XL
Type: Unsigned, Underground
Label: FA-Q Records
Website: XL
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XL ft. Sean Price - Credibility
In today’s hip-hip industry, skill on the mic does not necessarily translate into success. While what you can do certainly factors into the makings of a …
Chrome
Type: We Got Next
Label: Hypnotize Minds/Asylum/WEA
Website: Chrome
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Chrome ft. T-Pain - She Fine
Already a big name in Memphis’s underground hip-hop scene, emcee Chrome signed with Three 6 Mafia‘s Hypnotize Minds label in 2005. After leaving the HCP in …
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Akshan
Type: Reggae, We Got Next, Unsigned
Label: Unsigned
Website: Akshan
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Thad Reid ft. Akshan - Cruzin’
While Portsmouth (Timbo, Missy), Hampton Roads (Pharrell, Clipse), Petersburg (Trey Songz) and even the small town of Tappahannock (Chris Brown) have given Virginia hip-hop and R&B …
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Electrik Red
Type: Pop, R&B
Label: Def Jam
Website: Electrik Red
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Case
Type: Industry Heavyweights, R&B
Label: Indigo Blue
Website: Case
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Case - Lovely
In 2007, a number of late 90’s/early 00’s R&B stars came back to prominence (see Joe, Musiq, and Tank), and 2008 looks to continue this trend …
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Anthony Hamilton
Type: Industry Heavyweights, R&B
Label: So So Def/Zomba
Website: Anthony Hamilton
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Having already showed us what it’s like comin’ from where he’s from and reassuring us a year later that ain’t nobody worryin’, R&B singer Anthony Hamilton …
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NEW YORK, NY -- With the release of Southern Comfort, the Hamilton tradition - born of his Southern roots and the pathway created by soul greats …
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Nametag
Type: Unsigned
Label: Indie
Website: Nametag
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Nametag - Stylin’ on ‘Em
Since showing off is one of the most overdone topics in hip-hop, some listeners might not even take the time to finish reading this blurb, much …
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Common Market
Type: Unsigned, Underground
Label: Indie
Website: Common Market
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If you’ve found yourself lacking motivation and energy at the gym lately (and no, I’m not pushing ‘roids), it might be time to update your workout …
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D-Block
Type: Industry Heavyweights, Street Veterans
Label: Koch Records
Website: D-Block
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D-Block - It’s Like That
All right, it’s time for a little trivia. What do you get when you combine three of the most respected rappers in the game? If D-Block …
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88-Keys
Type: Producer, Street Veterans, Underground
Label: Decon Records
Website: 88-Keys
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88-Keys ft. Kanye West - Stay Up (Viagra)
We interrupt your regularly scheduled DJBooth visit to bring you this special report: a man named Adam has been murdered in a loft apartment in Harlem. …
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The-Dream & Tricky Stewart
Type: Pop, Producer, R&B
Label: RedZone/Radio Killa
Website: The-Dream & Tricky Stewart
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Christopher “Tricky” Stewart and Terius “The-Dream” Nash took over the radio in March of 2007, and they haven’t loosened up their grip ever since. As Rihanna’s …
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Shonie
Type: Pop, R&B, We Got Next
Label: Slick Salt Ent/Slip N Slide Records
Website: Shonie
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Heltah Skeltah
Type: Street Veterans, Underground
Label: Duck Down Records
Website: Heltah Skeltah
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Sometimes, the best solution to a group’s troubles is to take time off. Lots of it. Heltah Skeltah, a Boot Camp Clik affiliate composed of rappers …
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Illa J
Type: We Got Next, Underground
Label: Delicious Vinyl
Website: Illa J
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Illa J - We Here
Illa J has some tremendous shoes to fill. Detroit rapper John Yancey is the younger brother of the deceased James Yancey, a.k.a. legendary producer J Dilla. …
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Diamond
Type: We Got Next
Label: G'$ Up/Warner Bros. Records
Website: Diamond
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Elzhi
Type: Street Veterans, Underground
Label: Libido Sounds
Website: Elzhi
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Elzhi ft. Royce Da 5’9” - Motown 25
While love songs and gangsta rap will always have their places in hip hop, nothing gets heads nodding faster than a little good ol’ fashioned battle …
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G Fiive
Type: Unsigned
Label: Think Big Entertainment
Website: G Fiive
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B. Lloyd
Type: We Got Next
Label: Still Hustlin/B Dub/Universal
Website: B. Lloyd
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B. Lloyd ft. Bobby Valentino - She All Mine
For years, athletes have dabbled in the music business; Shaquille O’Neal, Deion Sanders and Ron Artest are just a few of the many athletes who have …
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Benisour
Type: Unsigned
Label: N Music/BWE
Website: Benisour
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Benisour ft. Akon - The Grain
Miami rapper Benisour (Pronounced “ben-i-SWAH”) has one of those voices that was just meant to be heard. He may not dazzle you with his wordplay or …
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Nirvana Savoury
Type: Pop, R&B, Unsigned
Label: Picture Perfect Ent Group
Website: Nirvana Savoury
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Toronto singer Nirvana Savoury is quick to label chicken and waffles as a crazy combination. To me, that just sounds like a Sunday morning after a …
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Nino Bless
Type: Unsigned, Underground
Label: Milestone Music Group/So Empire
Website: Nino Bless
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A typical rapper’s backstory is full of sin and vice, often with no apologies for those they have hurt. Having found a better way of life, …
Scram Jones ft. Nino Bless, Saigon & Crooked I - Third Degree
Usually when you hear the word “scram,” someone wants you to go away. In the case of NYC’s Scram Jones, however, those who hear his production …
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DJ K.O.
Type: DJs, Underground
Label: Shaman Work Recordings
Website: DJ K.O.
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Large Professor
Type: Street Veterans, Underground
Label: Gold Dust
Website: Large Professor
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If Large Professor (a.k.a. Extra P) had his way, there would be no Soulja Boy dance. In fact, there would be no songs based around dances …
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Cubbiebear
Type: Unsigned
Label: Indie
Website: Cubbiebear
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With a name like Cubbiebear, you’d think the Baltimore emcee raps about hugs and stuffed animals. You’d be wrong. If his music is any indication, Cubbiebear …
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Jah Free
Type: Reggae, We Got Next
Label: Warner Bros.
Website: Jah Free
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Jah Free - The One
Don’t be deceived by Jah Free’s name; other than his dreadlocks, there is nothing even remotely Rastafarian or reggae-like about him. The West Covinia, CA artist …
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New Kidz
Type: Reggae, Unsigned
Label: Gargamel Music, Inc.
Website: New Kidz
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New Kidz - Woman
Go ahead everybody, take a sigh of relief; New Kidz is not the urban alter-ego of New Kids on The Block. In fact, New Kidz isn’t …
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Tricky Stewart
Type: Industry Heavyweights, Producer
Label: Red Zone Entertainment
Website: Tricky Stewart
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