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OurStage Hip Hop Habit: IB
posted: September 28, 2010
Taming your jealousy of another person’s success becomes a lot easier when you keep in mind that everyone’s just trying to make it. Same goes for the world of musicians. The collection of artists here on…
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OurStage Hip Hop Habit: J
posted: September 21, 2010
The life of a music journalist often walks a fine line between the excitement of a baited chase for great new musicians and the mental drain that occurs when that wild hunt returns stillborn results.…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: September 17, 2010
The Good Eminem and Jay-Z rock Yankee Stadium Part one of Jay-Z and Eminem’s Home and Home Tour, which took place last week in Eminem’s hometown of Detroit, was a success (to put it mildly).…
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Hip Hop Habit: Lee Emcee
posted: September 14, 2010
I’ve always been perplexed as to why foreign accents never seem to shine through in song. From acts dating back to the British Invasion like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to modern ensembles like The…
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Beat Don't Fail Me Now
posted: September 8, 2010
To get to Danya and the Fail, you have to go by way of Animate Objects, a venerated hip hop group from Chicago. That band began on the campus of the University of Illinois back…
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Hip Hop Habit: MyVA
posted: September 7, 2010
First and foremost a lyricist, MyVA‘s (pronounced My-Vey) flow is voluminous as the aftermath of a breaking dam. He rhymes like a runaway semi-truck careening down the pages of the English dictionary, oblivious to any…
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