together this number, and from my current position (relaxing in the sun)...
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3

Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Samiyam,
Alchemist
By
sweeney kovar
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May 29, 2013
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House Shoes is a DJ's DJ. Yeah, he can play records like a pro and rock a party in pretty much any environment, but like a true DJ, he knows music. From old rare records to the newest of the new, Shoes has an ear matched by very few. This is the man ...
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4

Sounds like:
Joey Bada$$,
Mdnsgn,
Nickelus F
By
sweeney kovar
on
May 21, 2013
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When you think of chilled hip-hop with an electronic jazz tinge, you instantly think of Oslo, Norway right?Ivan Avenue is a young man out of Scandinavia making some refreshing raps that go easy on the pretension. "Portals" is buttery electro goodness...
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5

Sounds like:
Ras_G,
Invincible,
Thee Satisfaction
By
sweeney kovar
on
May 7, 2013
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As a culture/genre/industry of its own, hip-hop houses a continuum within itself. You can have two songs that are based on syncopated rhythms with rhyming, metered vocals that are vastly different from each other in style, content, and audience.Boom-...
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6

By
sweeney kovar
on
May 1, 2013
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From the smokey, idiosyncratic mind of Madlib emerges Quasimoto. Crudely drawn, yellow (or blue) and constantly armed with either a blunt or a brick, this miscreant has run amok in various soundscapes over the last decade plus.First emerging on white...
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7

Sounds like:
Lupe Fiasco,
Kanye West,
Frank Ocean,
Drake,
Chiddy Bang
By
David Peter Simon
on
Apr 19, 2013
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It's been almost a year since Donald released his free mixtape Royalty, and two months since he produced Kilo Kish's tracks. We've missed him. So, you can imagine how stoked we are to hear a new track like this -- and, best of all, it's a return to h...
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8

Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Wu Tang Clan,
Madlib
By
sweeney kovar
on
Apr 19, 2013
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When I first heard Stakes Is High, I was in my first year in college, and that album blew my head wide open. I had liked 3 Feet High and Rising, was a little confused by Bulhoone Mindstate and De La Soul Is Dead, but I didn't consider myself an avid ...
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