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Otis Jackson Jr., known professionally as Madlib, is a Los Angeles, California-based DJ, multi-instrumentalist, MC, and music producer born on October 24, 1973 in Oxnard, Californi
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Sounds like:
Madlib,
Quelle,
Slum Village
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sweeney kovar
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Feb 15, 2013
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Roughly a year ago, Blu, the Charles Mingus of hip-hop (or is he the Thelonious Monk of rap?), took to a Bandcamp page to release an album entitled UCLA. It was a 14-track project over Madlib production, and the sound quality was smooth as sandpaper....
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Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Madlib,
Samiyam
By
sweeney kovar
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jea! Right on time for Dilla month comes an announcement that the late great's shelved major label debut album, originally titled Pay Jay, will now see commercial release in a few months, now bearing the name The Diary. Though a bootleg pressing of P...
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sweeney kovar
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Feb 7, 2013
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So many times you hear the term "legendary" used to describe groups of generations past, and you kind of feel like you can't question that, even though you might not really know for sure.The Ohio Players were a funk band from the 70s that made music ...
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Hugh McClure
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Jan 16, 2013
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One of my favorite Australian producers at the moment is Sydney's Kilter. It's been an exciting few months for him, having been signed to a Ministry of Sound affiliate and increasing his live presence significantly. He's looking to put together a new...
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Anu Rana
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Jan 13, 2013
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"Happy Camper" is spinning around in the teacup ride at Disneyworld, or skipping down the street after you quit your job Office Space style, or jumping off a swing and landing successfully. You know what I mean? The song will make you happy; a fresh ...
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sweeney kovar
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Jan 12, 2013
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The 25th element of hip-hop is the posse cut. Multiple MCs swarming over a beat, each one taking it to different places, but everyone killing it. The further you move through the posse cut, the tougher the bars should get, to the point where the end ...
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7

Sounds like:
Jeremiah Jae,
Zeroh,
Kutmah,
Madlib
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sweeney kovar
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Jan 9, 2013
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Kutmah specializes in the ethereal and other-worldy. Whether through his mixes, edits, live performances or original compositions, Kootz always manages to pull you into a world that is a bit uncomfortable, definitely new, and always interesting.When ...
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Sounds like:
Madlib,
J Dilla,
Ghostface Killah
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sweeney kovar
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Dec 24, 2012
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This is the best DOOM track I've heard in a while. His most recent project, JJ DOOM (with Janero Jarel), was cool, but it didn't quite reach the heights of wonderful weirdness that previous efforts had. After dominating the early 2000s with a bizarre...
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