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J Dilla

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James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as one third of the acclaimed music group Slum Village. [1]

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A cappella

A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip-hop collective formed in 1985 and originally composed of MC and main producer Q-Tip,.

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Absolute value

In mathematics, the absolute value or modulus of a real number is the non-negative value of without regard to its sign.

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Adult Swim

Adult Swim (stylized as and often shortened to) is the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the American children's cable network Cartoon Network and programmed by William Street Productions.

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Agile (producer)

Ajene Griffith, better known as Agile, is a Canadian hip-hop producer and DJ from Toronto, Ontario.

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Akai MPC

The Akai MPC (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Controller) is an integrated digital sampling drum machine and MIDI sequencer designed by Roger Linn and produced by Akai from 1988 onwards.

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Akrobatik

Jared Bridgeman, better known by his stage name Akrobatik, is an American rapper from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Album of the Year (Black Milk album)

Album of the Year is the fourth studio album by hip hop producer and rapper Black Milk, which was released on September 14, 2010 by Fat Beats.

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, and rapper, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Amp Fiddler

Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer from Detroit, Michigan.

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B4.Da.$$

B4.Da.$$ (pronounced "Before Da Money") is the debut studio album by American rapper Joey Badass.

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Barely Breaking Even

Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British record label started by two DJs, Peter Adarkwah and Ben Jolly.

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Beat Junkies

The World Famous Beat Junkies is an American hip hop crew of DJs specializing in Turntablism.

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Beat Konducta

Beat Konducta is a 7-album series released by hip hop musician Madlib.

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Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.

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Big Sean

Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper.

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Bilal (American singer)

Bilal Sayeed Oliver (born August 23, 1979), better known mononymously as Bilal, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer.

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Bishop Nehru

Markel Scott (born August 26, 1996), better known by his stage name Bishop Nehru, is an American rapper and record producer from Nanuet, New York.

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Black Milk

Curtis Eugene Cross (born August 14, 1983), known professionally as Black Milk, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.

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Bumper (broadcasting)

In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper or break-bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement, usually two to 15 seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commercial break, and vice versa.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive and actor.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of blood flow resulting from the failure of the heart to effectively pump.

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Carl Craig

Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno musicians.

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Carlos Santiago Nino

Carlos Santiago Nino (1943–1993) was an Argentine moral, legal and political philosopher.

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Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network (abbreviated as CN since 2004) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System.

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Cellular network

A cellular network or mobile network is a communication network where the last link is wireless.

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Champion Sound

Champion Sound is a studio album by the duo Jaylib (hip hop musicians J Dilla and Madlib).

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Chance the Rapper

Chancelor Jonathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and philanthropist from the West Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

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Charles Hamilton (rapper)

Charles Eddie-Lee Hamilton, Jr. (born November 10, 1987), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Harlem, New York City, New York.

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Chrome Children

Chrome Children is a co-production between Stones Throw Records and Adult Swim.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, poet, and film producer.

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Conant Gardens

Conant Gardens is a neighborhood in northeast Detroit, Michigan.

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Concert tour

A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic.

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D'Angelo

Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced di-Angelo), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

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Dan-e-o

Daniel Faraldo (born June 10, 1977), known professionally as Dan-e-o, is a Canadian hip hop artist and actor of Jamaican and Spanish descent.

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Danny!

Danny Swain, better known by his mononymous stage name Danny!, is an American music composer, recording artist, singer/songwriter and voiceover talent.

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Dave Chappelle

David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.

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Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party, also known as Block Party, is a 2005 documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry.

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David Fiuczynski

David Fiuczynski (born March 5, 1964) is an American contemporary jazz guitarist, best known as the leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos and David Fiuczynski's KiF, and as a member of Hasidic New Wave.

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De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York.

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Delicious Vinyl

Delicious Vinyl is an American independent record label founded by Matt Dike and Michael Ross in 1987 and based in Los Angeles, California.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit City Council

The Detroit City Council is the legislative body of Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Detroit techno

Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit-based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Dice Raw

Karl Jenkins, better known as Dice Raw, is an American hip hop artist, from Philadelphia.

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Digable Planets

Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987, in Brooklyn, New York.

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Dillatronic

Dillatronic is a compilation album by late hip hop musician J Dilla, released posthumously on October 30, 2015 through Vintage Vibez Music Group.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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DJ Premier

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ, and was half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr—alongside the emcee Guru—and forms half of the hip hop duo PRhyme, together with Royce da 5'9".

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DJ Spinna

Vincent Williams, better known by his stage name DJ Spinna, is an American hip hop producer from Brooklyn.

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Donut Shop

Donut Shop is a 2-disc collection of previously unreleased instrumental hip hop songs by J Dilla, former founding member of Slum Village.

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Donuts (album)

Donuts is the second studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, released on February 7, 2006 by Stones Throw Records.

