"The truth is that it serves the interest of a music industry that does not want to (or doesn't know how to) support and promote a variety of female emcees to continue to perpetuate the notion that female emcees are volatile and won't allow for other female emcees to get any shine," Lewis wrote.
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Finally, the emcees take the stage and people go nuts.
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Lyrically, its bars are for the emcees and the poets.
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Emcees Crystle Lightning and RedCloud posted videos sending messages of hope.
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So the company added third party emcees to serve as matchmaker hosts.
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Whether it be the collaboration between the DJ and emcee, or five emcees.
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Tony Rock, a younger brother of Chris Rock (this year's Oscar host), emcees.
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Social media is more than enough to keep the best organizers, photographers, and emcees in business.
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Zuckerberg emcees Facebook's annual developer conference every year, where he gives updates on the company's roadmap.
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A native of Soweto, Johannesburg's biggest township, eMTee is one of South Africa's most popular emcees.
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Crews of b-boys, emcees, DJs, and graffiti artists would show off their skills in rivalrous collectivity.
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Inauthentic gratitude reminds me of how professors or emcees act when a veteran is in the group.
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He emcees, we learn, because the ballroom is the one place where his verbal talents grant him status.
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I was also the first one to bring emcees to raves and have them rap over the music.
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Asked by a caller who was the drunkest of the night, Cohen pointed to one of his fellow emcees.
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I have always been about the power that we wield as female emcees — our drive, our strength in numbers.
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Even Rakim because he was like one of the first thought provoking emcees, at least when I started listening.
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Many of the women are represented by talent agencies that include performers, musicians and event emcees on their books.
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Nearly two dozen emcees appear in Saturday Night Live's new hip-hop video, but only one is worth remembering.
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We have given emcees the freedom to ruminate on those experiences at length in both their personal and professional lives.
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The cheesy banter of the emcees had run out of charm and the audience just wanted to hear the results.
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And in 2015 Kanye West rolled out a cohort of young grime emcees for his performance at the BRIT awards.
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He, along with other artists in that scene, soon began to focus on music that could feature emcees more prominently.
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Hough will join previously announced co-host Terrence J. Jenkins and backstage host Ashley Graham as emcees of the evening's events.
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We got an exclusive clip of Emily and Bri -- emcees Right Cheek and Left Cheek -- in their new "Get Rich" vid.
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"I have no problem telling emcees they can't get involved or that this isn't the place for them," he says bluntly.
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To show you how it should be done, we've rounded up a few star emcees that even you — a total stranger — can enjoy.
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"Everybody make some noise!" two pre-ceremony emcees shouted in English and Korean as spectators streamed into the Olympic Stadium before the ceremony.
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"I thought to myself how liberating painting felt and wondered how many emcees had ever felt this feeling," M1 tells The Creators Project.
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In late April, Kelis revealed a history of alleged domestic abuse she endured during her relationship with one of the genre's most legendary emcees.
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Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook will be returning to the awards show as emcees for the second year in a row.
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FROM COINAGE: 5 Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your 20s "It's not cheesy or sleazy," he says, emphasizing that the evening's emcees are all women.
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Before Alicia Keys takes the stage to host Sunday's 61st annual Grammy Awards, she's getting a little advice from one of the show's former emcees.
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The adult show's hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila reprise their roles as emcees, with Olympic gold medal gymnast Laurie Hernandez joining as a co-host.
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Public beef was perfected by hip-hop a long time ago, with emcees asking their peers to prove it when they claimed to be the best.
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The emcees kick things off around 6:30 PM. The beautiful youths gather around tables of chardonnay and tempranillo and turn their flawless complexions to the speakers.
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Moving forward, we will review all content with future emcees and other participants prior to our show to be sure offensive or potentially offensive content is not allowed.
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His government recently got locals with lots of followers, such as emcees and bloggers, to hype #SGBudget in a desperate bid to spark youthful excitement about its fiscal plans.
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The latest German innovation is the aufguss ("infusion") sauna, in which nude audiences enjoy Las Vegas-style performances by muscular, towel-swirling emcees who infuse the steam with herbal aromas.
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"Moving forward, we will review all content with future emcees and other participants prior to our show to be sure offensive or potentially offensive content is not allowed," the directors wrote.
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"Hot Girl Summer" is yet another testament to the Houston rapper being inclusive of other women in hip-hop, further debunking the long-held myth that female emcees don't get along.
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The other noise came from the competition's two emcees, an odd couple made up of a French guy with a tiny little mustache and an American woman half the French man's height.
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Much like Drake did in 2010 before he blew up, Snak came to the cultural mecca of Regina, Saskatchewan to play a show along with emcees Junk, Golden and countless local acts.
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Channeling "The Big Short," Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas play the pair as campy emcees who break the fourth wall to teach the audience Economics 101 and the basics of offshore tax law.
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Made up of emcees Mega, Riddimz, Sicko, Plain English, and DJ Lighter, British Man Dem are known for putting on dance parties around Pickering and beyond that feature grime, garage, and house music.
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And as Tyler Lewis wrote for the Atlantic in 2010: What the hip-hop community wanted in female emcees is simply different than what the mainstream record-buying public wants in a female emcee.
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With Kembe posted up against a wall in a small room, it's reminiscent of videos from the 90s in which emcees would stand in one spot while a microphone swung in front of them.
