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sweeney kovar
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Feb 7, 2013
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So many times you hear the term "legendary" used to describe groups of generations past, and you kind of feel like you can't question that, even though you might not really know for sure.The Ohio Players were a funk band from the 70s that made music ...
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sweeney kovar
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Jan 12, 2013
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The 25th element of hip-hop is the posse cut. Multiple MCs swarming over a beat, each one taking it to different places, but everyone killing it. The further you move through the posse cut, the tougher the bars should get, to the point where the end ...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 26, 2012
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Sometimes collaborations can suck. Today, creative folks can zap 1's and 0's over their digital computing machine to another creative person's digital computing machine and, by virtue of technology, collaborate on a song while inhabiting two non-over...
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sweeney kovar
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Nov 21, 2012
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Leaving Records has quietly grown into a highly creative and respectable endeavor. The L.A.-based label has issued their releases mostly in tape format, with the ocasional vinyl creeping in. The music is always an experiment and there isn't a truly d...
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sweeney kovar
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Nov 13, 2012
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One of the most winning aspects of Homeboy Sandman is his inclination to make a rap song out of pretty much anything and everything. In a genre that can see its auteurs create discographies on a handful of topics, the NYC MC has tracks about canned g...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Aug 27, 2012
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Roc Marciano is an MC who has that core of hip hop excited, the heads who are always unsatisfied and unimpressed, the grouchy old jaded experts. His mastery of the English language and N.Y. aesthetic are evident in his renaissance classic Marcberg. O...
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sweeney kovar
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Jul 30, 2012
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Strong Arm Steady have kind of been the Destiny's Child of hardcore hip hop in the past several years. The West Coast crew started as a well-populated collaborative headed by Xzibit and has included artists like Planet Asia, DJ Khalil, and have even ...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Jul 29, 2012
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Usually when rap songs are about colors they're fairly predictable or shallow, referencing a gang affiliation or the particular shade of a luxury auto. When Homeboy Sandman got a beat from Jonti to make a song for Radiolab's colors episode, he took a...
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