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Ghostface Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, Street Veterans, Interviews
With a plethora of alter egos and a diverse array of styles to match, peerless street storyteller Ghostface Killah has kept listeners on their toes through a legendary run with the Wu-Tang Clan as well as a series of critically acclaimed solo releases. Now, the veteran emcee’s stepped into the role of “Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry” for one of his most daring stylistic departures to …
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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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Clipse Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, Interviews
When it comes to making the best of a bad situation, few can compete with The Clipse. When former label Jive gave the Virginia Beach natives lemons, Malice and Pusha T rose to the occasion and then some, cooking up stark, paranoid audio crack in the form of ‘06 coke-rap classic Hell Hath No Fury. In the three years since, things have grown considerably sweeter for …
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Amerie Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, R&B, Interviews
Since the adage “All’s fair In Love & War” was coined circa 1579, the arts of both warfare and romance have become considerably more complex and treacherous—fortunately, Amerie is here to do for the latter what Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, and other philosophers of power have done for the former. On her forthcoming fourth studio album (and Def Jam debut), the R&B songstress will share her hard-won …
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Cassidy Interview
Filed under: Street Veterans, Interviews
When Cassidy sat down for his first Booth-exclusive interview following the release of his third studio album, B.A.R.S., the Philadelphia rapper’s story was already one of the game’s most compelling—from the involuntary manslaughter charge that led to his incarceration in ‘05 to the ‘06 car accident that very nearly cost him his life, the often grisly but always fascinating events of Barry Adrian Reese’s life have …
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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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The Alchemist Interview
Filed under: DJs, Industry Heavyweights, Producer, Interviews
Today’s DJs and producers can be said to have succeeded where the alchemists of ages past have failed—though nobody managed to track down the Philosophers’ Stone that would allow garden-variety lead to be transmuted into more precious elements, master beatsmiths have pioneered a slightly different, much more successful approach to that same problem: separating tunes both familiar and obscure into their component parts, and, with the …
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Pitbull Interview
Filed under: Industry Heavyweights, Interviews
What others simply talk about, Pitbull is about—from his ‘04 debut album, M.I.A.M.I., onward, the Cuban-American rapper has consistently turned out massive hits in a musical climate in which many big-name artists are struggling to stay afloat, all while operating under a label deal that hampered his creative freedom. Now that Pit’s graduated from the “TVT School of Hard Knocks” and moved on to a major …
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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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