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Guilty Simpson was born in Detroit, the son and grandson of the family’s performing musicians in his father and grandfather. At age four, Simpson and his mother began traveling wit
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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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Sounds like:
Finale,
Guilty Simpson,
SelfSays
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 29, 2015
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DJ Soko's name only gives a partial glimpse into his abilities. A DJ in the communal sense, someone who organizes people around them through sound, he's long been a dot-connector in the Midwest/East Coast hip-hop world.
His debut album, Domino Effe...
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Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Guilty Simpson,
Roc Marciano
By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 19, 2013
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How can you not love Sean Price? He's the affable, cynical thug rapper, content to stay in his lane. A Scrooge-like persona in hip-hop, fans' respect for him is grounded in love with just a tinge of fear. I mean, he is from Brownsville after all.The ...
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Sounds like:
Guilty Simpson,
Alchemist,
Samiyam
By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 14, 2013
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Roc Marciano has rap in the Boston crab. With a simple and straightforward approach, Pimpstead's Supercat has leveraged impeccable street raps into the most distinctive voice currently rapping. His subject matter is not diverse and some of it is prob...
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Sounds like:
Roc Marciano,
Oddisee,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 28, 2013
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Hailing from Ypsilanti, 14KT is one of the best kept secrets in hip-hop. He's had a string of impressive but slept-on releases from 45s to full lengths. His method for making his music is very particular, somewhere on the Internet there's a YouTube o...
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Sounds like:
Roc Marciano,
Quelle,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Oct 26, 2012
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Sean Price is not for the faint of heart. The middle-aged brownsville MC sounds as smooth as sandpaper when he's threating to slap your mother or rob you. He's been rapping for over two decades as part of the famed Boot Camp Click and Heltah Skeltah ...
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Sounds like:
Madlib,
Roc Marciano,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Aug 14, 2012
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House Shoes is dirty. His sound, his hometown, and his music is often mired with grime. His Let It Go LP that dropped earlier this summer was an exemplary demonstration of neck-breaking drums and raw rhymes. In "Dirt," Shoes takes a popular break and...
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Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Self Says,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 7, 2012
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Texas might not be high on too many people's list when you think of things like hip-hop and the new beat movement. But Butcher Bear aims to change all that. The enigmatic mastermind behind Insect Records has dutifully been putting in work for a few y...
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