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"A Letter From You" is one of my favorite songs by The Square Egg, which happens to be the band that Lee, who is one of my favorite emcees/singers, fronts. The song is funky and beautiful and I love it a little more every time I hear it. Check out this clip of Lee performing "A Letter From You" live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and you'll understand why I dig both the song, and the artist,

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National television appearances, a show of her own in development, a gig as a GoDaddy.com girl, a new book, an iPhone app, the title of being Wired.com’s “World’s #1 Sexiest Geek,” and all from posting videos on YouTube about the origins of words. To put it lightly, Marina Orlova knows a thing or two about working the web. With her website, hotforwords.com, expanding by the minute, and her

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Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from Owl City’s impressive ascent, to two veteran groups reaching milestones, to a storied festival looking to launch a few more careers, and since it’s Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.Check it out at

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In the past few years, Stamford emcee and producer Plus has parted ways with his group Nervous System and cut off the dreads that took him 11 years to grow. But he says his decision to put out a solo album is the real "turning point in my life..."Read the full story at FairfieldWeekly.com.

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RapReviews doesn’t usually dole out praise as high as that given to Dynas’ recent release, The Apartment, which was dubbed as coming close to being a classic. This peaked a lot of readers’ interest in the Miami based emcee. Most folks, however, don’t really know a lot about the man who laid down the rhymes. Some may know a little about how he was one of the myriad of emcees who had a negative

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The Midwest is one of the country’s true hotbeds for hip-hop right now and Minnesota is the state that’s leading the way. After former Artist Of The Week Sketch Tha Cataclysm moved out there he immediately told me about Guante, a Minnesota-based emcee and poet who is originally from Wisconsin. I checked out some of Guante’s work and was really impressed. His most recent album is El Guante’s

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In a bit of a break from previous Vid Picks, this week’s selection isn’t a music video, but the premier episode of the sneaker culture sketch comedy show Just Blame Chad. Just Blame Chad is a creation of the OSD (Obsessive Sneaker Disorder) crew. For those who might not be aware, the OSD crew was co-founded by longtime B-Lister Sean “Ope” Williams. This web show is their latest endeavor and the

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As most of you know I am both a columnist and a feature writer for 101Distribution.com. One of the really cool features we have over there is called Diamonds in the Rough. These are double features that give a quick overview of two up and coming artists/bands, including how they came together and what type of music they play, and relate a crazy story from their lives. Recently I kicked it with

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Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from the battle Rihanna’s new single sets up, to the battles with the law Lil’ Wayne and Kanye West recently lost, to the battle over tickets to Taylor Swift’s 2010 tour, and since it’s Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of

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Do you know how many times I've referred to one of my podcasts as a classic? Zero, that's how many times. OK, so I didn't really count, but I'm assuming it's either zero, or a really really low number. It's not that I don't think each and every one of my podcasts are great, it's just that after five years of radio and now a year of doing podcasts I know the word classic should be reserved

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YC The Cynic is an emcee I’ve been aware of for a number of years. I’d not only heard his name from some artists I trust and respect, but I’ve even had a handful of conversations with him. What I hadn’t seen until a few weeks ago, however, was YC The Cynic perform. Thankfully he was able to jump on the mic at the last Bondfire show and it didn’t take long for me to figure out what all the talk

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Infidelity is never cool. Stealing your man's girlfriend is never cool. The Revelations featuring Tre Williams' song about the subject, however, happens to be very cool and audible proof that soul music is alive and well. Check out the video for "How Do I Tell Him" and see for yourself. Enjoy!For more on The Revelations feat. Tre Williams check out their Artist Of The Week feature.

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The other day I was having a conversation with a buddy of mine about how most of the albums we love get little to no recognition. I wanted to fix that. You can find reviews of new albums pretty much anywhere on the net, but where, I thought to myself, can you find some good information about albums that have been circulating for years, in some cases over a decade, that are worth seeking out and

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Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from the physical assault on Leona Lewis, to Britney Spears’ assault on the Billboard singles chart, to Rammstein’s assault on decency, and since it’s Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.Check it out at

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Apathy may not be an old soul, but thanks to a rigorous travel schedule that has involved going back and forth to L.A. for the past three years, his latest album, Wanna Snuggle, is filled with a heaping dose of just that — old soul.Read the full story at FairfieldWeekly.com.

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When Tanya Morgan burst onto the scene in 2003 they made an instant name for themselves. In 2009 they made a city. Brooklynati was their creation and they named their May release after it. This week I caught up with Ilyas, Donwill and Von Pea (pictured L to R) and after doing some of the usual (i.e. necessary) interview questions I decided to have a little fun, crack a few jokes about bad

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Anti-machismo, lonely stoner, and a post-Tribe/Pharcyde type of vibe are just three of the ways Nyle feels his work can be described. Most people who hear him rhyme, however, have found a shorter, one word, description for his style – dope. Nyle’s fan base has been growing steadily since his arrival in NYC from Philly a handful of years ago and he points to his content as one of the reasons for

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I'm always hesitant to post live footage of rap shows, because most of it usually comes out as an inaudible mess, but The Bronx Über Villain's performance of Conscious' "Space Age" is a rare exception to this rule - it's fantastic. The fact that it's in black and white, which I love, gives it a nice added touch of class. Watching it will take up less two minutes of your day, and there are even a

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Blaxploitation films have given us some of our most outrageous heroes. From Shaft, to Super Fly, to The Mack, the 70’s film genre was loaded with badasses we could all root for. Black Dynamite is set to lead the next generation of those badasses. The film hits theaters today and I caught up with Michael Jai White, who is both the writer and the star of the film, and Scott Sanders, who is the

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If anyone had told me ten years ago this is where I’d be right now I probably wouldn't have believed them. Working four amazing gigs doing what I love and going to grad school? It's pretty mind blowing to me and I just want to say it continues to be a helluva ride and I’m enjoying almost every minute of it.Oh, and for those who think with age comes maturity, it does... but I've found some

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Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from Miley’s reasons for abandoning Twitter, to Kanye’s abandoning of an awards show, to Canada’s indie scene’s abandoning of insignificance in the US, and since it’s Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.Check it out

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Sure, he can give ya all the swag you can you handle, but 2 Deep would much rather serve you up something a little more lyrical. The 24-year-old Memphis, TN, native knows what everybody has come to expect from southern emcees, but the 50,000 units he's moved of his mix-CDs, For Everybody But You and Take It Or Leave It, tell him people are ready for a change. They're ready for the south to show

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French hip-hop/trip-hop/downtempo producer Wax Tailor has been on a steady ascent since his days releasing work as a part of the group La Formule. He started using the Wax Tailor moniker in 2001 and last month he released his third full length album, In The Mood For Life. This week I caught up with Wax Tailor to find out more about the project, how his everyday life at the time of its writing

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Hip-hop and R&B fans may be familiar with the name Tre Williams as he was the first artist Nas signed to Ill Will Records. Those same fans may also be familiar with Rell from his time with Rocafella Records. Neither artist’s major label deal panned out, but they managed to come together with keyboard player Borahm Lee, bassist Josh Werner, drummer Gintas Janusonis and guitarist Wes Mingus (

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Sometimes a song and a video are so well done that they affect everyone who who experiences them. This is the case with Kidd Russell's "Dear Shooter," which is a three verse masterpiece where each verse comes from a totally different vantage point. It's extremely powerful and thought provoking. Give it a couple minutes of your time, you won't regret it.For more on Kidd Russell check out his

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