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Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks

Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks is an EP released by Detroit producer/rapper J Dilla, released by the Stones Throw label in March 2006.

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Drake (musician)

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur.

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Dwele

Andwele Gardner (born February 14, 1978), better known by his stage name Dwele is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan.

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E-Life (album)

E-Life is the sixth studio album by the band Mint Condition.

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology.

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Elzhi

Jason Powers (born May 12, 1978), better known by his stage name eLZhi, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan.

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Eric Roberson

Eric Roberson (born September 25, 1976) is a singer, songwriter and producer from Rahway, New Jersey.

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Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)

Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (sometimes spelled as Fantastic, Vol. 1), is unofficial debut studio album by American hip hop group Slum Village.

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Fantastic, Vol. 2

Fantastic, Vol.

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Fellatio

Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act involving the use of the mouth or throat, which is usually performed by a person on the penis of another person.

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File sharing

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books.

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Find a Way (A Tribe Called Quest song)

"Find a Way" is a song by A Tribe Called Quest, the first single from their fifth album The Love Movement.

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Finding Forever

Finding Forever is the seventh studio album by Common, released on July 31, 2007 on GOOD Music and Geffen Records.

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Flying Lotus

Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an experimental multi-genre music producer, electronic musician, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper from Los Angeles, California.

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Frank n Dank

Frank n Dank (real names Frank Bush, and Derrick Harvey) are an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan.

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Fuck the Police (J Dilla song)

"Fuck the Police" is a song by rapper and producer Jay Dee, who would later be known as J Dilla.

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Game Theory (album)

Game Theory is the seventh studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released August 29, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings.

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Get Used to It (Brand New Heavies album)

Get Used to It is a funk album by the Brand New Heavies released 27 June 2006 via Starbucks and more traditional music retail outlets.

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Got 'til It's Gone

"Got 'til It's Gone" is a song recorded by American singer Janet Jackson, featuring American rapper Q-Tip and Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, for her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope (1997).

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Guilty Simpson

Byron Gardner Simpson (born January 11, 1980), known professionally as Guilty Simpson, is an American rapper.

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Hello (Poe album)

Hello is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Poe, released in 1995 on Modern Records.

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Hi-Tek

Tony Cottrell, better known as Hi-Tek (born May 5, 1976), is an American rapper and record producer from Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hip hop production

Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio.

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House Shoes

Michael Buchanan, better known as House Shoes, is an American Detroit-born hip hop producer and DJ, who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

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How I Got Over (album)

How I Got Over is the ninth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released June 22, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings.

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Illa J

John Derek Yancey (born October 13, 1986), better known by his stage name Illa J, is a rapper, singer, producer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan who has released two albums on Delicious Vinyl Records.

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Immortal Technique

Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian-American hip hop recording artist and activist.

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J Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as one third of the acclaimed music group Slum Village.

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J. Cole

Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer.

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J. Rawls

Jason Rawls, better known as J. Rawls, is an American hip hop musician from Columbus, Ohio.

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James Poyser

James Poyser (born January 30, 1967) is an English-born American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, pianist, producer and a member of the hip hop band The Roots.

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Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.

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Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years

Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years is a compilation album that catalogues hip hop producer J Dilla's early production career.

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Jay Love Japan

Jay Love Japan is the fourth studio album and second posthumous project by American hip hop recording artist, J Dilla.

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Jay Rock

Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr., (born March 31, 1985), better known by his stage name Jay Rock, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Watts, California.

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Jay Stay Paid

Jay Stay Paid is the fifth studio album by album by American hip hop recording artist J Dilla.

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Jaydee

Jaydee (born Robin Albers in 1956) is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972), known professionally as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, actor, DJ and television producer.

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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B songwriting and record production team.

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Joey Badass

Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), better known by his stage name Joey Badass (stylized as Joey Bada$$), is an American rapper, actor, and record producer.

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John Hughes (filmmaker)

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American writer, director, and producer.

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Jon Bellion

Jonathan David Bellion (born December 26, 1990) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer.

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Kahlil Joseph

Kahlil Joseph (pronounced Kha-leel) is an Indian-born American film, television and stage actor and teacher of performing arts who has worked extensively in North America and India, and is based in Los Angeles.

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kardinal Offishall

Jason D. Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall, is a Canadian rapper, record producer, and record executive.

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Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins is an American jazz drummer, hip hop producer, DJ and rapper.

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Kelvin Mercer

Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969) is a rapper, producer, and one-third of the hip hop trio De La Soul.

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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LA Weekly

LA Weekly is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California.

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Labcabincalifornia

Labcabincalifornia is the second album by The Pharcyde, released in 1995, three years after their debut Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

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Lettuce (band)

Lettuce is a funk band that originated in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992.