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As a result, we've provided an empirical analysis that compares and breaks down the two emcees' best lyrics in four categories that comprise all great hip-hop: relationships, the struggle, sexy stuff and swag.
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While presenting the award for best original score at the 2004 Tony Awards, the "Mama Said Knock You Out" emcees rhymed a hip-hop version of "Hello, Dolly" — which had Channing dancing and rapping herself!
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They noted that while several of those emcees had made a big impression on their own, the marketability of grime had been held back by perceptions of (and sometimes direct ties to) anti-social behavior.
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At the time, rap, which was started by black and Latino emcees in the South Bronx, was gaining mainstream appeal and amplifying the marginalized voices of black and brown people living in America's decaying urban centers.
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Whether it was "b-boys" or "b-girls" showing their skills during these interludes or emcees laying verses, this advancement paved the way for the foundation of the genre that's now America's most consumed form of music.
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Hosts for the shows have not yet been announced, though ABC's current roster of game show emcees include Steve Harvey (Celebrity Family Feud), Alec Baldwin (Match Game), Michael Strahan (The $100,000 Pyramid) and Anthony Anderson (To Tell the Truth).
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Gordon-Levitt – the 50th recipient of the award presented annually by Harvard University's distinguished theater troupe – took the good-natured ribbing in stride, even as the evening's emcees poked fun at his Oscar snubs and less-than-stellar box-office returns.
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Their storytelling techniques were being dissected and debated by all the discerning ears of hip-hop, proving once again that women emcees are not sex objects, gold diggers, or passive ride-or-dies— they're lyrical forces to be reckoned with.
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The comedian upheld the reputation he earned during his three consecutive hosting stints in 2010, 2011, and 2012, when the pointed barbs he aimed at his celebrity audience helped define him as one of the most shameless awards show emcees in recent memory.
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For the past few years, TechCrunch's Crunchies Awards — the closest thing Silicon Valley has to the Oscars — has done away with Silicon Valley insiders as emcees and replaced them with comedians, in search of a little extra star power for the awards night.
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Initially part of the rap duo Class of 93 with the producer Astro Mega, she went by the name Kzaraw, releasing tracks with other underground emcees like A Harmony,pHoenix Pagliacci, Nyiam, and Trace Motivate before going solo and switching things up.
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Emcees Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg opened with a joke at the expense of the Oscars -- and its protracted search for a host, after naming and parting with Kevin Hart -- saying that "one lucky audience member" would be chosen to host that show.
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Nadia agreed to let out the basement bar of the club she was working at, with a stage for female emcees to bring their poems and scribbles to life over beats, and they invited about 30 guests, with hundreds actually turning up.
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He soon realized that the DM could function as a sort of semi-benevolent story-deity—the one who ignites the adventures, emcees the action, and ultimately oversees a fantasy world where new thrills or terrors can be unearthed with a roll of the die.
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The decision by the actor – who starred last year in The Walk – to drop out of Columbia University to return to acting was a recurring joke, with one of the emcees telling the audience at Harvard's Farkas Hall that he knew the reason behind it.
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These transgressions happened before the reckoning, but his ability to make a comeback in this climate is evidence of the #MeToo movement's limitations in impacting rap fans, at least to the point where some might cancel their favorite emcees enough to make a dent in their careers.
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In one New York-specific Decency Collective group, Perabo put out a call for emcees for a "Resistance Got Talent" fundraiser, Milano invited members to come to events featuring her in the city, and Survivor alum Eliza Orlins shared a notice on New York City ballot initiatives.
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The honorees were called up, one at a time, to kindle a wick—in this case, to touch a torch to a gas jet—and, as they fumbled, their lives were described (the emcees for the occasion were Channel 2 news anchor Danny Kushmaro and movie actress Yaël Abecassis).
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Paak's profile exploded with Malibu, headlining tours and an opening slot for Beyoncé, and Knxwledge landed a production credit on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly ("Momma") and began working with a who's-who of emcees, the pair continued to chip away at a batch of songs they'd been assembling since the earliest days.
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And the message that the mainstream record-buying public has sent to the industry is that it doesn't much care about female emcees unless they are larger-than-life caricatures that tragically reinforce and celebrate white beauty standards and cartoonish, one-dimensional sexuality that fronts like it is all about female sexual agency when it isn't.
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It's based on the powerful CryEngine and is completely free for developers to use — it's just that they have to buy any necessary... For the past few years, TechCrunch's Crunchies Awards — the closest thing Silicon Valley has to the Oscars — has done away with Silicon Valley insiders as emcees and replaced them with comedians,... You might think NASA is a big bureaucratic agency that only operates according to rules, regulations, and process — and you'd mostly be right.
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Legendary Gatherings is a compilation album featuring underground Canadian emcees.
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Martin Block, the orchestra leader, was host as one of the emcees featuring musical performances.
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It embraces a wide range of different styles, and incorporating emcees, singers, DJs, Producers and session musicians.
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The emcees then freestyle the messages, creating a string of punchlines, stories, and name drops for the audience.
