Is it cliche to start an article about Really Doe with a reference to the now infamous line in Kanye West's "Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)"?  The one in which Kanye declared that Really Doe was in...
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Last fall I made a trip out to Atlanta.  While I was in town I asked a few people about artists that were "bubbling" as the tastemakers say... One name was repeated a little bit more than others,...
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 On March 9th, Kidz In The Hall saw the release of their third album, The Land of Make Believe.  The duo of Naledge and Double O are at an interesting place in Hip Hop music, as well as their...
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BBU hosted a release party for their debut mixtape "Fear of A Clear Channel Planet".  It went down on 2.28.10 at Sub-T w/performances by Mic Terror, Blah Blah Blah, S-Preme, and of course, BBU. ...
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ST!ZO sits down with Chicago-based artist DEAL to see what he is all about. Peep the technique in the video below! 
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 Imagine yourself in a cabin somewhere deep in the San Francisco woods.  You have no phone, no TV, no internet, and basically no connection to civilization.  Also imagine that you've relocated to...
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Miguel presented some troublesome issues to industry exec and A&R's.  His bi-racial background (Mexican and Black), singing voice, and subject matter didn't quite fit the mold of "R&B superstar",...
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"I’m not really trying to go to the moon cause I got too much s**t going down on earth," says Atlanta's Pill.  The emcee speaks truth to power, as he starts 2010 off with a building buzz,...
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I just woke up to a mild case of cottonmouth and the ringtone of Double O.  Through my Tylenol induced slumber I somehow forgot that we had an interview to do with AOL Boombox.  The writer...
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It's always fun going to The Congress Theatre.  Isn't it, Chicago?  I mean, who wouldn't want to circle the block multiple times looking for parking, be frisked by on edge security guards, and...
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February 13th 2:16 AM i just left the studio with Tony Baines.  Today I spent most of the day in studio playing the album for select people in chicago.  I played the album for Andrew from Fake...
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"I'm so far removed from new music and the what's going on in music right now cause I signed out a long time ago,"  says BlockHead, the producer who many know from his works with Aesop Rock and ...
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