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In Case You Missed It :: Our Favorite Articles of the Week
ICYMI - a quick recap of our favorite articles from this week, with features about Atlanta's next rap wave, Nigerian music royalty, and our favorite uncle Vin Scully.
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10 TRACK COMMANDMENTS :: Shit You Shouldn’t Sleep On
"This is that early summer jam, the kind you bump on hot, sticky summer days." Your must-listen playlist of the week, curated by one of our best, Tara Mahadevan.
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After Producing for Rap's Biggest Names, Sap Finds His Voice on 'Self Employed'
After producing tracks for the likes of Mac Miller, Freddie Gibbs, and Meek Mill, Sap took a leap, flexing his emcee skills on his latest mixtape, Self Employed.
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Still Finessing :: Atlanta’s Nessly Is Next Up
"...It was just more than me at the time. We all wanted to change our lives." Nessly shares how he almost deleted a song that later got the OVO cosign,...
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ON THE BEAT :: KIDDOMINANT, the Nigerian Producer Ready to Take Over the World
"My sound is what I call the 'new age afrobeats'... It’s creating our indigenous sound with an international audience in mind." We interview rising Nigerian afrobeats producer KIDDOMINANT, who's worked...
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Review :: Stormzy's First Show in Los Angeles, Presented By Red Bull Sound Select
"The barriers between speech or lingo that we may not understand as Americans were momentarily squandered as the crowd assimilated to be accepted by Stormzy..." Charlie Kane reviews Stormzy live...
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In Memoriam :: White Label Radio's 5 Favorite Phife Dawg Verses
In memory of A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg, Melloe Won of White Label Radio compiles his five favorite verses from the late artist.
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#TBT :: How A Dutch Subculture Called "Gabber" Embraced the Air Max BW
In this edition of #TBT, we return to an article we published last year around Air Max Day in which Maarten examines an era when a powerful subculture known as...
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JUST ANNOUNCED: FYF Fest 2016 Lineup ft. Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, & More
FYF just announced their 2016 line up and we're reeling. Staff favorites like Kamaiyah, Denzel Curry, and Boogie, will be performing alongside heavy hitters like Kendrick, Young Thug, and Tame...
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Interview :: NYC's BOYSLASHFRIEND Wants to Make Timeless R&B
We caught up with NYC's novel R&B upstart BOYSLASHFRIEND during the Miami stop of his first official tour. Get to know him better & listen to an exclusive preview from...
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The Range on Crafting His Deep YouTube-Sampled New Album 'Potential'
When creating his latest album Potential, electronic musician The Range mined YouTube for rarely-heard artists to sample, suggesting something profound about expression on the Internet.
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10 TRACK COMMANDMENTS :: Shit You Shouldn’t Sleep On
"Innanet James' voice is unadorned and magnetic, almost as if he casually read his lyrics from a piece of paper and recorded it all in one go." Tara enlightens us...
