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There are few current-day groups that are able to so potently harness the sheer balls-to-the-wall bombast of 70s rock and roll groups without traveling down the slippery slopes of parody or limp revivalism. Earl Greyhound is definitely an exception.
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Flying Lotus (government name: Steven Ellison) is much more than just a simple beat maker.
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If there’s one word that best describes Ben Kenney, it’s versatility.
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The documentation of rock and roll’s Black roots should come as no surprise to anyone with an Internet connection and a thirst for musical knowledge, but many are unaware of the band Death and the role that they played in shaping the sound of 1970s proto-punk music.
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While Kenna Zemedkun – better known simply by his stage name of Kenna – has an international background that spans from Ethiopia to England, but his real musical birthplace is in Virginia Beach.
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For the one-year-anniversary of his death, The Urban Daily sat and listened to Michael Jackson’s entire discography.
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Michael Jackson left behind an incredible amount of music, a lot of it not really known by the masses.
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Reggae music has changed the face of music, the face of Jamaica and the face of the world. From a small island of less than three million people, thousands of songs have traveled the whole world, influencing billions.
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Andre Harrell is a living legend in the entertainment industry.
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Garry Shider, the musical director for George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic band known for wearing a diaper on stage, died June 16th at the age of 56.
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June 15, 2010 marks the 41st birthday of O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, one of the best MCs to ever touch a microphone.
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When it comes to Black popular music in the 20th century, no other producer has helped mold the sound of a generation better than the legendary Quincy Jones.
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Marvin Isley, bass player for the legendary Isley Brothers, died June 6th from complications of diabetes at 56.
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Prince & Beyoncé’s opening performance at the 2004 Grammy Awards may as well have been the opening and closing performance.
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With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.
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