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Kid CuDi Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
A lot can change in a year. Just last summer, a recording artist named Scott Mescudi was a working a nine-to-five job to make ends meet and pursuing his musical dream in his spare time. Fast-forward to 2009 and the “lonely stoner” we all know as Kid CuDi has grown from relative unknown to unlikely pop megastar, thanks in large part to the breakout success of …
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Rock City Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
With major labels hesitant to release anything without a number one single attached, an uprising has been brewing among artists tired of watching their projects collect dust. Helmed by Virgin Islands-born brothers Timothy (aka Don’t Talk Much) and Theron (aka Da Spokesman) Thomas of rap/R&B duo Rock City, the PTFAO movement has been steadily gaining steam as musicians and fans alike add their voices to the …
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Bullet Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
Amidst all the independent emcees who cater to a niche, “underground” audience, there are the exceptional few who are already making club and radio hits—with the right backing, they could easily shoot to the top of the Billboard charts. Bullet, the “cyborg Martian maniac” who recently wowed our readership with debut single “Mr. Robotic,” is one of these rare up-and-comers with a preternatural talent for pop …
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Jeremih Interview
Filed under: R&B, We Got Next, Interviews
Let it not be said that DJBooth.net doesn’t jump on new talent early, nor that our readers don’t know a hit when they hear one; though it wasn’t till the single’s official release this past March that “Birthday Sex” catapulted Jeremih to national fame, the record’s massive potential was clear to the DJBooth community since it hit our front page back in December. With his breakout …
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Naledge Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
Nobody seems quite sure what the 50-foot-tall sculpture in Daley Plaza depicts (Is it a baboon? A long-necked woman? A jungle gym?), but, since its construction in 1967, the Chicago Picasso has been embraced as a work of public art that represents the city’s greatness. Forty-two years later, Kidz in the Hall emcee and local hip-hop phenom Naledge is preparing to erect a musical monument that …
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Young Son Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
If there’s one up-and-comer who needs no introduction to our regulars, it’s Young Son—since he first hit our front page back in December of ‘07, the Minneapolis native has established himself as both an underground artist to watch and one of our site’s most devoted contributors. After spending 10 weeks Counting Sheep in anticipation of the 20-year-old rapper’s sophomore LP, few in the Booth remain unconvinced …
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Dru Brett (of The Runners) Interview
Filed under: Producer, We Got Next, Interviews
The quest to find one’s true calling is generally one that takes many long years of soul-searching, and most of us take quite a few wrong turns along the way—of course, most of us aren’t lucky enough to connect with those who will become our lifelong friends and colleagues till we’re well past preschool age. Though they didn’t know it at the time, Dru Brett and …
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Ace Hood Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
Whether in the political, street, or musical arena, individuals in power possess certain key traits: they refuse to let anyone or anything dissuade them from pursuing their ambitions, they surround themselves with trusted friends and advisers, but never let their enemies out of sight, they keep a cool head at all times—to put it simply, they share a Ruthless mindset. South Florida up-and-comer Ace Hood may …
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AC Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
In the online promotion game, there are innovators and there are innovators. Back in ‘08, when most emcees were busy dropping mixtapes, series, mixtape series and series mixtapes, “I Got Head In The DJ Booth” up-and-comer AC came up with something entirely new: the first ever mixtape scavenger hunt. Leaking 20 all-original freestyles to hip-hop blogs and sites across the ‘net, the Staten Island rapper challenged …
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Hurricane Chris Interview
Filed under: We Got Next, Interviews
After seeing countless artists break through to the mainstream with a chart-smashing single, release an album, and drop off the radar in the blink of an eye, it’s easy to get a little jaded. Sometimes, though, the cynics are dead wrong. Case in point: Hurricane Chris, the Louisiana rapper whose ‘07 debut single had clubgoers across the nation hollerin’ “A Bay Bay,” but left a quite …
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