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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is an American rapper and former president and CEO of Roc A Fella Records. He is more commonly know
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Sounds like:
Odd Future,
D'angelo,
Jay-Z,
Sa-Ra,
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sweeney kovar
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Jun 12, 2012
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Full disclosure: I have tried my damnest to not like Frank Ocean. I basically ignored Nostalgia, Ultra after the saccharine "Novocane." I didn't understand why this guy I initially viewed as D'angelo Lite was in the raucous Odd Future crew.It was his...
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sweeney kovar
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Apr 7, 2012
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Jay Electronica works in mysterious ways. After a snippet of the track "Dear Moleskine" was leaked nearly three years ago, the full (?) version has finally made its way onto the interwebs this morning without much fanfare.I could easily go into pains...
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Sounds like:
R. Kelly & Jay-Z,
Kanye West,
Nas
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sweeney kovar
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Oct 12, 2011
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I'll let Jay explain it via his Tumblr post: "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't experienced it.Within just 24 hours, I wrote a record to give away online, summoned the legendary Infamous Mobb Deep via out-of-the-blue tweets, and we relea...
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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Jay-Z,
Guilty Simpson
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sweeney kovar
on
Sep 14, 2011
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You're probably familiar with the story by now. Jay Electronica pops up out of nowhere during the MySpace days with Act I and finesses mystique and superb skills to captivate the entirety of the hip-hop audience with roughly two dozen songs leaked in...
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7

Sounds like:
Nas,
J Dilla,
Jay-Z,
Jay Electronica
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sweeney kovar
on
May 15, 2011
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By now, even college professors and red state moose farmers are aware that Nas' Illmatic is considered the Sistine Chapel of hip hop. A classic that captures a fleeting period -- the time of a young New York ghetto-dweller -- through some of the most...
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Sounds like:
Jay-Z,
Kanye West,
Mayer Hawthorne
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Dwayne
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May 3, 2011
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Jo Wiley, formerly overlord of Radio 1's Live Lounge has left, and in her place comes king-of-all-things urban, Trevor Nelson. Suitably, one of the first guests chose to cover Jay-Z. Now, that in itself is pretty exciting, but I'm going to crank that...
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