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Architects Recording Studio presents Street Radio Vol. 5 (hosted by DJ Radio/blends by DJ 5 Starr)

I reviewed this mixtape recently for the City Paper's Noise blog, probably not the strongest entry in this series but I think better than Vol. 4 from a [...]

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Blakroc f/ NOE - "Hard Times" (mp3)
Blakroc f/ NOE and Nicole Wray - "Done Did It" (mp3)
I've talked before about NOE's unfortunate tendency to try to distance himself from comparisons to Jay-Z while at the same time aligning himself with Jay-Z's enemies' [...]

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Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:49pm EST
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I've had just a couple things up on the Baltimore City Paper's Noise blog lately, a review of the new Architects Recording Studio mixtape Street Radio Vol. 5, and a live review of the Sugarhill Gang @ Rams Head Live, although it's since come' [...]

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Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:50pm EST
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AK Slaughter - A Personal Matter EP

AK Slaughter is a rap duo, comprised of Emily Slaughter and Aran Keating, that I first learned of last year when they released this, their debut EP, and Raven Baker wrote a City Paper feature about [...]

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Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:31pm EST
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Vision - Still (B.M.W.B.)

Vision is a real prolific MC that I've posted about a couple times on here before, and this is the album he dropped over the summer. Vision makes that kinda terse, no nonsense street music that I respect' [...]

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Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:32am EST
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Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:33am EST
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Claire Hux - Black Is The New Wet (Morsy/Unruly Records)

This has been out for a minute, but I saw Phylicia Rashad doing a Jenny Craig commercial on TV and thought "oh yeah, I need to post about the new Claire Hux mixtape." I probably came [...]

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Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:34am EST
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Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:35am EST
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Sonny Gunnz - "Free As A Bird (mp3)
Today marks one year since the death of Baltimore rapper Sonny Gunnz, see SonnyGunnz.com or my review of the tribute concert in January for more info." [...]

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Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:36am EST
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Here's the excellent new video for "Hood Report" by Tha Scholars. [...]

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Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:19am EST
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810 - Supply And Demand

810 is an MC I first heard on The Black Sunn's projects who sent me some of his stuff recently. He's kinda working in the same vein as Black Sunn, kinda classic headnodding cratedigging hip hop, but [...]

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Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:39pm EST
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This week I have a piece in the Baltimore City Paper about the Rapdragons, a new hip hop duo I saw at the All-Rap Round Robin, a few months ago, which was actually only their 3rd show ever. They're playing at the Windup Space this' [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:40pm EST
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Mario - D.N.A. (J Records)

Mario's last album Go! from a couple years back was a really good record, but it didn't really spin off any big singles like his first two albums, so I was wondering where his career was headed and whether Baltimore' [...]

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Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:31pm EST
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A couple months ago I posted the first video from ScholarMan's next album, Free Spirit Of A Troubled Soul, due out January 2010, and here's the second, "Reap, Sow." [...]

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Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:55am EST
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Ogun - "Ever Since I Saw You" (mp3)
Fresh off winning a Baltimore Crown Award, Ogun just released the first single from his upcoming album Count Me In. DJ Excel produced "Ever Since I Saw You," and it's kind of a revamp of a song [...]

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Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:59am EST
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PenDragon - HomeRun King (Team Arson)

I talk to PenDragon pretty often and always check for his music, but between having a baby and everything else that's been going on, I've been really slow to catch up on this mixtape he released on his site [...]

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Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:58am EST
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Here's the video for Ty Gudda's "Life I Lead" featuring Miss Cream. According to the YouTube description, the song is on his Freshman Year mixtape, but it sure ain't on my copy.' [...]

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Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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Skarr Akbar - The Street Album B4 The Album (Akbar Enterprize)

One area of Baltimore rap that hasn't really been doing much for me lately is kinda aggressive hardcore street rap, which is a shame because I think that's one of the things Baltimore [...]

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Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:48am EST
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The Baltimore Scene held the Baltimore Crown Awards at 5 Seasons on Sunday, and I decided to stay home with my son that night, but I ended winning a "golden pen" award to match my "best blog/website" award from last year. So thanks to them [...]

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Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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Wye Oak - "Dance My Pain Away" (mp3)
Mickey Free - "That I Do" (mp3)
Splice Today, a great site that I've been doing some writing for, recently released its second compilation album for free on the site. Baltimore Does Baltimore, Part 1' [...]

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Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:21am EST
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Posted: November 08, 2009, 3:23am EST
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Who Got Next, the latest Baltimore hip hop DVD that I'm apparently going to be on is having a release party next weekend -- they just taped my interview yesterday, and I think for once I actually managed to say some shit, hope it all' [...]

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Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:27pm EST
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Bossman f/ Scola - "U Already Know" (mp3)
Bossman's finally got a new single out to follow up "Break Me Off," featuring Scola formerly of Dru Hill. Video coming soon, getting played on 92Q right now.' [...]

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Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:10am EST
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:11pm EST
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DJ Bless f/ Wordsmith - "Heavy Metal Mics" (mp3)
Wordsmith - "Braggin' Rights" (mp3)
Here's some new music from the ever prolific Wordsmith, a DJ Bless-produced track featuring him, and his own new solo single produced by Rafpak, from the Overdue & Underrated mixtape dropping [...]

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Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:03am EST
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Cutthroat - "We Are God (live at Mobtown Studios)" (mp3)
My good friends at Mobtown Studios in Charles Village have been doing a series of 'microshows' over the past year, with Baltimore musicians giving intimate performances for an in-studio audience. And a couple weeks [...]

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Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:54am EST
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Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:55am EST
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This is NME's video for the songs "Going Hard" and "B More Careful," never heard these cats before and it's kinda low budget but I like it, although the contrast between the two songs is so dramatic it's almost funny.' [...]

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Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:54pm EST
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DJ Excel - "Raven Stomp (The Underdog Mix)" (mp3)
I first heard this track back in January, but now that football season's in full swing again it seems like a good time to jam DJ Excel's Baltimore club Ravens anthem. I like this, really [...]

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Posted: October 31, 2009, 5:55pm EDT
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Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:56pm EDT
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E Major f/ Kane Mayfield and DJ Blak Majik - "UnHeard" (mp3)
This is what the fuck I'm talking about, E Major reaching out to Mania Music Group for a grimy new single with Kane on the mic, DJ Blak Majik on the cuts,' [...]

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Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:57pm EDT
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Legendary Baltimore house diva Ultra Naté is releasing her first Baltimore club record, the Things Happen At Night EP, on November 17th with the help of Unruly Records and their stable of producers, and the above video is for the first single, "Faster Faster Pussycat (Let's Go!)" featuring' [...]

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Posted: October 28, 2009, 5:58pm EDT
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Ron Rico f/ Skarr Akbar, Mike Malachi and Billo - "If You Sleep, You Better Wake Up" (mp3)
Ron Rico has put out records of his own before, both of Baltimore club music and of low key instrumental hip hop, but now he's getting [...]

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Posted: October 27, 2009, 5:59pm EDT
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Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
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The Black Sunn - The Sunn Is Black EP (Hungry Heart Ent.)

I first posted about one of The Black Sunn's older records last month, and at the time mentioned that he had an EP and a full-length on the way soon. [...]

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