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1

Sounds like:
Georgia Anne Muldrow,
Apollo Brown,
Invincible
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 17, 2012
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Detroit native Boog Brown has been putting in work in the indie circuit for the past few years and seems poised to make 2012 a big year for herself. The MC/poet just dropped her full length remix project The Brown Study Remixes, she has her first sev...
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2
Sounds like:
Living Legends,
Zion I,
Murs
By
clodomiro
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Oct 24, 2011
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Eligh & Amp Live's collaborative album Therapy At 3 is out November 15, and the first official single is the track "Tattoo Song," which discusses Eligh's fascination with tattoos and the various meanings behind them. The song will eventually be a...
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3

Sounds like:
Slum Village,
Blu,
J Dilla
By
sweeney kovar
on
Oct 22, 2011
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Exile is a robust white man in his 30s from Italian descent, whose grandfather played polka and in Mariachi bands decades ago in Echo Park. This man is also responsible for introducing the hip hop world to classic artists through classic records. Fro...
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4

Sounds like:
Romye (The Pharcyde),
Danny Brown,
Eazy E
By
Eric Fallows
on
Oct 18, 2011
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A first listen to Dopehead back in early 2010 proved to be shocking for its time. Then, a couple of his videos were displayed at The 1440 Collective located on the eastside of Detroit, and he transcended official. Like any other music lover who skips...
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5

Sounds like:
Curren$y,
Fashawn,
Wiz Khalifa
By
David Peter Simon
on
Oct 17, 2011
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In today's supersaturated music market, it's far and few between that you literally stumble upon some good music. Recently though, I got recommended an amazing artist on a YouTube-generated suggestions list that opened my eyes to the idea of "a star ...
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6
Sounds like:
Drake,
Big Sean,
Kanye West,
J. Cole,
Mac Miller
By
Jess Johnson
on
Sep 26, 2011
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The Internet has changed the music industry in more ways than one. In one way, the ease of downloading a retail album illegally has decreased sales and decreased the power that major labels once had. In another way, the Internet has lowered the barri...
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7

By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 15, 2011
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DJ Exile is an underground super-producer. While money hungry rappers might dream of getting a beat from Kanye, many up-and-coming MCs would love to lace an Exile beat. From his work with Aloe Blacc, Blu, and Fashawn to his own solo work, Exile has s...
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8

Sounds like:
Busdriver,
Aesop Rock,
Project Blowed
By
sweeney kovar
on
Aug 19, 2011
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Busdriver is weird-rap royalty; he's been delivering his esoteric, rapid-fire verses for years. Recently he has joined forces with Daddy Kev's Low End Theory host Nocando, a world-famous freestyle battle rapper in his own right, to form the duo Flash...
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