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Sounds like:
Nas,
Kendrick Lamar,
Mos Def
By
sweeney kovar
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Sep 20, 2015
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What do we have here? Is it a bird? A plane?
No, it's Jay Elecyarmukle. The hip-hop holy ghost who has been teasing his Act II debut album for nearly a decade remains elusive and remains intriguing. We mask our longing for his special brand of musi...
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2
Sounds like:
Homeboy Sandman,
Apollo Brown,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 2, 2015
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Finale is the one of the most intricate rhymers in Detroit. The passionate and soft-spoken MC laces his rhymes with vivid humanity. He army crawled his way out of the open mic scene to being legitimately seen as a peer by Detroit luminaries. Just as ...
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3
Sounds like:
MF Doom,
Sean Price,
Roc Marciano
By
sweeney kovar
on
Aug 23, 2015
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I love the feeling of this joint. Gritty and textured, hip-hop coming out of the East Coast in the late 90s immediately made you feel like putting on a bomber jacket and grabbing a Dutch.
The good people at Dope Folks Records have carved a niche re...
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4
Sounds like:
Kendrick Lamar,
Blu,
Vince Staples
By
sean o
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Jul 21, 2015
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Rapper Dez reps the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. Location aside, Dez fits nicely in the puzzle being pieced together by West Coast hip-hop artists like Kendrick, Blu, and Vince Staples."Noose," which is available on SoundCloud and iTunes...
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5
Sounds like:
MF Doom,
Blu,
Jeremiah Jae
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 20, 2015
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You might not know it, but Future Island's Sam Herring has been moonlighting as New England MC Hemlock Ernst for a while now. Think a not-so-awkward Anticon.
Madlib, as you might very well know, has been moonlighting as a couple of dozen monikers f...
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6
Sounds like:
Inspectah Deck,
7L & Esoteric
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 6, 2015
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I have a soft spot for MF DOOM. He was one of the first hip-hop artists I got into (Dangerdoom, yo), so when he hops on a track there's a damned good chance I'll give it a listen.
His latest appearance is on a new CZARFACE track (a "super group" mad...
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7
Sounds like:
Mick Jenkins,
Chester Watson
By
sean o
on
May 30, 2015
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East Bay in the house. Rapper/producer Mylo Mu is studying African American studies at UC Berkeley and crafting purposeful hip-hop, like new joint "Frida Mayhlo."
Inspired by Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky and co-produced by K...
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8
Sounds like:
Drake,
Ganksta N-I-P,
Esham
By
ahoglund
on
May 23, 2015
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DankMoody is based in Cape Cod, which is fitting since his latest, Goon Squad, is a worthy anthem for the ne'er-do-wells vacationing there this Memorial Day weekend.
With sinister rhymes and the best parts of Drake's flow, Moody feels emboldened by ...
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