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New Year, New Music: What to Expect From Dre, Kanye, Minaj, Hudson, Drake, Rowland and J. Cole
posted: December 30, 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, the new year is looking ripe for new music. While we can expect big things from Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and hip hop’s newest itĀ girl…
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New Kids On The Block: Willow Smith and Diggy Simmons
posted: October 22, 2010
Move over BieberĀ¦there’s a new batch of fresh-faced, super-kids coming for your crown, and they’re packing some serious street cred. In addition to breakout internet stars like The Astronomical Kid (14-year-old Brooklynite Brian Bradley), two…
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Smokeout Festival 2010: Music, Politics, Higher Learning
posted: October 19, 2010
The San Bernardino hills were alive with the sound of music (and the smell of some serious ganja) for the eleventh annual Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival, presented by Guerilla Union, this past Saturday. Forty thousand…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: May 28, 2010
The Good Ellen starts music label, signs Greyson Chance OK, remember last week when we made up that big lie about wunderkind Greyson Chance being signed to Interscope? Kidding! Yeah, looks like that was just…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: March 19, 2010
The Good iamamiwhoami artist revealed? Maybe you’ve been following the enigmatic (and fairly disturbing) videos of mystery artist iamamiwhoami on YouTube. If not, do check them out. Most are one-minute vignettes set to alternately ambient…
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FRIDAY FLOW: "MARYLAND MATTERS" BY CHRIS MCDONALD
posted: November 6, 2009
Every Friday on the OurStage blog, I’ll be featuring a great example of flow and lyricism in hip hop songs pulled from the OurStage ranks. I’ll get the artist’s thoughts on the song, as well…
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