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A shining light in a hip hop wasteland

Look out Southern Hip Hop. Here comes the Irish Northwest. And they have good things to say. Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name Macklemore, is a hip hop artist based in Seattle, Washington. Macklemore works with Ryan Lewis (Producer) Andrew Joslyn (Violin), Owour Arunga (Trumpet) and Zach Fleury (Drums, Guitar, Bass), Noah Goldberg (Piano) [...]

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My “Music For Young Souls” DJ set is now on Mixcloud

Music For Young Souls by Mauricio Balvanera on Mixcloud

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MPC Soul

Drum Kit’s have no soul either. It’s all about the player, playa.

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Monday Night Mix for August 24th

[display_podcast] Dropped some hip hop and afro influenced breaks this past Monday. Enjoy p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 9.0px Geneva} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva} table.t1 {width: 500.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #808080 #808080 [...]

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Rabbit Chasing with Zion I

It’s the current hip hop formula. 808 drums + pitched down vocal chorus. Bonus points if you use a vocoder. I know, we’ve heard it all before. Only Zion I makes it sound good, and Director M.A.Y.O. makes it LOOK good with this urban nod to Alice in Wonderland. Zion I “Geek To The Beat” [...]

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Laughingsquid’s SXSW caption contest

Scott Beale of Laughingsquid announced the “winners” of the caption contest he began while we were all in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest.  Please give a warm welcome to RUN D&D.  You can see the other hilarious suggestions here.

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