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Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2008: Marc Cohn, They Might Be Giants, Suzanne Vega, The Smithereens, Vienna Teng, Enter The Haggis, Lucy Kaplansky, Red Molly, Christina Courtin, Matt Duke, Alfred James Band, Nicole Reynolds. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2007: Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Joan Armatrading, Amos Lee, North Mississippi Allstars, Chris Smither, Leon Redbone, Adrienne Young, Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, Sam Shaber, Hoots & Hellmouth, Kate Gaffney and Carsie Blanton. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2006: Fountains of Wayne, Richard Thompson, Janis Ian, Duncan Sheik, David Jacobs-Strain, Slo-Mo, Daniela Cotton, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Crooked Still, James Hunter, Klezmatics, Birdie Bush, and Cabin Dogs. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2005: Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann, Madeleine Peyroux, Mavis Staples, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, Phil Roy, Lori McKenna, John Francis, and Bet Williams. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun.
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In 2012 Doap Nixon appeared on the song "Microphone Controllers" with Long Island emcees Dave Z(The MC) and Lantz.
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She is also the author of the book Dated Emcees (City Lights, 2016), a collection of poetry about urban hip-hop.
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The show consisted of numerous skits, jokes and tricks played on the emcees. It is rumored that the reason there were so many emcees during the run of the show was due to the numerous tricks played on them. Since 2007, the show is in re-runs on TV Clásico. The theme song was Quartz by Quartz.
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Some popular artists who participate in FlipTop include Loonie, Smugglaz, Abra, Dello, Bassilyo, Batas and BLKD. Many other amateur rap battles arose such as Sunugan, Bolero Rap Battles, Bahay Katay, etc. The emcees also began to make and produce their own music. Famous battle emcees turned musicians from the early 2010s period include Abra, Shehyee, Loonie, Smugglaz and Bassilyo.
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Higgins emcees a version of the classic game show Pyramid where Jimmy and a celebrity guest each pair with an audience member.
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According to The Source, the total record sales of emcees who premiered on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show have exceeded 300 million.
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Turf Talk appeared alongside Bay Area emcees Mistah F.A.B. and Nump, in a line-up which included Massive Attack, Pharrell, Gnarls Barkley and Damian Marley.
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2004: Ani DiFranco, Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Colvin, Los Lonely Boys, Lizz Wright, Erin McKeown, John Hammond, Tempest, Ember Swift, The Kennedys, Slo-Mo, and Stargazer Lily. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2003: Joan Armatrading, Rosanne Cash, Little Feat, Martin Sexton, Kim Richey, Jeffrey Gaines, Gaelic Storm, Vance Gilbert and Ellis Paul, 4 Way Street, Xavier Rudd, and Amos Lee. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun.
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All tracks produced by Kriswontwo. # Woke (feat. Liv Lykke) – 3:27 # Elevations (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Oh No & El Da Sensei) – 3:35 # Epiphany Of Emcees (feat.
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2000: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Thompson, Jonatha Brooke, Moxy Früvous, Martin Sexton, John Gorka, Greg Brown, David Gray, Lucy Kaplansky, Willy Porter, The Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Arnold, and Vanida Gail. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun, Helen Leicht and David Dye. 1999: Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Cockburn, Susan Werner, The Nields, Olu Dara, Great Big Sea, Ann Rabson, Ellis Paul, Stacey Earle, and John Train. Emcees: Gene Shay, Helen Leicht.
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1996: Emmylou Harris, Leo Kottke, Janis Ian, Kips Bay, Catie Curtis, Moxy Früvous, Vance Gilbert, Garnet Rogers, Les Sampou, Charlie Zahm, Susan Piper. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun and Keith Brand. 1995: Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, Wolfstone, Cliff Eberhardt, Dar Williams, Vince Bell, Joseph Parsons Band (replaced Christine Lavin), Jennie Avila & Amy Torchia, John Flynn, Women's Sekere Ensemble and Karen Capaldi. Emcees: Gene Shay, Keith Brand, Chuck Elliott and Kathy O'Connell.
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Poets and emcees include Osama, Outspoken, Synik, Upmost, Godobori, Aura, Blackbird (now known as Temple) among others. Some of these poets incite politics in their music and have started a movement known as House Of Hunger. Mashoko later developed from a once a month festival known as Shoko Fest, which included international acts like Hired Gun (USA) and Akala, among others. Many Zimbabwean emcees performed at the show, ongoing since 2010.
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Adam Bernard of RapReviews.com, impressed by her work, went on to write "[Snow] may very well be one of the leaders of ... a bold new era of female emcees.".
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La Carabina de Ambrosio was a Mexican television show created and developed by Humberto Navarro, filmed at the Televisa Studios, Chapultepec in Mexico City, from 1978 until 1987. The slogan of the show was "A Magical, Comical, and Musical Variety Show." The show had guest emcees that included César Costa, Gualberto Castro, Fito Girón, and Manolo Muñoz. While the emcees sang a cast member would interrupt rudely and a comedy skit began.
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2002: Jackson Browne, Jonatha Brooke, Nerissa & Katryna Nields, Grey Eye Glances, Guy Davis, Kelly Joe Phelps, Entrain, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Da Vinci's Notebook, 4 Way Street, and Patty Blee. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun. 2001: The Robert Cray Band, Lucinda Williams, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Dar Williams, Sarah Harmer, Ron Sexsmith, Phil Roy, Jess Klein, Oscar Lopez, Tom Landa & The Paperboys, Jeff Lang, and 4 Way Street. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun.
