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Jared Cole is working hard to defy classifications. The part-time promoter and barfly has recently released a debut album, Virginiahead, that careens from emo to folk, rock,...
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Dub poetry isn't the kind of literary genre you'd expect to thrive in public libraries. But in honor of Black History Month, the Broward County Library showcases the...
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Miami-based singer/producer Wibby White should learn how to quit when he's ahead. The track arrangement on his newest album, The Trendsetter... starts out strong and can...
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Slick Rick graced our cover just a few weeks ago in our lengthy anatomy of his legal troubles ("Slick Trouble," Julia Reischel, January 11). But hey, he's not just fighting...
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New Orleans-based singer/producer Allen Toussaint is a walking monument to the Big Easy's musical history. He's worked as a session player with most of New Orleans' major...
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The king of lover's rock is tired of freezing his ass off.
It's week five of a grueling eight-week North American tour, and Jamaican singer Beres Hammond has absolutely had...
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Here's a hip-hop artist who knows how to poke fun at himself. Lex One doesn't seem to take life seriously on No Respect for Pedestrians, the shit-talking, party-rocking album...
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Patti Austin recently dropped a hundred pounds from her famously plump frame and has gone from a size 26 to an almost petite size 6. Can you say gastric bypass surgery? It's a...
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It's the seven-year mark for Naked Evolution, downtown Fort Lauderdale's wildest revolving dancehall reggae party, and to celebrate the milestone, promoters are bringing in...
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It's good finally to hear an LP from Cali-via-Detroit hip-hop darling Ta'Raach, who has been stuck in "next to blow up" status for, well, the bulk of his life. While rapping...
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Queens-bred, Broward-based lyricist Dynas has put out an impressive limited-edition mixtape, Street Skriptures, that unabashedly "borrows" beats and vocals from other...
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Orlando isn't necessarily known for hip-hop. Though definitely the breakbeat capital of the state, O-Town doesn't get much credit for anything else. So it's good to know a...
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It's hard to believe it was only a year ago that beat-maker J Dilla passed away from complications due to lupus. At the time, he'd just released his instrumental project,...
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Black Milk is becoming the hip-hop junkie's newest fix. Born Curtis Cross, he's been creeping toward brand-name status since his 2005 debut album, Sound of the City. Until...
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The Postmarks make music that, at times, is part Burt Bacharach, part Beach Boys, and part folk rock. That's an odd blend in 2007, but this emo-pop trio knows how to bring it...
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There aren't too many MCs in hip-hop that get as much respect as Rakim. He's got the stage presence of a legend and rocks a party like its 1987 every time he touches a...
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James Cotton cut his teeth playing mouth harp with Sonny Boy Williamson at the tender age of 9 in the Mississippi Delta. His blues harmonica has influenced rock legends such...