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Like Water for Chocolate (album)

Like Water for Chocolate is the fourth studio album by American rapper Common, released on March 28, 2000 through MCA Records.

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Little Brother (group)

Little Brother was an American hip hop group from Durham, North Carolina that consists of rappers Phonte and Big Pooh and DJ/producer 9th Wonder.

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Live Hard

Live Hard is an EP from underground Hip Hop duo Show & A.G. released under the name The Show & A Experience on CD in late 2007.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus is a collection of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues.

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M-Phazes

Mark Landon (born 1 February 1983) better known by his stage name M-Phazes, is a producer and artist from Gold Coast, Queensland.

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Mac Miller

Malcolm James McCormick (born January 19, 1992), best known by his stage name Mac Miller, is an American rapper, singer and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Madlib

Otis Jackson Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper.

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Mastermind (Rick Ross album)

Mastermind is the sixth studio album by American rapper Rick Ross.

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MCA Records

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), which the label was part of until its dissolution in 2003.

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MF Doom

Daniel Dumile (born January 9, 1971) is a British-born, US-based hip hop recording artist and record producer from Long Island, New York.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist, session musician, arranger, composer, music director, producer, DJ, orchestral conductor and educator.

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Minimoog Voyager

The Minimoog Voyager or Voyager is a monophonic analog synthesizer, designed by Robert Moog and released in 2002 by Moog Music.

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Mint Condition

Mint Condition is an American R&B band from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Modern Records (1980)

Modern Records was a record label founded in 1980 by Stevie Nicks, Danny Goldberg, and Paul Fishkin.

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Montpellier

Montpellier (Montpelhièr) is a city in southern France.

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Nas

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is a Smithsonian Institution museum established in December 2003.

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Native Tongues

The Native Tongues is a collective of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-natured Afrocentric lyrics, and for pioneering the use of eclectic sampling and later jazz-influenced beats.

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Nature Sounds

Nature Sounds is a record label based in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in hip hop and reggae music.

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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)

New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is the 2008 fourth studio album by American neo soul singer and songwriter Erykah Badu.

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New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Erykah Badu, first released on March 30, 2010, through Universal Motown.

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Not 4 Sale (Kardinal Offishall album)

Not 4 Sale is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall, released September 9, 2008 on Kon Live/Geffen Records.

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Nottz

Dominick J. Lamb (born February 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Nottz (or Nottz Raw), is an American hip hop record producer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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NY's Finest

NY's Finest is the third studio album by hip hop producer and emcee Pete Rock.

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O2 (UK)

Telefónica UK Limited (trading as O2 – stylised as O2) is a telecommunications services provider in the United Kingdom, owned by the Spanish multinational Telefónica, and is headquartered in Slough.

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Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century.

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Payday Records

Payday Records is a New York-based hiphop label that was launched in 1992 by Patrick Moxey.

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Pershing High School

John J. Pershing High School is a public high school in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Pete Rock

Peter O. Philips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper.

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PeteStrumentals 2

PeteStrumentals 2 is the third instrumental hip hop album by hip hop producer Pete Rock.

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Phat Kat

Phat Kat (b. Ronnie Euro) is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan, best known as a favorite collaborator of the late J Dilla.

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Phife Dawg

Malik Izaak Taylor (November 20, 1970March 22, 2016), known professionally as Phife Dawg (or simply Phife), was an American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (and for a short time Jarobi White).

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Phonte

Phonte Lyshod Coleman, better known as Phonte (born December 28, 1978), is an American rapper, formerly of the now defunct North Carolina trio Little Brother and one-half of the duo The Foreign Exchange.

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Pimp C

Chad Lamont Butler (December 29, 1973 – December 4, 2007), better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper and record producer.

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PLUG Independent Music Awards

The PLUG Independent Music Awards, or just PLUG Awards, began in 2001 as a "cartel" of music lovers ranging from DJs and managers to indie retailers and fans.

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Poe (singer)

Poe (born Anne Decatur Danielewski) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism.

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Proof (rapper)

DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), better known by his stage name Proof, was an American rapper and actor from Detroit, Michigan.

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Pusha T

Terrence LeVarr Thornton (born May 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Pusha-T, is an American rapper and record executive.

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Q-Tip (musician)

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis; April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ.

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Questlove

Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ?uestlove), is an American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer, and occasional actor.

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Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq (born May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American funk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.

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Remix

A remix is a piece of media which has been altered from its original state by adding, removing, and/or changing pieces of the item.

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Rick Ross

William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Robert Glasper

Robert Glasper (born April 6, 1978, in Houston, Texas) is an American pianist and record producer.

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Roc Raida

Anthony Williams (May 17, 1972 – September 19, 2009), better known as Roc Raida or Grandmaster Roc Raida, was an American DJ, turntablist and producer.

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Ruff Draft

Ruff Draft is a studio album and EP by American recording artist J Dilla released under the moniker "Jay Dee".