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Due to its freestyle and rhymed content, some academics considered it as modern-day "balagtasan" although some rap artists discourage the idea. Some educators considered FlipTop as 21st century Philippine literature It caught media attention in that some emcees involved in FlipTop have gained commercial success like Abra, Dello, Loonie, Smugglaz, Shehyee, and others. Also some of the lines spoke by the emcees in the battle became popular phrases used in the Philippines.
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Only one video was made for the album. "Beauty Full" was filmed around Calgary in late 2002 and cameos are made by several emcees in Alberta's underground hip hop community.
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Extempo war may also be called simply Calypso War. Not all extempo performance is competitive. Away from competition, formal roles for extempo performers are typically as emcees or hosts at private functions.
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A series of matches consists of undercard, non-tournament matches and tournament matches running for a year where the finals occurred every month of December. The emcees appearances on the matches depends on their availability.
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1994: Nanci Griffith, Laura Nyro, Chris Smither, Iain Matthews, Trout Fishing in America (band), Cheryl Wheeler, David Broza, Guy Davis, Ben Arnold, Sojourn (now Grey Eye Glances), Matt Sevier and Karen Farr. Emcees: Gene Shay, David Dye, Michaela Majoun and Kathy O'Connell. 1993: Randy Newman, Livingston Taylor, Patty Larkin, David Massengill, Greg Brown and Bill Morrissey, Ani DiFranco, Satan and Adam, Shirley Lewis Experee-ance, The Low Road, Joseph Parsons, Susan Werner and Jaime Morton. Emcees: Gene Shay, David Dye, Michaela Majoun and Kathy O'Connell.
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Poets, musicians, emcees, and other artists sometimes gather on the southwest corner of the 16th and Mission intersection to perform. Dance Mission Theater is a nonprofit performance venue and dance school in the neighborhood as well.
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Armstrong also frequently emcees for corporate and charitable events throughout the country, speaks at youth sports camps, does commercial voice work for documentaries and provides the voice for promotional videos developed for corporations and trade associations.
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First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. The trio released two albums and an EP, as well as contributing tracks to several hiphop compilations.
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Brothers Stoney is an Australian hip hop group hailing from Brisbane, Queensland. The crew comprises emcees Lazy Grey and Len One. Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels.
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Participants frequently dress in costumes based on characters from video games, movies, cartoons, and comic books. The all-day events included live bands, DJ's, emcees, entertainers, food and beer. There were also night races and kids races.
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In Minnesota, Grumdahl frequently emcees live events such as the Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain tour Guts & Glory , the Fran Lebowitz interview for Living Legends, the Mpls. St. Paul Magazine Tastemakers live series and the MPR Top Coast festival.
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The World According to RZA is a compilation album featuring the production of Wu-Tang Clan member RZA that features his tracks for emcees from a variety of European countries. The album was never released in the United States.
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Barrel Brothers is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Barrel Brothers, which consists of emcees Skyzoo and Torae. The album was released on May 27, 2014, and charted on the R&B; Albums chart at No. 29.
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However, the experimentalism continued, with singer Blixa Bargeld of legendary industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten appearing as well, often alongside the emcees. According to critic Ned Raggett, the experiments are not always successful, but he credits the band for expanding its sound.
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In July 2009, Eyedea & Abilities released their third and final studio album called By the Throat, which was followed by highly acclaimed positive ratings. In 2014, Eyedea ranked #2 on Abbey Magazine's Top 25 'greatest freestyle emcees of all-time'.
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BrassMunk is a Canadian hip hop group from Scarborough, Ontario,[ Brassmunk > Overview] Allmusic. Accessed on July 23, 2010. located in east Toronto. Formed in 1997, the group consists of emcees S-Roc, Clip, the late Reign (aka King Reign), and DJ/producer Agile.
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Many socially conscious and community minded Filipino emcees often perform benefit shows to help out the Filipino community locally and internationally. In February 2007, Filipino American emcees Kiwi, Kapatid X, Power Struggle, Praxis Roks, Blue Scholars, and Rhapsodistas joined forces with other Filipino American community artists to perform a 'Stop the Killings' benefit concert in San Francisco to help raise awareness about the political climate in the Philippines.Stop the Killings MP3 Downloads - Stop the Killings Music Downloads - Stop the Killings Music Videos - Stop the Killings Pictures - MP3.com The Stop the Killings event utilized the power of hip hop to expose the numerous killings of innocent people in the Philippines.
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In New York, DJs like Kool Herc played records of popular funk, disco and rock songs. Emcees originally arose to introduce the songs and keep the crowd excited and dancing; over time, the DJs began isolating the percussion breaks (the rhythmic climax of songs), thus producing a repeated beat that the emcees rapped over. Rapping included greetings to friends and enemies, exhortations to dance and colorful, often humorous boasts. By the beginning of the 1980s, there had been popular hip hop songs like "Rappers Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang and a few major celebrities of the scene, like LL Cool J and Kurtis Blow.
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They had worked as emcees for concertina jamborees annually in Gibbon, since 1973. Earl also enjoyed word games and crossword puzzles and was a contestant on two game shows: Scrabble and Wheel of Fortune. He died on December 11, 2008 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minnesota.
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Vanessa's fashion show fuels drama amongst the ladies. Changes in team progress lead Erin to up the stakes of the competition. ;106 – “The Winner Takes All” :The day of the competition arrives. Actress/model Jenny Shimizu emcees the event along with representatives from The Surfrider Foundation.
