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Artist Essentials
11/10/2009
It's no coincidence that Mack 10's name channels that of a .45 caliber submachine gun. As one-third of the gangsta rap supergroup Westside Connection (alongside longtime collaborator Ice Cube and WC of …
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My Groove
11/10/2009
The West, particularly the romanticized West of our imagination, Zane Grey novels, and Hollywood cowboy epics, inspired some of our most talented musicians to set themselves a task thorny as a Saguaro …
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11/10/2009
Hip-Hop taught Mary J. that music is all about collaboration, and the pop icon/B-girl-at-heart is nothing if not a team player. When Method Man asked her to sing the hook for "I'll Be There for You/You …
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11/10/2009
Between the crackling grooves of her mom's dusty 45s and the static-stuffed transmissions of her local radio station, Mary learned all she needed to know about delivering soul music. Her first t …
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11/10/2009
When the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul told us, "I'm the only woman you need," we knew she wasn't lying. Still, we just can't deny that she came up with some of the finest full-throated women ever to step to a …
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11/10/2009
Mary owned the last decade of the 20th century - and the 21st century already has her stamp all over it. Peep the body oil- and incense-scented lyrics of Jill Scott's "A Long Walk" and you'll hear an i …
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Artist Essentials
11/10/2009
By the time Atreyu left Victory Records in early 2007 - just five years and three albums into their career - they had enough fan favorites to fill a best-of collection. We're talkin' songs that you sin …
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11/10/2009
Who wouldn't want to sing a duet with a legend? Over the years, Ray shared the mic with the music world's elite, from Johnny Cash to James Taylor, but he truly saved the best for last: Genius …
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11/10/2009
Country, jazz, pop, blues . . . all the music Ray grew up on used to be segregated - like the rest of America - until he began blurring lines and breaking barriers. How much did jazz legend Art Tatum i …
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