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Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders is a record label founded by Joaquin "Waah" Dean and Darin "Dee" Dean and Chivon Dean, uncles and aunt of producer Swizz Beatz.

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Runnin' (The Pharcyde song)

Runnin' is a song performed by The Pharcyde and produced by J Dilla.

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Shelter (Brand New Heavies album)

Shelter is an album by the Brand New Heavies that was released in 1997.

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Showbiz and A.G.

Showbiz and A.G. (also known as Show and A.G.) are an American hip hop duo from The Bronx, New York City.

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Sketches of a Man

Sketches of a Man is the third album from Dwele.

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Skyzoo

Gregory Skyler Taylor (born December 24, 1982), known professionally as Skyzoo, is an American rapper.

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Slum Village

Slum Village is a hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Solillaquists of Sound

Solillaquists of Sound, often shortened to Solilla, is an American hip-hop quartet based in Orlando, Florida.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Soulquarians

The Soulquarians were a neo soul and alternative hip hop-informed musical collective.

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Stalley

Kyle Myricks (born October 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Stalley, is an American rapper from Massillon, Ohio.

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Stones Throw Records

Stones Throw Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California.

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Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, and social activist.

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Termanology

Daniel Carrillo (born October 8, 1982), better known by his stage name Termanology, is an American rapper and record producer.

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Termanology discography

This is the discography of Termanology.

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Thank Me Later

Thank Me Later is the debut studio album by Canadian rapper Drake.

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The 1975

The 1975 are an English rock band originating from Manchester.

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The Brand New Heavies

The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing in west London.

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The Diary (J Dilla album)

The Diary is the posthumous sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist J Dilla.

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The Getaway (Red Hot Chili Peppers album)

The Getaway is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Bros. on June 17, 2016.

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The Martyr (album)

The Martyr is a compilation album by rapper Immortal Technique, released on October 27, 2011 through free digital download on ViperRecords.com.

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The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde (pronounced "far side") is an American alternative hip hop group, formed in 1989, from South Central Los Angeles.

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The Renaissance (Q-Tip album)

The Renaissance is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Q-Tip, released November 4, 2008, on Universal Motown Records.

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The Roots

The Roots is an American hip hop band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The Shining (J Dilla album)

The Shining is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist J Dilla, who died February 10, 2006.

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC.

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The Ummah

The Ummah was a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) of the Detroit-based group Slum Village.

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare disorder of the blood-coagulation system, causing extensive microscopic clots to form in the small blood vessels throughout the body, resulting in low platelet counts.

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Thundercat

Thundercat was originally the name of a series of snowmobiles produced by Arctic Cat from 1993 to 2002.

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Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American soul/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s.

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Tronic

Tronic is the third solo album by hip hop producer and rapper Black Milk, released on October 28, 2008 through Fat Beats Records.

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Underground hip hop

Underground hip hop is an umbrella term for hip hop music outside the general commercial canon.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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URB (magazine)

URB is a monthly American magazine devoted to electronic music, hip hop and urban lifestyle and culture.

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Usain Bolt

Usain St Leo Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter and world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.

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Villa Manifesto

Villa Manifesto is the sixth studio album by Detroit hip hop group Slum Village.

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Vol. 1: Unreleased

The Official Jay Dee Instrumental Series Vol.1: Unreleased is a 2002 EP by American hip hop producer Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla).

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Vol. 2: Vintage

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Waajeed

Waajeed (born Robert O'Bryant) is a Detroit-born music producer, and one half of the hip hop and R&B group Platinum Pied Pipers, and a founding member of Tiny Hearts.

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Welcome 2 Detroit

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XV (rapper)

Donavan LaMond Johnson (born July 9, 1985) better known by his stage name XV is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Wichita, Kansas.

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XXL (magazine)

XXL is an American hip hop magazine, published by Townsquare Media, founded in 1997.

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Yancey Boys

Yancey Boys is the debut studio album by Detroit-based rapper/singer Illa J, featuring instrumental production from his late brother Jay Dee, also known as J Dilla.

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You're Dead!

You're Dead! is the fifth studio album by American music producer Stephen Ellison, under the alias of Flying Lotus.

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1995 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.

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1st Down

1st Down was a Detroit hip-hop group consisting of Jay Dee and Phat Kat.

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9th Wonder

Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975), better known as 9th Wonder, is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, lecturer, and rapper from Midway, North Carolina, U.S. He began his career as the main producer for the group Little Brother in Durham, North Carolina, and has also worked with Mary J. Blige, Jean Grae, Wale, Jay-Z, Murs, Drake, Buckshot, Chris Brown, Destiny's Child, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, Ludacris, Mac Miller, David Banner, Lecrae, Jill Scott, Big Boi, Rapsody, and Anderson.Paak.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla

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