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Check Baby, Check Baby
posted: September 26, 2011
Mike Check started his career in music behind the kit, eventually trading sticks for a pen and becoming a songwriter. Turns out it was a good swap. Today Check is one of New York’s up-and-coming…
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Press Shuffle: Songs To Freestyle To
posted: September 21, 2011
This week our targets are the Urban Channels. We focus particularly on the rhythmic characteristics of these genres: anything from vocal metrical structure to thick, groovy bass lines to old-school drum samples. There’s so much…
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Soundcheck Album Preview: Will J.Cole Take Over With 'Cole World'?
posted: September 20, 2011
Jermaine Lamarr Cole, better known as J.Cole, has been hip hop’s best kept secret for years. Ever since Jay-Z signed him to RocNation, we’ve been waiting to hear what all the hype was about. After his…
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Metermaids Make The Rooftop Shake
posted: September 15, 2011
Attention hip hop fans! OurStage’s own Metermaids, an underground hip hop duo hailing from Brooklyn, have just released a new album! If you aren’t already familiar with the duo of emcees Sentence and Swell then…
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Girl Jam
posted: September 14, 2011
Because Seattle is all but synonymous with grunge and alternative rock, its other schools of music sometimes have an uphill battle for national recognition. You might not ever read about Seattle’s neo-pop soul movement stealing…
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Live Wired [Review]: Lupe Fiasco
posted: September 14, 2011
In this week’s edition of Live Wired, we’re switching things up a little bit. We’ve featured show review of fun and laid-back summer concerts such as Guster and Jack’s Mannequin and The Weepies. This time,…
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