Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef also became hip-hop's unofficial multicultural conscience; a seemingly omnipresent activist, he assembled or participated in numerous... [+] Read More

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Stop, Drop, Rock, and Roll. Dave Esposito is a half Colombian rock-star. He plays all of his instruments, writes all his lyrics, and edits each of his songs. He's a multi-talented rock and roll beast-man. Dave can rap, sing, and scream. You never know what his next song will sound like. Check him out, and no matter who you are you're bound to be... [+] Read More

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Back in the day, founding member H. Michael "Mikey" King, was studying graphic art, photography and song writing. These interests proved useful during a friendship with a music composer in Hollywood's film industry. King began assisting with the writing process which later led to the undertaking of his own solo projects. Fast forward to Los... [+] Read More

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I was Bourn In ukraine and lived there for 4 year after that my family and me immigrated to israel. since the age of 15 all I wanted to do was to write and produce music but i never had the guts to start doing somthing about that. Last year I made my first series desition and appled to "muzic" music production college and sence that I really... [+] Read More

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SLOT was formed in 2002 in Moscow. In October, 2003 company " Mystery of the Sound " lets out our debut album with name SLOT1. In the spring of 2006 independent company " Em i NEM" lets out the second album with the name " 2 Wars ". For the period with 2002 for 2003 the... [+] Read More

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One of the major success stories of 1992, Arrested Development was a progressive rap collective fusing soul, blues, hip-hop, and Sly and the Family Stone-influenced funk with political, socially conscious lyrics. The group was founded in the late '80s by rapper Speech and DJ Headliner, who decided to make the transition to a more positive,... [+] Read More

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Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate everything in its path. His literate, intelligent, nimbly performed rhymes and political... [+] Read More

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At the time of its 1989 release, De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, was hailed as the future of hip-hop. With its colorful, neo-psychedelic collage of samples and styles, plus the Long Island trio's low-key, clever rhymes and goofy humor, the album sounded like nothing else in hip-hop. Where most of their contemporaries drew... [+] Read More

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Cousin of renowned gangster rapper Ice Cube, Del tha Funkee Homosapien (real name Teren Delvon Jones) was born in Oakland, CA, on August 12, 1972, and got his start with Ice Cube's backing band, da Lench Mob. But Del's rap isn't as grim or violent as Ice Cube's is, in fact, he's been known to include something in his music that's far too... [+] Read More

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Though they were not the first to synthesize jazz and hip-hop, Digable Planets epitomized the laid-back charm of jazz hipsters better than any group before or since. The trio's 1993 debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was a mellow ride packed with samples from Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, and Curtis Mayfield, and the single... [+] Read More

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Although they predated the jazz-rap innovations of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Digable Planets, the Jungle Brothers were never able to score with either rap fans or mainstream audiences, perhaps due to their embrace of a range of styles -- including house music, Afrocentric philosophy, a James Brown fixation, and of course, the use of... [+] Read More

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Call Lauryn Hill the mother of hip-hop invention; with her 1998 solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the Fugees' most vocal member not only established herself as creative force on her own, but also broke new ground by successfully integrating rap, soul, reggae, and R&B into her own sound.

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A member of Original Black Kings, Omega Raw is a dedicated member of the Hip Hop Community. From showcasing other artist from 2001- 2006, Omega helps others as much as himself. A politically and culture driven artist focused on delivering the message that "If you look within yourself you will find the strenght to make your own life better." Be... [+] Read More

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Sa'J, is not a typical emcee. His style is created by bringing live instrumentation into harmony with infectious lyrics and catchy hooks. Most of the time you will see Sa'J with his band, performing original songs over which he heats the mic with his rhymes. Sa'J is an eclectic emcee whose music combines a number of genres to create what he... [+] Read More

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The Fugees translated an intriguing blend of jazz-rap, R&B, and reggae into huge success during the mid-'90s, when the trio's sophomore album The Score hit number one on the pop charts and sold over five million copies. The trio formed in the late '80s in the New Jersey area, where Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Michel ("Pras") attended a local high... [+] Read More

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Rama's got a new hot single "Feel your body", from his upcoming debut album "The Rama Sutra".

After producing a mix of Latin superstar Gloria Trevi's international hit "Todas mi miran", Rama is now working on a song for the Kumbia All-Stars.

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Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio. Though their album works have been inconsistent affairs, more intent on building grooves than pushing... [+] Read More

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Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef also became hip-hop's unofficial multicultural conscience; a seemingly omnipresent activist, he assembled or participated in numerous... [+] Read More

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