The Live Manikins are a collection of five individuals who came together for the common cause of making true music. Assembling from across Northern California, the five met in Sacramento and formed a group with the aim to create sounds that would bring people together and open their minds. As a group, influences range from every genre of music.... [+] Read More

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BRB is a talented and witty emcee who is quick on his feet. He is a superb free-stylist who brings a unique spontaneity to recordings, performances and battles.

As a rapper, BRB brings challenging and inspirational lyrics delivered with a smooth flow and will often shock the crowd by incorporating Spanish into his raps. With... [+] Read More

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BORN IN 2005 from turntables, a sampler, and a microphone, Philadelphia Slick has evolved into a ten-piece hip-hop ensemble. While lead emcee Noesis spins lyrical webs, producer and keyboard player Zach Reilly composes music that is somewhere in between DJ Shadow and Curtis Mayfield – a contemporary splice of funk and soul music from days... [+] Read More

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REYN’S music is mainstream-commercial hip-hop, with contemporary R&B and Folk-pop influences. REYN demonstrates he is an easy, compelling, popular and radio friendly artist. REYN is an uncommon artist whose music harvests a mainstream appeal. Lyrics that touch you...voice that moves you... insight into today... foresight on tomorrow... REYN is... [+] Read More

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Born Monzeil Jhamal Flemming, in Trenton, NJ, Shin-Q grew up in a single parent home with 2 siblings. Exposed to music at an early age, he wrote his first song at the age of 8.Being raised in Hip-Hop's Golden Era helped Shin-Q develop his grassroots respect for the art form! His family's nomadic lifestyle, directly effected his way of thinking... [+] Read More

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The Rock of Gibraltar still stands tall at the entrance of the Mediteranean Sea. One of the fabled pillars of Hercules rich in history and culture, and home to the talented beatsmith and conscious lyricist, from the pioneering Hip Hop crew South Link, the man who calls himself EmVee.
EmVee comes from a very artistical family who have been... [+] Read More

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She grew up listening to '70s soul and '80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm. The grooves and production on the album are bass-heavy R&B, but Badu's langurous, occasionally tortured vocals and delicate phrasing immediately removed her from... [+] Read More

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Frequently and rightly placed in the same context as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Kanye West, Jay Dee built and sustained a high standing as a producer's producer while maintaining a low profile. When Pharrell Williams appeared on BET's 106 & Park in 2004, he excitedly declared that Jay Dee was his favorite producer and told an audibly stumped... [+] Read More

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Vocalists Tracey Moore and Mercedes Martinez make up Jazzyfatnastees. In 1993, they were part of a vocal quartet that had landed a deal with Tommy Boy. But by 1995, the deal had fallen through. After drifting for a few years, Moore and Martinez found themselves in Philadelphia, their quartet reduced to a duo by departures. The two had known the... [+] Read More

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The first non-Fugee signed to the trio's Refugee Camp label, John Forté met the group through vocalist Lauryn Hill early in the '90s, before the Fugees had even signed a recording contract. Also of Haitian descent, Forté worked on production for their breakout album, 1996's The Score, and also toured as part of Wyclef Jean's solo project, the... [+] Read More

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L.O. Quent, the Lucid Wonder or just L.O. Quent for short, is an up-and-coming producer/artist/poet with a gifted musical mind and a melodic soul. He combines his eclectic tastes from jazz, soul, R&B to dance, house and techno to create an new, innovative sound that is truly unique.Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.A. in 1981, L.O. Quent... [+] 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.

Raised in South Orange, NJ, Hill... [+] Read More

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The best and most popular French rapper, MC Solaar found success in America among fans of acid jazz and jazz-rap (if not the larger hip-hop community) after guesting on Guru's acclaimed Jazzmatazz project. His fluid phrasing makes up for his lack of English, and the production on his solo work (by DJ Jimmy Jay and Boom Bass of La Funk Mob)... [+] Read More

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The longtime MC with pioneering alternative hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest, rapper Q-Tip was born Jonathan Davis in New York City on November 20, 1970. While a student at the Murray Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, he co-founded A Tribe Called Quest with fellow students Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife (Malik Taylor) in 1988; the... [+] 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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Michael Franti released only one album as half of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, but it was praised for his insightful raps and Public Enemy-influenced beats. After disappearing for two years, Franti resurfaced in 1994 with Spearhead, a band more rooted in '70s funk; their debut Home was followed in 1997 by Chocolate Supa Highway. ~ John... [+] Read More

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When MC and producer S1 (Symbolyc One), who grew up playing piano and drums in his church in Waco, TX, wanted to start a band, it made sense for him to look no further than fellow MC and cousin Myth (Mythological). Though not much ever came from their group, Symbolic Elementz, in 1998 S1 met Myone through work, and when the cousins decided to go... [+] 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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