Mar 14, 2013 Museum
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You know you’ve got a good album on deck when 3 of it’s tracks have made it to your iTunes “Top 25 Most Played” playlist in less than a week. That’s exactly what my playlist looks like with songs from Rashad’s latest project Museum. Self produced, the soulful album vibe may seem familiar to Stalley’s [...]

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Feb 26, 2013 Elle Winston
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When it comes to her talent, there sure isn’t any Uncertainty with Elle Winston. With exposure to different extremities of the U.S. (Arizona, Indiana & New York), the singer-songwriter’s music has a feel not limited to a certain geographical influence. With her smooth vocals over such soulful tunes, there’s no denying that Winston has the [...]

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It’s been two years since the release of Black Spade’s mixtape, Build & Destroy. An although that seems like a mighty long time ago, it’s never quite too late to release a video for a song. In fact, maybe you would’ve never discovered his project if he hadn’t. He teams up with Knocksteady TV, a [...]

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Jun 29, 2012 Beets-TCT
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It’s very obvious that Kareem “Sincere” Wasif is a fan of the cartoon Doug. In fact, as you make your way through all 37 tracks, you’ll come across many samples/snippets of the once popular 90′s tv show. While I’m sure that Kaleem is still growing into his own sound, I can definitely hear a huge [...]

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Jun 14, 2012 tall-black-guy-TCT
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I’ve never heard of this Tall Black Guy before, but I was digging this instrumental I just came across over at our friends SC‘s site. The Detroit native takes us on a Sparkling Adventure as we dive into a sample of his upcoming EP Tempo Dreams. Due to release on July 19th, Sparkling Adventure is [...]

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Jun 13, 2012 TeresaJenee-TCT
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It’s been three years since the release of Teresa Jenee’s debut project The Love Ecklectic. Since then, she’s experienced a lot of hardships, while also making major moves in the STL music scene. Often compared to the likes of Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, or perhaps, Solange simply because she’s different, it’s safe to say she’s [...]

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Jun 07, 2012 nas-life-is-good-cover-TCT
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Nas sits down for an exclusive interview with Rap Up to discuss the his new album “Life Is Good,” the meaning behind the cover art for the project, and to discuss collaborations we can expect on the album. I’m pretty excited for this album, a lot more than I’ve been for the last couple projects [...]

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Jun 04, 2012 nottz-in-my-mind-ep-TCT
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Nottz has been relatively quite since the 2010 release of his debut EP, You Need This Music, which was also followed up with a collaboration project with Asher Roth, titled Rawth EP. He’s coming back in full force with this joint, “You Need This Music” with the help of Pusha T & Dwele. His 30-min, [...]

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