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King Mez (@KingMez) Interview On NBC News (Video)
Raleigh, NC’s King Mezatron received a great look recently with a feature on NBC News. The segment notes how North Carolina culture influences Mez’s music and why it’s dope being an NC native. King Mez also talks about the "soulful atmosphere" of North Carolina, taking the biggest risks of his life and J. Cole "rapping…
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Carolina To East Africa: Pierce Freelon (@Durhamite) & Apple Juice Kid’s (@AppleJuiceKid) Beat Making Lab: Goma, Conga (Video)
(L) Pierce Freelon, (R) Apple Juice Kid Back in May 2012 UNC-Chapel Hill’s Beat Making Lab presented one of it’s first musical projects, Tar Heel Tracks. Students enrolled in the Lab created all thirteen of the album’s instrumental tracks. It was their final project of the semester. Every beat on the album sampled a North Carolina…
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Events: ConvergeNC Southern Music Festival (@ConvergeNCFest) April 6, 2013
Today is the first day of Spring and it’s time for music festival season throughout the Carolinas. One of the first up is the ConvergeNC Southern Music Festival, taking place Saturday April 6, 2013 on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. I’m excited about this event for several reasons. One of the ConvergeNC Southern Music Festival’s goals…
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Praverb (@PtheWyse) Ft. Thee Tom Hardy (@TheeTomHardy) — “Super Saiyans”
This track is a new single from Fredericskburg, VA’s Praverb with a feature from Durham, NC emcee Thee Tom Hardy. It is produced by UK beatmaker Sourface with Belgium DJ, DJ Grazzhoppa providing the cuts. The real point I want to make in this post is if you’re an artist, you may want to check out…
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Elevator Jay (@ElevatorJay) — “Good Love” + “Good Love” Chopped & Screwed
Charlotte, NC’s Elevator Jay’s "Good Love" is one of the better re-uses I’ve heard of Anita Baker’s music since Antwan Davis & Wes ManChild’s Anita Baker: Soul Inspiration mixtape. Smitti Boi produced the regular version of "Good Love", DJ Mylo did the chopped not slopped one. The tracks can be found on Elevator Jay and DJ Dexter…
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Events: Kosmic Kickz (@KosmicKickz) Video Game Tournament 3/23/2013
Hey Triad and surrounding area gamers, Kosmic Kickz Rare & Exclusive Sneakers in Greensboro, NC will be having a video game tournament next weekend, Saturday March 23, 2013 beginning at 6PM. If you’ve got skills in Madden 2013, NBA2K13 or Black Ops II here’s your chance to show out. It’s $5 to enter the tournament and you…
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Ace Dizzy Flow (@AceDizzyFlow) — Ace Dizstrumentals Volume 3 (Beat Tape)
Remember when I told y’all like three years ago Raleigh, NC’s Ace Dizzy Flow not only runs one of the best mainstream-without-being-copy-pasty blogs in the South (The Not Quite Millionaire), he also is a producer? No? Well he is, and just this week released the third installment of the Ace Dizstrumentals beat series. Ace Dizstrumentals is not…
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Hip Hop Music in Carolina. Nanci O Follows It All
Hip Hop music lives here! We bring you the latest news on the latest hip hop artists, and keep you tuned into the best in hip hop music, past, present and future. I, Nanci O, am a North Carolina Hip Hop chick who digs hip hop and technology. I'm right here, on the street, at…
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Cyrano Sinatra (@CyranoAkaCyYung) — “We Came 2 Win” (Video)
Raleigh, NC resident Cyrano Sinatra has some pretty good features on his upcoming album Back 2 Lyfe. So far there’s been Skyzoo and Rapper Big Pooh. Last weekend I heard about a third collaboration that I can’t wait to hear what the finished product sounds like. "We Came 2 Win" is featureless, another track from Back 2…