After listening to KA.Jay’s A Vent: 6-2-94, you’d come to the same realization that the recording artist from Atlanta did, “this game is fucked up.” The music game is hard as it is. There’s a niche for everything, and listeners play favorites. So what does that mean for a new artist coming from a low-middle class […]
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Tis’ the season to turn up! If you don’t already know who the CloseHigh is, now is the time to familiarize yourself. Bronx recording artist and video producer CloseHigh, dropped “Turn Up” featuring Oshaythevillain, and this year we were blessed with a lo-fi music video with loads of visuals. The video’s high energy reminds you […]
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Sunday, December 17, Julian Stephen collaborated with Bare Canvas Sounds for the Appropriate Culture Watch Party hosted by Blogxilla. While the technical aspects of the event was handled by Julian Stephen and the Brooklyn event curator of the group Viva La Burns, the sounds were in control by the Contro1freak, DamnitCarlos, Wah Gwan Twon and […]
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“Making music is the closest thing to magic,” says Midwestern recording artist Noetic over the phone. The 24-year-old Cleveland rapper has only been in the game for a couple of months, and he’s already making moves with his music. However, the artist isn’t “really sold onto the name Noetic,” he said to HangTime. When he […]
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Descendent is from Newport News, Virginia and since childhood, music has been an important aspect in his life. Currently living in New York City, he continues to excel in his music career. Descendent is currently on a regional tour called R.U.H. (Revolutionary Understanding Heard) Tour. His style of music is a mix of soul, boom bap, and […]
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With a New York State of Mind and a Midwestern Spirit, Singer/Songwriter iamchelseaiam, pulls on the heartstrings of listeners with her realist lyrics & soothing vocals on “Paperdoll” the second single (streaming now on Spotify, Apple Music) of her upcoming EP “A Beautiful Mess” (release date TBA). The imagery of “Paperdoll” seems childish,and the content […]
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NEU-JAQQ’D Neuropunk and Bojaq team up for a truly dense sound experience with NEUJAQ—weaving in sounds and textures across the spectrum of dance, including a hefty taste of action, gaming, and drum ‘n’ bass. In all, an East-Coast-West-Coast collaboration even Midwesterners need to tune in. “It sounds pretty dope, I like it.” -DJ Earl HangTime […]
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This past June, Jersey club phenom, UNIIQU3 teamed up with Yungkiidd for the premiere of the littest track of the Summer, “TRUNK.” The FADER says that it’s an infectious track because “it is still stuck in our heads,” and that’s straight facts! The year is coming to a close, and we’re still twerking when we hear that […]
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Forecast says that it’s going to be a cloudy day, Saturday, November 25, 2017. Unfortunately for weathermen everywhere, they couldn’t predict the high chances for artists in the tri-state area to receive an enormous amount of enlightening information from Platinum Boy Music‘s multi-platinum record producer Antwan “Amadeus” Thompson. In the past couple of weeks, notable […]
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Cultural appropriation is a sociological concept of relationships and cultures wrongly adopted, and violated, by other members of another group. At times it is framed as misappropriation, but for Appropriate Culture, it’s the complete opposite. During the month of November rapper-songwriter, producer, writer, actor and director Julian Stephen launches his newest project featuring some notable […]
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Prepare for itsENJ sophomore single release, bringing back the dramatic soul found in “Good Weave Bad Attitude” with a slight twist. “Celine’s Song” embodies a harmonic fusion of smooth afrobeats and hip hop. The signature blends by itsENJ’s consists of hard hitting drums coupled with an afrobeat undertone, taking us back to their Nigerian origins, while giving […]
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Missouri-born artist, Azia, was raised in Atlanta, GA and musically influenced by every stop she’s made in between. Although writing has always been a part of her life, she didn’t start recording music until late 2014, and began producing in 2016. After an extended trip in London, she was left broke and went back to Atlanta […]
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