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Formed in LA in 2005 by guitarist Tom Morello (Trend Against the device, Audioslave, Nightwatchman) and rapper Shoes Riley (the Coup), Road Sweeper Social Golf club crafts self-described “revolutionary get together jams” steeped in funk, rock, hip-hop and straight-up blue-collar rock and roll & move that reveal the duo’s progressive …

Having obtained their begin in 1993, Trapped Mojo had been always a straightforward focus on for criticism, getting complaints about their fusion of steel and rap — “overdue” or “generic” had been the most frequent jabs — and also bigoted remarks from those struggling to acknowledge their African-American frontman, Bonz. …

Brewing an essential concoction of Latin salsa, urban hip-hop, and jazz-funk, Ozomatli created in LA within the mid-’90s, eventually buying a lineup that included Raúl “El Bully” Pacheco, Ulises Bella, Jiro Yamaguchi, Cut Chemist, Chali 2na, Wil-Dog Abers, Mairo Calire, Rene “Spinobi” Dominguez, Justin “Niño” Porée, Asdrubal Sierra, and Jabu. …

Although they predated the jazz-rap innovations of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Digable Planets, the Jungle Brothers were hardly ever in a position to score with possibly rap fans or mainstream audiences, probably because of their embrace of a variety of styles — including house music, Afrocentric …

The Amsterdam-based rock/rap collective Urban Dance Squad began in 1986, playing and jamming collectively on a casual basis. They performed a gig in the Utrecht Event and, surprised from the raves their overall performance drew, became a far more serious task. The group gigged for just two years, and with …

The London-based duo referred to as Definition of Sound created an attractive and exciting mixture of post-acid house hip-hop that merged freestyle, reggae, rap, funk, rock, and R&B. About a minute the group sounded like Al Green, another Van Morrison, another the Ombres. Kevin Clark and Don Weekes fulfilled at …