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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Jan 29, 2013 FE-Music-SoWhatIfItIs-TCT
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One of our favorite groups, The Foreign Exchange are back with some new music for us. “So What If It Is.” I’m loving this mellow blend of House, Neo-Soul and R&B. The 8-minute track speaks for itself, but here’s a little info about the song, and what they’ve got in the works directly from Phonte [...]

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Dec 03, 2012 Nicolay
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During this summer, The Conscious Tip was lucky enough to catch Nicolay with The Hot At Nights live in both Chicago and Kansas City. It was interesting to see Nicolay headlining his own tour but he was definitely up for the challenge. With the assistance of the eclectic trio The Hot At Nights, the show [...]

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Jul 23, 2012 Phonte_Median-TCT
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New Tigallo! Phonte teams up with 9th Wonder and a collaboration with Median in his new music video ‘Eternally.’ What I like most about this track is that it really reminds me so much of the music I heard from Little Brother when I first discovered these guys. If you haven’t copped it yet, be sure to [...]

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Jul 06, 2012 2012July7_ChicagoNH@N_TCTshort
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Once again, we’ve linked up with the Grammy nominated group The Foreign Exchange to give you guys a chance to win some dope tickets. Courtesy of +FE Music, you’ll have the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Nicolay with The Hot At Nights on Thursday, July 12th at the Blue Room in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz [...]

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We’ve linked up with the Grammy nominated group The Foreign Exchange to give you guys a chance to win some dope tickets. Courtesy of +FE Music, you’ll have the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Nicolay with The Hot At Nights on Saturday, July 7th at Reggies Music Joint. If for some reason you’ve [...]

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Jun 21, 2012 nicolay-2012JulyTourPoster
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Grammy nominated producer, and 1/2 of the duo Foreign Exchange, Nicolay is set to embark on his own solo tour next month. Check out the tour dates above, and catch him in a city near you. If you’re still sleeping on the Foreign Exchange and  their music, this is the perfect time for you to [...]

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Feb 09, 2012 Phonte-CharityStartsAtHome-TheConsciousTip
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  So, I literally watched this video after watching Ninjas In Paris, and I found this video to be way more captivating. Not saying that I’m not a fan of Kanye and Jay, but I’m still wondering why Phonte is still so underrated. We all fight The Good Fight everyday in our lives, and FE [...]

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