Dec 13, 2012 pharrell-williams-speaks-at-design-miami-tct
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  The man with many talents/ventures Pharrell Williams sits down at Design Miami 2012 for a very-lengthy discussion with Craig Robbins. The discussion covers topics such as his artistic process, Kidult, and his pretty successful book, “Places and Spaces I’ve Been.” Below, you can watch the unexpected visit from Kanye West in a separate video.    

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Jul 16, 2012 UPTOWN_luke_james-TCT
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Luke James has been slowly creeping up on our radars, and making his stamp in the R&B scene. This year, he was a featured performer in the 2012 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. He takes us behind the scenes of his time there over the weekend.

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Jul 10, 2012 BridgetKelly-Essence-TCT
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Bridget Kelly has surprisingly gone under the radar since her signing with Roc Nation. After releasing her EP ‘Every Girl’ she began working on her debut album. “Thinking About You” which was probably her biggest hit to date, was overshadowed by Frank Ocean’s version, who was initially written for her. Despite any of that, she’s [...]

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Jul 04, 2012 Tyler-The-Creator-Summer-Camp-Mix-TCT
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Last year, Tyler, The Creator released his first “Summer Camp Mix” under his alias as DJ Stank Daddy. The summer soundtrack featured some of his favorite songs, along with a few of his own. This year, he’s back at it again, but instead of curating a whole new project, he decided to release the “Songs [...]

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Jul 02, 2012 cissy-houston-bet-awards-TCT
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Last night, marked the 2012 BET Awards. With a live broadcast nationwide last night from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the award show somehow managed a perfect balance of both ratchedness, technical difficulties, monumental moments, and performances of several mediocre rappers during the pre-show. Despite it all, viewers around the world stayed tuned into [...]

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Jun 21, 2012 DAngelo-BETAwards-TCT
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Maybe this was all apart of D’Angelo’s plan, maybe it wasn’t. Either way, disappearing for a decade has gotten the R&B artist major attention. First it was the super-rare interview that GQ landed with him, then it was the surprise performance at Bonaroo, and now, he’s been added to the 2012 BET Awards Lineup. His [...]

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Jun 07, 2012 Soundfest2012-VideoRecap-TCT
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Summer’s approaching, which means that this is the time for the ever so popular music festivals. Soundset, a music festival held in Minneapolis,MN has come and went. However, for those who weren’t able to make it out to the festival to see some of their favorite artists, Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, Danny Brown, and Big [...]

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May 16, 2012 HBCUGrad-TheConsciousTip
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It seems as though, now more than ever in 2012, it’s extremely important to have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. However, we don’t seem to stress just how important it is to secure a job amongst graduation. Easier said than done right? As a recent college graduate myself, full of student loan debt, I [...]

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