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Arts & Entertainment is the collaborative album from East Coast veteran emcees Masta Ace and Edo G released under the alias A&E.;Edo G & Masta Ace To Release Arts & Entertainment Retrieved on 18/10/2011 The album was released on October 6, 2009 under Ace's M3 Records.
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She wanted female emcees to be taken just as serious as male artists. She also accredited DJ Kool Herc for helping her on her journey to become the emcee she is today. She even announced on Twitter that she'll be making a movie titled Luminary Icon.
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Two years after Rhymesayers Entertainment was first founded they hosted an event with over three dozen local underground emcees, DJs, and b-boys in a South Minneapolis warehouse. Two years later, the event became Soundset Wednesdays at First Avenue. In 2008, Soundset emerged in the Metrodome parking lot.
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The album's fruition came about from the chemistry between the two emcees. Both planned to release their solo albums around the same time, but they postponed their individual projects and decided instead to collaborate on a full-length LP. The album's cover was designed by artist Brent Rollins.
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Retrieved on 2010-03-30. HipHopDX writer Slava Kuperstein gave it four out of five stars and wrote "Wu-Massacre stands on its own merit as an assembly of three legendary emcees putting on display what earned them the legendary status in the first place".Kuperstein, Slava. Review: Wu-Massacre. HipHopDX.
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EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mic Doc).
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There have been a plethora of female emcees past and present who incorporate feminism into their work. These women don't always explicitly cite their feminism, however feminist themes have always been present among female rappers. Rappers such as Queen Latifah and Lil Kim show just how far the spectrum of feminism reaches.
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1990: Tom Paxton, Holly Near, Leon Redbone, Loudon Wainwright III, Bill Miller, Joseph Parsons, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Lew London Duo, Small Change and Endless Mountain Bluegrass Band. Emcee: Jim Albertson. 1989: Don McLean, Tom Rush, Livingston Taylor, The Taproom Band, Elaine Silver, Pinelands Dulcimer Society and Shirley Keller. Emcees: Tim Donald and Kevin Kelly.
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Leon Douglas, better known under the name Floyd The Locsmif, is a music producer living in Atlanta. He was born and raised in Fitzgerald, GA. Starting with pause mix experiment tapes in the late 1980s Floyd The Locsmif has since produced music for some of the most respected emcees in underground & independent hip-hop.
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Nachman recorded that Bowes, "a businesslike fellow with a mirthless chuckle who, unlike most emcees, had a gift for nongab," went out of his way to make contestants feel at ease, often taking them to dinner before their appearances. Nachman credits Bowes for featuring more black entertainers than many network shows of the time.
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After releasing How High: The Mixtape with Mac Miller on October 27, 2008, the two emcees began their focus on building solo careers. Beedie has cited J. Dilla and Kanye West as musical influences, and describes his sound as "classic hip-hop with a new-school twist". Beedie's grandmother is well-known opera singer Mildred Miller.
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Custom Made (also known as C-Made) is an American hip hop trio from Los Angeles, California known for their hardcore reality based mixtape series, Street Cinema. They were key players in helping to establish a mixtape scene in Los Angeles during the early 2000s (decade). The group is made up of emcees Bluff, Element and Scavie Scoobs.
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Created by James Kennaby, aka Vice in 2005, Street Soul Productions is aimed at an Alternative UK Hip Hop. Created in Birmingham, UK involve artists from around the World, embracing a wide range of different styles, and incorporating emcees, singers, DJs, Producers and session musicians to consistently create a unique brand of Hip Hop for the future.
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1998: Indigo Girls, Iris DeMent, Moxy Früvous, Livingston Taylor, Grey Eye Glances, Vance Gilbert, Karen Savoca, Joseph Parsons, Big Bill Morganfield, Whirligig, and Michelle Nagy. Emcee: Gene Shay. 1997: John Prine, Madeleine Peyroux, Dar Williams, Richie Havens, Jeffrey Gaines, Martin Sexton, disappear fear, Richard Shindell, David Olney, June Rich & Nancy Falkow. Emcees: Gene Shay, Michaela Majoun and Keith Brand.
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Project Blowed is an open-mic workshop, its affiliated underground hip hop crew and record label based in Los Angeles, California. This hip hop function started in 1994 and features many music groups, emcees, and dancers local to the Southern California area.Morgan, Marcyliena (March 23, 2009). The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground.
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Australian hip-hop artists have also received international recognition. Australians have been featured on albums by artists from the US and Europe. In October 2014, Australian artist K21 appeared on a song, titled "Pas rentable", by French hip hop artist LinkRust. Women in Australian hip-hop have largely been under-developed; however, many underground emcees have existed and thrived.
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Only "Dive In" and "Bless" remained unchanged. Sölvi Blöndal has said that Jinx can be considered a "Best Of" album for Quarashi with 5 new songs. Although there were now three rappers in Quarashi, there wasn't any song on the album that featured all three emcees. Instead, Hössi Olafsson rapped the most on Jinx (and sang on "Dive In").
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Wizdm continues to work as a beat-producer and mentor for many Australian emcees. For the past few years both Wizdm and Mistery have been working on individual solo albums, Unrelenting, and Way of the Warrior as well as a 20-year Brethren anniversary album Bastion. All three LPs are expected to be released in 2009 through Krosswerdz Recordings.
