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1

Sounds like:
Khalid,
Earl St. Clair,
BJ the Chicago Kid
By
Andrew Van Hulzen
on
Mar 20, 2017
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Short and sweet.
That's the theme with Aaron Childs' new EP My Way. With its subtle horn jabs and walking bass, "Good Times" is the only song on the EP that breaks the three minute mark.
However, don't count his other tracks out early. Though short...
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2

Sounds like:
Anderson .Paak,
Silent j+Jay x Jack xl,
BJ The Chicago Kid
By
Lauren Ziegler
on
Oct 25, 2016
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Future Classic, home to Flume, Nick Murphy, Seekae and the like, has developed the kind of pedigree where, each time a new artist is announced, you stop what you're doing and you pay attention. So with that in mind, meet the label's first signing in ...
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3

Sounds like:
BJ the Chicago Kid,
Leon Bridges,
Kendrick Lamar,
D'Angelo
By
Lauren Ziegler
on
Sep 19, 2016
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It's a little "I heard them before they were cool," but for once I really do get to claim it - I first heard about NxWorries before Anderson Paak blew up in the hip-hop world, having first heard it as a side project of Stones Throw Records' sample-ob...
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4

Sounds like:
A Tribe Called Red,
Chicano Batman,
J. Rocc
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 24, 2016
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If you don't know the name Joe Bataan, slap yourself. The Filipino Neoyorkino made a name for himself in the 60's and 70's bringing the life of the everyman to soul music. Many mistook him for Black or Latino and Bataan is credited by some with one o...
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5

Sounds like:
Vic Mensa,
Chance The Rapper,
Ishdarr,
BJ The Chicago Kid
By
John Matthew Simon
on
Jan 17, 2016
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Hip-hop is a fluid art form that operates like most culture, cyclically evolving and reemerging anew, yet familiar.
"Devotion," the latest single released by Rich Jones, is a perfect representation of this creative cycle, as it evokes an MC who has ...
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6

Sounds like:
BJ The Chicago Kid,
D'Angelo,
Leon Bridges
By
Lauren Ziegler
on
Dec 10, 2015
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Wow, wow, wow. UK soul/R&B artist Samm Henshaw has just released his latest, "Autonomy (Slave)," featuring a guest verse from Bonkaz.
This track is phenomenal. I've just listened to it five times in a row.
Opening on punchy piano chords which ...
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7

Sounds like:
BJ the Chicago Kid,
The Weeknd,
Anderson .Paak,
By
Lauren Ziegler
on
Nov 28, 2015
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I'm really excited to share "The War Inside," the latest single from UK artist Azekel. The track is first single off his forthcoming EP Raw, Vol. 2 (aptly following the recently-released Raw, Vol. 1), and I love everything about it.
Anchored by a p...
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8

Sounds like:
Vic Mensa,
BJ The Chicago Kid,
Childish Gambino
By
Lauren Ziegler
on
Sep 29, 2015
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California rapper Kyle has returned with the gorgeous "Remember Me?" featuring endless collaborator (and new father) Chance The Rapper. This isn't the first time the pair has teamed up -- Kyle features on "Wanna Be Cool" off The Social Experiment's a...
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