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Sounds like:
A$AP Rocky,
Kendrick Lamar,
ScHoolboy Q
By
Devin Duckworth
on
Apr 18, 2013
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Released as part of their new mixtape, The Preface, Square Off's Trips-N-Slim have taken to Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky for a hot hip-hop track titled "24K."With a fresh sound and a high-caliber rapper forcing game on this track, you know you're in for ...
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2
Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Waajeed,
Slum Village
By
sweeney kovar
on
Apr 16, 2013
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April 11 is the anniversary of Proof's passing. For anyone in the dark, Proof and his lineage are without equal in Detroit, from Eminem to J Dilla, Proof was a connecting thread between the hip-hop scene. Few other MCs cared and carried for the city ...
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3

Sounds like:
Mos Def,
Jay Electronica,
Will
By
sweeney kovar
on
Apr 3, 2013
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In 1999, Mannie Fresh had just produced "Back That Azz Up" for Juvenile, a song that would introduce to a great cross section of America the beginning of Lil Wayne. That same year, Mos Def, a young strong-willed MC from Brooklyn, New York made his de...
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4

Sounds like:
Scoop Deville,
Kendrick Lamar,
Zeroh
By
sweeney kovar
on
Apr 1, 2013
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It seems Blu is reinventing himself yet again. After channeling the sound of the L.A. beat scene with NoYork, taking us to church with Jesus, and producing a pair of LPs for up-and-comers Anthm and Ræl J Wallace, Azulito's next project looks like it...
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5

Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Karriem Riggins,
House Shoes
By
sweeney kovar
on
Mar 19, 2013
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Black's back at it! One of the shining gems that emerged in Detroit post-Dilla, Black Milk rose from a roadie for Slum Village to being a powerful force of his own. Armed with a mastery of his city's intrinsic soul and drums that sounds like he has r...
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6

Sounds like:
Jay Electronica,
DJ Premiere,
Nas
By
sweeney kovar
on
Mar 14, 2013
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If you've at least mildly kept up with hip-hop music, I shouldn't have to begin to tell you why the mighty Rakim Allah is in the holy pantheon of rap gods. The year I was born, The R and Eric B (aka the East Coast Suge Knight) dropped Paid In Full an...
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7
Sounds like:
T.I.,
Main Attrakionz,
Killer Mike
By
sweeney kovar
on
Mar 13, 2013
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It's so nice to listen to someone new, with no fabricated hype or pretension orbiting around them. I mean, I'm sure all artists would like to have their reputation precede them, but in an age of unauthorized promo emails of crappy music galore, I was...
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8

Sounds like:
Danny Brown,
Jon Wayne,
Scoop DeVille
By
sweeney kovar
on
Mar 11, 2013
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Scoop Deville is one of hip-hop's hardest working producers. The son of pioneer L.A. MC Kid Frost is an 80s baby, and he's already amassed a healthy stack of plaques for his work. Any kind sub-category you can imagine or think of -- underground, comm...
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