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The quirky, mash-up party crew Hollertronix came collectively when DJ Diplo (or Diplodocus) moved to Philadelphia and installed with like-minded turntablist, LOW QUALITY. The term “genre” meant nothing at all to them. Combining electro with dancehall, fresh influx with funk, and Missy Elliot using the Clash, Hollertronix produced a big …

Originally formed in 2006 simply because the Really difficult Hitters, the trio officially switched towards the enigmatic moniker Travis Porter in 2008. MCs Ali (Lakeem Mattox), Quez (Donquez Woods), and Strap (Harold Duncan) was raised jointly in Decatur, Georgia, and created the band with the expectation of overtaking the rap …

With apparent affects of Pete Rock and roll, Jay Dee, and DJ Leading, Culver Town, CA, DJ/maker Presto (true name Christopher Douglas) consistently stayed true to his spirit- and jazz-inflected formula of boom-bap beats to produce a name for himself. Despite becoming born and elevated in Houston, TX, Presto’s NY …

Although G-Side’s raps are from the filthy southern variety, Stephen “ST 2 Lettaz” Harris and Yung “David Williams” Clova incorporate synthesized modern music within their beats in a manner that makes crunk in fact sound dreamy. The duo created in 1999, after getting together with at the Males & Girls …

Hip-hop duo PRhyme happened in 2014 being a collaboration between renowned East Coast producer DJ Leading and Detroit-bred MC Royce da 5’9″. Royce da 5’9″ emerged up dealing with Eminem, and Premier’s beats described among the better hip-hop information of the first ’90s and beyond, and both brought the most …

Mainly a duo — MC Ra LaMotta and his wife, vocalist Dana Diaz-Tutaan — but aided simply by a set of DJs (DJ Big Wiz, DJ Boo) and a percussionist (Guy Licata), ApSci (short for Applied Science) released their first album, OBTAIN IT Twisted, in the Australian Elefant Tracks label. …

Detroit rapper Danny Dark brown embraced his exclusive hood/hipster character, took full benefit of social networking, and — fueled by his encounters with drug working and medication taking, and a wicked love of life — delivered a few of the most brilliant, vulgar, and side-splitting rhymes of his period. Dark …

Rapper Mikey Mo “The MC” includes a diverse design because of his bicoastal background and a like of what hip-hop historians contact the “ol’ boom-bap.” Given birth to in Jamaica, Queens, NY, Mikey was shuttled between parents after a bitter divorce. In 1996 his dad committed suicide, a meeting that …

Some sort of underground rap supergroup made up of Quannum labelmates Present of Gab (from Blackalicious) and Lateef (from Latyrx) along with manufacturer Headnodic (from Crown Town Rockers), the Mighty Underdogs met up after Lateef invited Gab to become listed on him on some Headnodic beats he was rhyming more …

Using their similar backgrounds and tastes, it’s no coincidence that Florida hopefuls Dan Chavez, aka DJ Dirty Digits, and Dillon Maurer, aka Intellekt, would cross paths. Dirty Digits offered as the metropolitan music movie director at Florida Condition University’s pupil radio place, WVFS 89.7, and this program movie director for …