Tag: Rapsody
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Art of Cool (@theaocproject) Innovate Your Cool 2016 Conference Lineup #IYC
Durham, NC’s Art of Cool Festival just released the lineup for their 2016 Innovate Your Cool conference. As with last year, #IYC coincides with AOC’s annual music fest. #IYC focuses on innovation, music, culture, tech and more. This year’s event will include a round table with Rapsody and Terrance Martin on the creative process behind…
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Today In Carolina Hip Hop History: February 24, 2012 Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Releases The Black Mamba EP
Today In Carolina Hip Hop History, Rapsody released The Black Mamba EP on February 24, 2012. The Black Mamba was Rapsody’s first EP. It dropped on Jamla Records and in the same year as her first album The Idea of Beautiful, which came out several months earlier as Idea wasn’t available until August of that…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2009 Kooley High (@KooleyHigh) In Studio Freestyle + Upcoming 12/13/14 Show At Pourhouse Raleigh
September 2009 (L-R clockwise: Foolery, Charlie Smarts, Synopsis, DJ Ill Digitz, Rapsody, Tab-One, Me). Kooley High is one of my favorite hip hop groups of ever, and it just so happens that they are from North Carolina. Tab-One, Sinopsis, Foolery, Charlie Smarts and DJ Ill Digitz now split their time between Raleigh, NC and…
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Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) & 9th Wonder (@9thWonderMusic) Provides Soundtrack For 2013-2014 Duke Men’s Basketball (@Duke_MBB) Team (Video)
This is so dope! Duke University selected Rapsody and 9th Wonder to provide the lyrics and beats (respectively) for the soundtrack to introduce the 2013-2014 Duke Men’s Basketball team to the world. The team’s season opening game is against Davidson College this Friday November 8th in Durham, NC. Watch the 2013-2014 Duke Men’s Basketball team…
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Mixtape Review: Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Gangsta Grillz ‘She Got Game’ Hosted By DJ Drama (@DJDrama)
What is this generally accepted edict within hip hop right now, where when an album has been out 24 hours or less, it is either deemed a classic or total trash? Can a fan/critic/hip hop connoisseur truly provide an unbiased review of a project after just one listen? Those questions won’t be answered with today’s…
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Commentary: The Revival Of The RDU Hip Hop Scene, Where Hip Hop Culture Lives & Prospers
Every so often I like to dedicate a post to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill (RDU) hip hop scene and all the cool stuff happening here. Even though I travel fairly regularly, Durham, NC continues to be my home base. I love the Bull City and feel really proud when really awesome things related to hip hop…
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The Top Carolina Hip Hop Releases Of 2012
Well y’all, 2012 is officially about over. Are you happy with how your brand prospered and flourished in 2012? Did you achieve all of the intended goals for your business? In 2012, the Carolina hip hop scene had a great handful of awesome releases. There’s good hip hop to be consumed here, however let’s be…
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Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Shares Her Idea of Beautiful (Video)
Rapsody’s The Idea of Beautiful is hands down one of the best hip hop projects to drop in 2012. Don’t debate me on this bro. In support of her new album, Rapdiddy talks about her idea of beautiful, shares her health struggles on coping with Grave’s disease, breaks down the ongoing "femcee" tag, defines her…
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Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Talks With DJ Enuff (@DJEnuff) & Then Kicks A Dope Rhyme (Video)
Rapdiddy recently sat down with Hot 97’s DJ Enuff and talks about her upcoming debut album, The Idea of Beautiful, going solo from Kooley High, and the female rappers who tops her coldest emcee list (Nitty Scott, Ra Tha MC, Angel Haze, & Jean Grae). Rapsody also discusses the importance of investing in female emcees, why some…