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Soundcheck: 'Rolling Papers' Gets High Marks
posted: April 12, 2011
Fans rarely realize that while some new artists seem to shoot to the top overnight, most of them have been at it for years. Hip hop’s current it boy, Wiz Khalifa is no exception. Last…
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Rapper's Delight: Instrumental Hip Hop
posted: April 9, 2011
Emceeing and hip hop go hand in hand, it’s as simple as that. It’s rare to hear a beat without someone spittin’ over it, especially in mainstream hip hop, and let’s face it: the formula…
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Soundcheck: Snoop Unleashes The Doggumentary
posted: April 5, 2011
As promised, Snoop Dogg has delivered The Doggumentary, an eighteen-track album that I would call a tribute album for true Snoop fans. In it, he seems to travel through the sounds of his career, treating…
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Rapper's Delight: Hip Hop Covers
posted: April 2, 2011
It’s hard to explain why, but there’s something entertaining about hip hop lyrics taken out of context and played by groups far removed from the genre. As a rule of thumb, the bigger the disconnect…
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Q&A With Diddy Dirty Money
posted: March 29, 2011
Rapper, actor, producer, writer, designer “ Sean “Diddy” Combs is one of the busiest men in the music biz. And despite his already packed résumé, Combs shows no signs of slowing down. He recently teamed…
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Soundcheck: Chris Brown – The Cost Of F.A.M.E.
posted: March 29, 2011
Chris Brown‘s temper has made headlines again, this time, on the heels of his latest full-length release, F.A.M.E. The freshly-tatted, newly blonde, Brown destroyed his dressing room, threw a chair through a window and stormed…
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