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In recent years, Whodini still tours occasionally, and its old records still surface on pop and R&B; radio, especially during old- school mix shows. The group's records have now become sample sources for contemporary emcees such as Nas, Master P, Prodigy, and MF Doom. In October 2007, Whodini was an honoree at the 4th Vh1 Hip Hop Honors.
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Born in 1972, Kang started his baseball career while he was attending to Sungnam High School in the 1990s. He joined the Doosan Bears in 1991. Following his retirement in 2001, Kang started a new life as a broadcaster. From 2005 to 2006, he was one of co- emcees of Crisis Escape No. 1, along with Lee Hyuk-jae.
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In its early days, FlipTop initially gained criticism for its use of strong language, mockery and bullying, prompting the city government of Makati to ban rap battles in the area. As time passed, the events gained acceptance with the help of official FlipTop YouTube channel gaining more than one million subscribers for which they received the Golden Play Button Award, and over two million likes on its Facebook fanpage. Some emcees in the league recently are more focused on line delivery, hyping the audience in the battle, and gimmicks rather than dissing to attack the opponent; also the emcees improved their penmanship. After it gained success and reputation via social media, many amateur and other rap battles arose such as Sunugan, Word War, Bolero Rap Battles, Bahay Katay, Flipshop, Flipcap etc.
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Always one to go against the grain, the band released a dance remix album and a hip hop EP in 2004 and 2006 respectively. The remix of their track Conversations from The Shuvit Remixes dance CD was hand picked by DJ Nick Warren for inclusion in pioneering UK dance music label Global Underground's mix CD, Shanghai GU28 that peaked at No. 19 on the UK TOP 40 Dance Album Charts. The hip hop EP, a 4 track 12 inch vinyl release, featured collaborations with some of hip hop's most respected emcees from around the globe including US emcees Rapper Big Pooh from Little Brother In mid-2006, Pop Shuvit collaborated with Disagree, another Malaysian band, to produce the song Football Mad Nation in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup.
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Nocando began gaining notoriety in Leimert Park's open-mic workshops in South Los Angeles. In the battle circuit, it is believed that he has won a hundred wins over many emcees. He has since focused on making and releasing music, only taking time out occasionally to battle. In 2010, Nocando released his official debut album, Jimmy the Lock, on Alpha Pup Records.
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Paris By Night 36: In Houston is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga that was filmed at The Music Hall in 1996. The emcees were Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Hồng Đào. This was Hồng Đào's only appearance on the Paris By Night stage working as a Master of Ceremony. This show was released on VHS on June 27, 1996.
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"Cuban Hip-Hop Reaches Crossroads: Artists Struggle to Meld Politics and Commercialism" CBS News In the Philippines, the freestyle battle is popularly known as FlipTop, it is the first and largest rap conference founded by Alaric Riam Yuson on February 6, 2010 which revives rap music industry and Philippine poetic debate known as Balagtasan. Some emcees from this league gained commercial success.
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Alias originally performed as a rapper with Sole in the group Live Poets. He also produced his own songs, but would still rap over another producer's beats. He moved to California in 1999 to start the label Anticon, as well as to focus on his music. Later on, as Alias began working with Anticon, he produced tracks for the emcees on the label.
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1992: The Roches, Holly Near, John Gorka, Tom Chapin, Chris Smither, Don Henry, the story (featuring Jonatha Brooke & Jennifer Kimball), Ben Arnold, Beth Williams and Vance Gilbert. Emcees: Gene Shay, David Dye and Tom Gala. 1991: Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Livingston Taylor, John Sebastian, John Hammond, Rory Block, Jorma Kaukonen, Dave Van Ronk, Vassar Clements, Joseph Parsons and The Low Road. Emcee: Jim Albertson.
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Tablo has since claimed to be the first emcee to have used the "rhyming rifle" technique. With the hip hop scene in Korea and Korean emcees being known for their fickle tendencies, Tablo has through the years kept alive his legacy and career through numerous shows, appearances on influential overseas (American most notably) hip hop artists work, such as EPMD.
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Paris By Night 100: Ghi Nhớ Một Chặng Đường is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga Productions that was filmed at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on July 3 & 4, 2010 and released DVD on October 7, 2010. The show was hosted by emcees Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên.
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He also acts as the spokesperson of the event and emcees at the Festival. Davis has said of his philosophy behind selecting the Jazz Fest lineup, "Our bottom line is...musicianship. Whatever you do, you have to be great." Apart from the Jazz Fest, Davis is also engaged in the production of Essence Music Festival, another big music event in New Orleans.
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Heklina also acts in local theater productions, most notably the S.F. Golden Girls productions (as Dorothy Zbornak) and emcees a variety of community and charitable events including the Folsom Street Fair (along with Sister Roma) and San Francisco Pride.Vaziri, Aidin, "On the Town with Heklina: All the city's a stage for this drag queen", SFGate (part of San Francisco Chronicle), October 22, 2006.
