| DGM: Damn Good Monday, Vol. 4 |
A handful of tracks to get you through the Monday grind (back from hiatus, after *someone* got a job!):
- The Dean's List "Dear Professor"
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis "Otherside"
- Tayyib Ali "Eighteen"
- Hoodie Allen "Tighten Up"
- djDOYOU "Stuntin Like Mufasa"
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| DGM: Damn Good Monday, Vol. 3 |
A handful of tracks to get you through the Monday grind:
- Titus Andronicus "A More Perfect Union"
- CunninLynguists "Lynguistics"
- Diamond District "Back 2 Basics"
- Milkman "Let's Go"
- Blakroc "What You Do To Me"
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| Essential Northwest Hip-Hop: Blue Scholars |
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If you live outside of Seattle you may not have heard of Blue Scholars, but today they are an integral part of the city's hip-hop scene like Starbucks is to coffee, Pike Place Market is to shopping, or the Space Needle is to the skyline.
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| Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears "Scandalous" |
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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are back bangin' out the same soulful sound that made their debut, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, a hit. If you're a fan of Black Joe Lewis this sophomore effort, Scandalous, will not disappoint; if you're new to the group, hang on and prepare for a wild, funky ride...
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| DGM: Damn Good Monday, Vol. 2 |
A handful of tracks to get you through the Monday grind:
- Zion I & The Grouch "Rockit Man (feat. Silk E)"
- The Black Keys "Thickfreakness"
- Atmosphere "She's Enough"
- Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day"
- Jay-Z & Coldplay "Lost Part 1"
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| Donald Glover is... Childish Gambino |
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Bro Rape Guy, Troy Barnes, Childish Gambino... Donald Glover has compiled an impressive list of aliases in a short period of time. He has broken out online through his comedy group Derrick Comedy with sketches like Bro Rape: A Newsline Investigative Report; he has broken out on television with notable writing credits for shows like 30 Rock and The Daily Show, and has a lead role in NBC's Community; and now Donald is on the cusp of breaking out through his music under his rap moniker, Childish Gambino...
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| The White Panda - "Pandamonium" |
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The White Panda are a mashup duo comprised of members Procrast and DJ Griffi. The two began the collaborative mashup effort when their interests in the genre merged back in 2009. Previous full online releases, as well as a series of individual song mashes have given The White Panda a decent internet following. With Pandamonium, their third album, they will no doubt continue to garner more attention in the scene...
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| DJ TOPCAT |
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DJ TOPCAT is a rare kind of mash-up artist not afraid to truly span many genres and decades. Take one look at the Seattle based DJ's collection of mp3s, and you'll see mixes involving Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, The Allman Brothers, KISS, A-ha, Ying Yang Twins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Doors, Simon and Garfunkel, Eminem, and so on and so forth. According to his facebook page, his influences include "everything except trance and new country" - and that's not far from the truth...
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| DGM: Damn Good Monday, Vol. 1 |
A handful of tracks to get you through the Monday grind:
- The Knux "She's So Up"
- Atmosphere "Just for Show"
- Lupe Fiasco "Words I Never Said"
- Radiohead "Lotus Flower"
- J Dilla "The Diff'rence"
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| Lupe Fiasco - "Lasers" |
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I almost don't feel comfortable calling this a Lupe Fiasco album. Instead the album should be called Atlantic Records presents: "Lasers", with a tiny footnote at the bottom that reads "with vocal contributions from Lupe Fiasco". Greed, politics, strong-arming, and autotune have combined to ruin what should have been a lyrical piece of art...
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| Wick-it the Instigator - "The Brothers of Chico Dusty" |
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DJ Wick-It combines two of my favorite things - The Black Keys and mash-ups - to forge a perfect union...
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