Fresh from her triumphant performance at the Brits where she picked up the British Female Solo Artist award, Amy Winehouse has her much anticipated new single, ”Back To Black”, released on April 16th through Island Records. The single is the title track from Amy’s stunning album “Back To Black”, which this week re-gained the no. 1 slot, and... [+] Read More

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born in luanda ANGOLA capital hip hop mc and producer,start in 1992,participated in a tv contest like american idol but in portugal was at the final then have a deal for participate on sony music compilation with various groups, the first one in portugal, and in one of the songs feat.CATARINA FURTADO one of most famous tv,... [+] Read More

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MY NAME IS EMILY. I'M FROM NEW YORK CITY. I GREW UP RIDING TRAINS AND PLAYING ON SIDEWALKS. SINGING WITH MY FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD.. SWV AND MILES DAVIS. ROACHES IN MY SODA AND SLAP BRACELETS. I LOVE TO SHOUT AND SMILE. I LOVE THE FEELING OF MUSIC..!!!!!(to be continued!) King may be just 21 years old, but this girl is a throwback to another... [+] Read More

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It would be an understatement to call the Sol.illaquists of Sound a mere Hip-Hop Band. Their message and ambitious fusion of varied stylistic genres continue to reinvent the perceptions and experience of music as a whole. The group consists of four dynamic individuals: Swamburger, Alexandrah, Tonya Combs, and DiViNCi. As they are each talented,... [+] Read More

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Growing up between Washington, D.C., and a farm in Georgia, Alice Smith spent much of her time listening to and singing many different genres of music, but it wasn't until her college years that she began to actually consider the possibility that her voice could be her career. Singing backup for a band at Fordham University, Smith was in the... [+] Read More

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Fresh from her triumphant performance at the Brits where she picked up the British Female Solo Artist award, Amy Winehouse has her much anticipated new single, ”Back To Black”, released on April 16th through Island Records. The single is the title track from Amy’s stunning album “Back To Black”, which this week re-gained the no. 1 slot, and... [+] Read More

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Positive messages and breakdancing are integral parts of hip-hop culture, but by 1990 those elements had been temporarily eclipsed by the tough gangsta image and bleak but compelling lyrics of West Coast groups like N.W.A. However, despite sharing a zip code, Black Eyed Peas' vision goes beyond the cracked-sidewalk vignettes and sampled gunfire... [+] Read More

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“You can do what ever you want as long as it is honest, and you are willing “set” it.”, She goes on to say, Imagine if we had 2000 Picassos, and 3000 Monet’s and all the other artist were never acknowledge because they wouldn’t sell in today’s market… No Frida Kahlo, No Basquiat, No Justin Bua. The Record labels of today are in essence making... [+] Read More

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Setting uplifting songs of love and modern-city life to a mid-tempo, hook-laden blend of reggae, calypso, rap, and British pop, Des'ree has risen to the upper echelon of British R&B. Although she failed to reach an American audience with her 1992 duet with Terence Trent D'Arby, "Delicate," despite it being a Top Ten hit in the U.K., she made up... [+] Read More

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Kameika Tanette Embry (born May 9, 19--), better known by her stage name Ella C. aka Ella Capone bka Queen of the City, is a up and coming female emcee hip-hop artist. Ella Capone started a independent record label with brother Ray E. in June of 2004 called Destine Fame Entertainment aka DFE. She is a multi-talented artist, song writer,... [+] Read More

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Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That's exactly what Janet Jackson did in becoming one of the biggest female pop and R&B stars of the '80s and '90s. Since her breakthrough in 1986 with the album Control,... [+] Read More

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Ms. Dynamite (aka Niomi McLean-Daley) grew up in North London, listening to reggae and turning to hip-hop at the age of 12. Even when she wanted to become either a primary school teacher or a social worker, her passion for music was stronger. After starting out in a pirate radio station called RAW FM, Ms. Dynamite met Richard Forbes (aka Sticky)... [+] Read More

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Originating from Oakland, CA, hip-hop singer Mystic merges literate rhymes charged with poetry and a lush singing voice beaming with a sense of soul. Signed to the Goodvibe roster -- also including Slum Village and Bahamadia -- she worked with a cast of respected underground hip-hop producers for her 2001 debut album, Cuts for Luck and Scars for... [+] Read More

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Vivian Green grew up in Philadelphia, where she started singing at an early age. She began playing the piano at age eight and writing songs when she was 11. At 13, she joined a girl group called Younique. She spent her teens writing, sending out demos, and singing wherever she could. Her break came when she was hired as a backup singer for Jill... [+] Read More

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With the release of her debut CD, Moments of Clarity, Book 1 (2005) Wayna solidified herself as an emerging singer/songwriter and a compelling and vivid storyteller. Since then, the Ethiopian native, whose musical style can be found between Minnie Riperton, Lauryn Hill, and Simon and Garfunkel has used her soulful voice and dynamic stage show to... [+] Read More

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Witchdoctor was an ambitious hip-hop artist from Georgia who blended Afrocentric spirituality, soul, rap, and urban R&B. His Organized Noise-produced debut album, A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual, was released by Interscope in 1997. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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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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Yvette Michele was first heard in 1995 as the sultry singer on Hot-97 DJ Funkmaster Flex's The Mix Tape, Vol. 1. Thanks to her contribution, "Everyday & Everynight," she was offered a contract on Loud!/RCA for her debut album, My Dream. She began by singing along with the radio as well as her mother's stacks of jazz vocal records; she sang in... [+] Read More

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