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Melle Mel and The Kidd Creole were the first rappers to call themselves "MCs" (Masters of Ceremonies). The 3 emcees worked with Flash, who went on to bring in Mr. Ness/Scorpio (Eddie Morris) and Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams). After the formation of the Furious 5, Flash also worked with rapper Kurtis Blow doing parties in Queens. During the time Flash worked with Kurtis Blow, it was mainly due to internal disputes with the emcees, so for a short time prior to the formation of the Cold Crush Brothers in 1981, DJ Charlie Chase was the Furious 5's DJ. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 were the number one rap group on the streets of New York City before rap music was embraced by the music industry, setting the standard for all other emcee groups who came after them.
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Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc is widely regarded as the progenitor of hip hop; he brought with him from Jamaica the practice of toasting over the rhythms of popular songs. Emcees originally arose to introduce the soul, funk, and R&B; songs that the DJs played, and to keep the crowd excited and dancing; over time, the DJs began isolating the percussion break of songs (when the rhythm climaxes), producing a repeated beat that the emcees rapped over. Eminem in 1999. He was the best-selling music artist of the 2000s in the United States. Unlike Motown which predicated its mainstream success on the class appeal of its acts that rendered racial identity irrelevant, hip hop of 1980s, particularly hip hop that crossed over to rock- and-roll, was predicated on its (implicit but emphatic) primary identification with black identity.
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It consists of the emcees Smilen Dimitrov and Mitko Gaštarovski aka Pikisipi, as well as the band's backing DJ and turntablist, Goce Trpkov. In 1996 they released their well-known anti-drug abuse theme called Miss Stone. Its title is a pun between the historical person Miss Stone, the US missionary who met Jane Sandanski in Macedonia in the 1900s, and the phrase stoned.
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The Nonce was a hip-hop duo from Los Angeles, California, that was active in the 1990s (releasing material from 1992 to 1999). As part of the Project Blowed collective, working with Aceyalone, among others, the duo developed a reputation for smooth, jazzy, classy production, complemented by laid-back, smart rhymes (paying homage to the Old School emcees they grew up listening to in the mid-1980s).
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KRS-One was the primary initiator behind the H.E.A.L. compilation and the Stop the Violence Movement; for the latter he would attract many prominent emcees to appear on the 12-inch single "Self Destruction". As KRS adopted this "humanist", less defensive approach, he turned away from his "Blastmaster" persona and towards that of "The Teacha", although he has constantly used "Blastmaster" throughout his career.
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The following year the group began to record their debut project entitled The Four Chapters. At this point additional members began building around the core Micrippers team. The new members included Emcees Stevie Beko and Vice. The newly formed collective quickly established their roles, with Halo and Vice engineering the music, Geo-graphic concentrating on the production and Venom, JD Sykex and Stevie Beko concentrating on promotion.
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He praised though, that despite his "limited skills" he still had "potential worthy of a master of ceremonies". Krzysztof Nowak of Interia.pl gave the album 8 out of 10 stars praising Abradab's production style and he emphasized its inspiration of New York sound. He also appreciated the naturalness of the lyrics pointing out that it is a thing that is increasingly less common in young emcees' rap.
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In 2008, while still on medication, PK started to release solo projects again as well as forming a rap/pop group SIGNATURE with James Heckert. They released several English mixtapes over the course of their active years. PK was one of the first Estonian emcees to start making music in a foreign language. In 2011, the group discontinued and PK turned back to Estonian music.
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Figures of Speech is a hip hop group consisting of emcees "Eve" (Ava DuVernay) and Jyant. They performed at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s and were featured on the Project Blowed compilation. Eve went on to direct the feature- length documentary about the Good Life open-mic nights titled This Is the Life (2008). She later directed the feature films Selma.
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In 2012, the album was ranked number 453 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is known for its lighthearted party raps and funky sample-reliant production. The album has no guest emcees or producers except DJ K La Boss. The album is broken down track- by-track by the group in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.
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His appearance on the show garnered positive reactions from media outlets, receiving praise for his skilful deception of his cast mates in the psychological game-style show to net the show's biggest win thus far. In November, Ong featured in singer Huh Gak's music video for his digital single "Only You". In February 2018, Ong was named one of the main emcees of Show! Music Core.
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This coalition of emcees eventually became the fathers of the Screwed Up Click. Many members of the Screwed Up Click, or S.U.C., are considered key figures in the canon of Houston hip hop. The original lineup included Big Hawk, Big Moe, E.S.G., and Fat Pat, among others. The crew later gained then upcoming artists such as, Z-Ro, Trae tha Truth as well as Lil Flip.
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Oldominion, being a large collective with over twenty members, tends to have projects with not all members on it, such as One. The group's emcees included on One include Anaxagorus, Bishop I, Destro, JFK aka Ninjaface, L'Swhere, Mako, Nyqwil, Onry Ozzborn, Pale Soul, Rochester A.P., Sleep, Smoke M2D6, Snafu and Syndel. The production is handled by Andy B, Mako, Onry Ozzborn, Pale Soul and Snafu.
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In 2015, Black Rob released his fourth studio album, Genuine Article on Slimstyle Records, which he produced with Jemal Mosley. Guest emcees on include Sean Price, Tek, battle legend Murda Mook, and Quas Amill. Ron Browz, former Bad Boy label-mate Q. Parker (112), Kali Ranks, and Quan all sing choruses on the album. Producers include Easy Mo Bee, Coptic, Big French, and others.
