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Rapper's Delight: E-Dubble
posted: April 23, 2011
Still have residual stress left over from tax day? Maybe a little upbeat alternative hip hop is just what the doctor ordered. And who better to rep the genre than last month’s OurStage Alternative Hip…
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Get Lyrical: Greenspan's "Cold"
posted: April 13, 2011
We realized recently that we haven’t been giving a lot of love to OurStage’s hip hop fans on Get Lyrical (and there are a lot of you out there)! So this week, we’re changing things…
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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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