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Soundcheck: New Music Previews: Diggy, Wiz, Cudi, Tech & More
posted: March 13, 2012
Spring has almost sprung and with it comes a fresh crop of new music from the likes of Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Diggy Simmons and Tech N9ne among others. Cudi‘s latest project first caused a…
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Kenton Dunson Vs. Kanye West
posted: December 31, 2011
It’s been a long, strange road for Kanye West. After he dropped out of college to pursue his music career full time, he became a successful producer, making beats for high profile rappers like Jay-Z,…
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Soundcheck: Who Will Occupy Hip-Hop?
posted: October 25, 2011
Look around, and it’s starting to look more and more like the sixties than the new millennium. People are protesting about everything from the war, poverty, joblessness, race relations, civil rights, health care, abortion and…
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Artists-In-Occupation: Musicians And #OccupyWallStreet
posted: October 17, 2011
The tradition of protest music has a long, rich tradition in America. From nascent beginnings in the early twentieth century and the labor movement to the great civil rights protest songs of the ’60s to…
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Hip Hop Artists Get A Bad Rap
posted: April 18, 2011
Misogynistic, homophobic, hateful, racist and an all-around bad influence on our children”the list of grievances against hip hop is a long one. Perhaps that’s why so many celebrities have an issue with the genre. In…
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Rapper's Delight: Young Duece
posted: March 5, 2011
Hip hop duo Young Duece has been busy writing music and producing beats for the last five years. What do they have to show for it, you ask? Just four full length albums, five mixtapes…
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