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J Dilla was born James Dewitt Yancey on February 7, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, to Maureen and Beverly Yancey. From the onset, music was intrinsic to Jay's life. His mother Maureen
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sweeney kovar
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Jan 24, 2016
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Markus is a mild-mannered Philly kid who made his way to the glistening tinsel of Los Angeles. There, when wackness strikes, the spectacled young man turns on a beat machine, tightens his tom-toms and tunes his bass to turn into Swarvy, beat superher...
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sean o
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Dec 27, 2015
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UK producer Vanilla gets a lot of bonus points for somehow pulling off that moniker without making me cringe.
Whether the name is tongue-in-cheek or 100% genuine, everything about Vanilla's single "Nana" clicks. It's gotten some good attention on So...
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By
Lauren Ziegler
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Dec 7, 2015
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Knxworries is a collaboration between experimental/instrumental hip-hop producer Knxwledge and Anderson .Paak. It's been a huge year for Paak, who featured on six tracks on Dr. Dre's Compton, and tracks by The Game, MED, Blue & Madlib, GoldLink, ...
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Sounds like:
Major Lazer,
Esta.,
J Dilla
By
Emily Gale
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Nov 11, 2015
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Sángo, the Seattle-based producer, has just released the 3rd installment of his album series Da Rochina 3 and with it, one of the most-addictive, interesting tracks I have heard in a while called "Na Hora."
Featuring Fatkiss and Chris McClenney, Sán...
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By
Arnaud Dallemagne
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Oct 11, 2015
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God, I love smart shuffling! As I was writing my last review, SoundCloud was playing related tracks in the background, and I wasn't paying much attention until THIS came to the surface. And got me addicted in seconds.
If you're wondering, samples ar...
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Sounds like:
Madlib,
J Dilla,
Apollo Brown
By
Arnaud Dallemagne
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Aug 12, 2015
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Maine producer Phoniks did it again! I'm a little bit confused by how quick this guy works, every month or so I'm seeing new stuff being released by the prolific producer. It's not a surprise, then, that the label he created with fellow Awon is named...
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Sounds like:
Madlib,
J Dilla,
Dj Premier,
By
Arnaud Dallemagne
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Jul 18, 2015
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Fourteen years after releasing Petestrumentals, legendary producer Pete Rock comes back with his new instrumental album Petestrumentals 2, released last month on independent label Mello Music Group.
"My My Baby" is without question my favorite track...
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Sounds like:
Thundercat,
J Dilla,
BADBADNOTGOOD
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Dylan Heneck
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Jul 15, 2015
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And we're back! It's been a long hiatus for me, so what's more appropriate than a post about one of my favorite artists of all, Card On Spokes?
"Comet Song" comes off of the intriguing Sunwalker EP that found itself released on naasMUSIC. Despite th...
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