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Droppin’ Knowledge: 03CAS, Hip Hop’s Monet, Creates Painterly, Impressionistic Music That Defies Easy Categorization

By MD Semel  / June 30, 2021
When the musician and experimental hip hop iconoclast 03CAS emigrated from South Africa to the United Kingdom, he landed at…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: 03CAS, Hip Hop’s Monet, Creates Painterly, Impressionistic Music That Defies Easy Categorization

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Santa Cruz Sound Czar Eddou XL

By MD Semel  / June 22, 2021
And we back…and we back…nah, nah, nah… Santa Cruz sound czar Eddou XL joins today’s version of Behind The Boards….
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Santa Cruz Sound Czar Eddou XL

Droppin’ Knowledge: On His Latest Album, McKinley Dixon Keeps It Real & Brings It Home

By MD Semel  / June 10, 2021
If you asked hip hop artist McKinley Dixon to name the greatest rapper of all time, you might be surprised…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: On His Latest Album, McKinley Dixon Keeps It Real & Brings It Home

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Baltimore’s Zen Master Of Sound, Shine

By MD Semel  / May 17, 2021
And we back…nah, nah, nah… Veteran Baltimore, Maryland producer Shine recently released his new album, As The Beauty Became, a…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Baltimore’s Zen Master Of Sound, Shine

Droppin’ Knowledge: New York MC Rouge Releases His Sonically Dense, Lyrically Rich Debut – War! – A Review & Conversation

By MD Semel  / April 30, 2021
Staten Island, New York emcee Rouge recently released his debut album, War!, a sonically dense collection of music, with crisp…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: New York MC Rouge Releases His Sonically Dense, Lyrically Rich Debut – War! – A Review & Conversation

Droppin’ Knowledge: On His LP Border Patrol, Singer-Songwriter Farees Turns Trauma Into Art, With Humor, Grace and Righteous Anger

By MD Semel  / April 22, 2021
When Farees, the singer-song writer, released his stirring debut solo album in 2015, Mississippi to Sahara, (under the name Faris),…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: On His LP Border Patrol, Singer-Songwriter Farees Turns Trauma Into Art, With Humor, Grace and Righteous Anger

Droppin’ Knowledge: In Chi-Town, Rashid Hadee Is On The Beat. And The Mic, Too.

By MD Semel  / March 29, 2021
In hip hop, a sample can sometimes lead you on an unexpected journey. Rashid Hadee’s first box of vinyl records…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: In Chi-Town, Rashid Hadee Is On The Beat. And The Mic, Too.

Boston MC Billy Dean Thomas Reminds Us That “Hope Is A Song In A Weary Throat”

By MD Semel  / March 8, 2021
Last year seemed like the year that Billy Dean Thomas would finally break through. The Boston-based hip hop artist, poet…
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Boston MC Billy Dean Thomas Reminds Us That “Hope Is A Song In A Weary Throat”

Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards with Boston’s Musical Polymath, Rilla Force

By MD Semel  / February 18, 2021
And we back… Boston music scene stalwart Rilla Force is a musical polymath and a man with a distinct sound…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards with Boston’s Musical Polymath, Rilla Force

Droppin’ Knowledge: Despite Life’s Ups & Downs, Virginia MC Chuck Dolo Is Doing “Aight”

By MD Semel  / February 12, 2021
Late last year, the rap artist Chuck Dolo released his first official music, the single “Late Nights,” and the EP…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Despite Life’s Ups & Downs, Virginia MC Chuck Dolo Is Doing “Aight”

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