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5 Fresh Songs You Might Have Missed (11/10)
Listening to Big K.R.I.T. and eating Doritos is great and all, but on the real, I had a void in my week because I didn’t get to share in the DJBooth dopeness with y’all. I mean, don’t get me wrong,…
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!llmind: Super Producer Meeting w/Needlz, The Blap Kits Empire & More #A3CProAudio
The production gems just keep coming. Producers, DJs and music heads, you’re welcome. Following our conversation with 9th Wonder, today sit down with growing production legend !llmind at this year’s A3C Pro Audio conference to pick up even more gems from the ill mind of Ramon…
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The United States of Underground: Arizona
We all know how hard it is to get listeners to give something new a chance; so in a new ongoing series, I will be choosing five slept-on underground artists from each state (yes, every state) that deserve to be heard based…
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This Is My Rifle: Art vs. Free Music (The Run The Jewels Effect)
What is the true value of a free album? As I’m rounding the corner of the final lap in the recording process of my next album, I’ve been asking myself this question on a frequent basis. There has been a…
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9th Wonder: The Jamla Records Origin Story, Masta Ace & More #A3CProAudio
It would appear that Jamla is, indeed, the squad. A day after our conversation with Khrysis, we sit with the legendary 9th Wonder at this year’s A3C Pro Audio conference to see if we can learn some music and life lessons from the prolific…
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4 Fresh Songs & An Album You Might Have Missed (11/3)
Welcome back to “Might Have Missed.” Lucas normally handles this column, but I’ve got him locked in a room with the new Big K.R.I.T. album and he can’t come out until he’s written a fucking awesome review (kidding, but actually not),…
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Khrysis: Meeting 9th Wonder, Rapsody’s “Drama” Was for Talib Kweli & More #A3CProAudio
Do you realize how long Khrysis has been doing this here hip-hop thing? How much of a repository of hip-hop knowledge he is? DO YOU?!?!?! Oh, you do. Sorry, my apologies. I get a little carried away sometimes when we’re…
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You’ll Never Understand Nikko Lafre (Interview)
There’s no exact science to this here rap game (shocking, I know). What does it mean to be “hot” or “next up”? What makes a project “buzzworthy”? Honestly I don’t have the answers; I just play the game. I will say though,…
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The United States of Underground: Massachusetts
With a mass influx of new rappers coming and going in the past few years, it’s a rare occurrence to witness (and experience) a truly masterful emcee among all the chaos. What makes an emcee masterful? To me, it’s the intersection of…
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4 Fresh Songs (& An Album) You Might Have Missed (10/27)
Welcome back to “Might Have Missed,” and this time we’ve got new music from Bambu, Snoh Aalegra and much more. But first, a refresher for those who are new. I want y’all to be locked into The DJBooth at all…
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It’s 3 AM On A Friday Morning & RUN THE JEWELS 2 HAS LEAKED!!
Everyone remain calm… Please line up in a calm and orderly fashion… Women and children first.. Because…. Ready? RUN THE JEWELS 2 IS HERE!!!!!! KILLER MIKE!!!!!!!EL-P!!!!!!!!!! RUN THE JEWELS 2 IS HERE!!!!!!!!!! First off, this is about how I feel…
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Three New Artists Under 1,000
It all started out as a bet, of sorts. Maybe more like a challenge. In 2014, when a previously unknown artist is being called the next big superstar after their first YouTube video, how “new” can you really get? Just like it’s (nearly) impossible to come…