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Waajeed (b. Robert O'Bryant) is a Detroit-born music producer, and one half of the hip hop and R&B group Platinum Pied Pipers. He formed the Bling47 record label & coinciding websi
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Sounds like:
Waajeed,
Tall Black Guy,
Kaytranada
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sweeney kovar
on
Sep 5, 2015
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I had a bad joke about a Sage Francis/Zap Mama mash-up to start talking about Zap Francis, but I think we're all better off without it.
I can't say too much about today's peculiarly named artist, because, well, there is not much to know. First hear...
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Sounds like:
Waajeed,
Kaytranada,
Knxwledge
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 17, 2015
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Jeedeci is the ghost of your teenage love songs revived and transformed. The melodies are still sweet, but they're heavier. The arrangements are still sweeping, but they're more aggressive; the drums aim for your solar plexus with every snare and kic...
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Sounds like:
Waajeed,
Seven Davis Jr.,
Four Tet
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 5, 2014
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When Kutmah was deported back to the UK in 2010, the DJ locked himself in a room and made a recording of dark and twisted tunes he thought would never see the light of day. Thanks to Technicolour, that last part has changed a bit.
Our Mannequin is ...
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4

Sounds like:
Scoop Deville,
Waajeed,
Georgia Anne Muldrow
By
sweeney kovar
on
Apr 22, 2014
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You get a call to meet up with friends. It's just after sunset. You take the bus up to the top of a hill. You walk around a corner and see your friends hanging out outside a small garage. The dude with the pompadour is driving a 1976 powder blue...
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5

Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Samiyam,
Waajeed
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 23, 2014
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Detroit's DJ House Shoes is known for being a vessel of great music as much as he's known for being an impeccable DJ. He recently got an augmented platform for his voice through the formation of his own imprint, Street Corner Music. Named after the r...
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6

Sounds like:
Invincible,
Waajeed,
Santigold
By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 27, 2013
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Once in a while, PR folks actually come through with some good music. If you were like me a week ago and are not familiar with Ladi6 from New Zealand, this is definitely something to rectify as a modern music fan. Her bio reads:"Ladi6 has been a vita...
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7

Sounds like:
Waajeed,
J Dilla,
House Shoes
By
sweeney kovar
on
Aug 23, 2013
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After the spectacular "Sunday's Best/Monday's Worst," Black Milk finally begins speaking on his upcoming solo album, No Poison, No Paradise. Dropping later this fall, the album should be expanding on the deeply soulful musicality of the first two lea...
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8

Sounds like:
Invincible,
Waajeed,
Samiyam
By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 12, 2013
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A few weeks back, I visited Detroit for the first time. I had known, read and heard about the city for years; some of my best friends are from or have ties to the Motor City. The five days I spent in the D were nothing short of amazing. Larger and mu...
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