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Artist Essentials
9/21/2010
Here's how long E-40's been in the rap game - long enough to see his son Droop-E become one of hyphy's leading producers. Meanwhile, E-40's delivered more than 10 rhyme-slaying solo albums; albums that …
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Artist Essentials
9/21/2010
While his status as a Golden State legend starts in the early `90s, E-40 has earned the respect of everyone from Lil Jon to Master P in the decades - and countless records - since his underground days. …
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Artist Essentials
9/21/2010
More than a mere singer-songwriter, Beth Orton augments her falling-angel vocals and lilting acoustic guitar with an astounding array of proven producers (Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl, Primal Sc …
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Genres & History
9/21/2010
A Latin jazz classic penned by Cuban conguero Mongo Santamarfa, the classic "Afro-Blue" illustrates the kind of bewitching grooves that result when you mix African rhythm with a Latin sensibilit …
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Genres & History
9/21/2010
The punk movement of the late '70s was a breath of pure oxygen, wedging itself between the bloated self-importance of progressive rock and the mindless inanity of disco. The Brits' take on it came from …
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Artist Essentials
9/21/2010
The man known as "the Killer" stands as one of rock's architects, a performer whose sheer impact can't be calculated. Part of the legendary Sun Studios stable (along with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Ca …
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Genres & History
9/21/2010
Country music was in transition during the immediately pre-Urban Cowboy era. Angry white-guy anthems, such as Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It" and Merle Haggard's "The Fightin' Sid …
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Genres & History
9/21/2010
As far as we can remember, Conan O'Brien's popular "In the Year 2000" segment never predicted any of the following: the beats and rhymes dominance of a Detroit rapper with a candy-conjuring name (Emine …
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My Groove
9/21/2010
Bad vibes from the napalm-scarred jungles of Vietnam and the riot-torn asphalt jungles of Detroit couldn't defuse the love bomb that detonated in San Francisco in the summer of 1967. Everywhere you tur …
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