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Young M.A raps about many of the same topics as male emcees, such as violence, sexuality, and wealth and acquisitions. The rapper stated, "this industry is male-dominated, we can't pretend that it's not. So when you do make it as a female, you feel more honored, because the guys take over so much." When she was a child, Young M.A exhibited a passion for music.
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He framed his perception of the group as if it consisted of four male emcees and one female emcee as if an excess. "Quick tradeoffs and clamorous breaks vary the steady-flow rhyming of the individual MCs, and when it comes to Sha-Rock, Miss Plus One herself, who needs variation?" Male dominance has been a popular assumption about the genre since its earliest recorded moments.
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In 2012 they released their full-length album Suada through The Orchard. A pair of EPs, Count to Zero in 2015 and Sex The Cut in 2016 were released, with follow up EPs Klepto in 2017 along with spektər and düalətē in 2018. Konqistador released Nafada in 2019 featuring hip hop emcees Medusa Tn (Tunisia), Meryem Saci (Algeria), Soultana (Morocco), Salome MC (Iran), Miss Undastood (USA), Sultana (Turkey) and HanHan (Philippines).
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Also active in New York in the late 1990s was Latino rapper Big Pun, who was known for his fast-paced, witty lyrics and ability to rap for long periods of time without taking a breath,Top 50 MCs of Our Time: 1987 - 2007 - 50 Greatest Emcees of Our Time. Rap.about.com (February 15, 1999). Retrieved on 2019-01-23. very much in the manner of the chopper style.
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Arabic hip hop is hip hop music and culture originating in the Arabic-speaking world. It is performed in Arabic, English, French, Berber languages (Tamazight), and local Arabic dialects. Like most artists of the genre, the artists from the Arab world are highly influenced by American culture. Also considered part of Arabic hip hop are emcees of Arab origin in the Arab diaspora including Europe, North America, and Australia.
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JVC Force (also rendered J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E) is an American hip hop group from Islip, New York. The group is composed of emcees AJ Rok & B-Luv, and DJ Curt Cazal. The group is probably best known for its hit single "Strong Island," which became an underground hit during the 1980s. JVC Force is an acronym that stands for (Justified by Virtue of Creativity for All Reasons Concerning Entertainment).
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Early iteration of rules allowed judges to vote for overtime. In early years, majority of judges voted for overtime or if no definite winner emerged from judges' votes. However recently, the judges are not allowed to vote for overtime, they should pick a winner. The first turn is determined by a coin toss or prearranged agreement between two emcees who will took the first turn before the battle start.
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In addition to the release of Trial & Error, 2003 and 2004 were busy years for Classified. With the continuous support of VideoFACT, he was able to release two additional music videos for the singles "Just the Way It Is" and "Unexpected". Classified also continued to master his production skills and joined forces with some of Canada's most prominent emcees, including Choclair and Maestro Fresh Wes.Bliss, Karen (July–August 2005).
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Other guest judges featured in the show include actors Chen Hanwei, Irene Ang, Tosh Zhang, Cavin Soh, Royston Tan, and musicians Allen Moo, Eric Moo and Daniel Luo. MediaCorp host Pornsak and former winner Desmond Ng were the current emcees of the show, with Wang Weiliang and Shane Pow previously taking hosting roles. Dennis Chew and Ho Ai Ling took supporting hosts during season 2, for segments promoting the community.
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Lo moved his family to Egypt to expose them to a non-American perspective. Once he saw personnel changes at Fat Beats when he arrived back years later, he worked his way out of his deal and self-released The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. (Real Emcees Bring Intelligent Rhymes To Hip-Hop). The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. symbolizes several turning points in OneBeLo's life. He recorded the album after the death of his daughter.
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The group consists of emcees Red1 and Misfit, and record producer DJ Kemo. Breakdancers Zebroc and Dedos were also part of the group."Canada's freeze on rap thaws a little more as the Rascalz issue a ...clear warning: With Juno honours, MuchMusic support and a hot new album in Global Warning, Vancouver's Rascalz are helping to build the foundation of a hip-hop nation". Vancouver Sun, December 23, 1999.
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The Flavor Unit is a crew of emcees and DJs from New York City and Northern New Jersey. It is now known as the Unit. The original version of the crew centered on producer the 45 King. It was Mark's connections to radio personalities DJ Red Alert and DJ Chuck Chillout that initially got the crew noticed, but the original members also all had formidable rhyme skills and wrote streetwise lyrics.
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Robert Earl Davis, Jr. also known as DJ Screw was a central figure in the Houston hip hop community and was the creator of the now-famous Chopped and Screwed DJ technique. This creation led to his nickname of "The Originator". During the early 1990s, he invited some of the Houston emcees from the city's south side to rhyme on those mixes.Flashing Back to the Heyday of DJ Screw.
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Allmusic says, "his best material ranks among the finest hip-hop of its era, and his sex-drenched persona was enormously influential on countless future would-be players", and describes him as, "an enormously talented battle MC", "one of rap's major talents", refers to his, "near-peerless technique" " and "first-rate technique and rhyming skills" and says he "had the sheer verbal facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform". Kool Moe Dee describes him as "one of the most imitated emcees ever in the game"Kool Moe Dee, 2003, There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs, Thunder's Mouth Press, p.306. and "one of the true greatest emcees ever",Kool Moe Dee, 2003, There's A God On The Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs, Thunder's Mouth Press, p.308. and Ice-T says: > "To me, Big Daddy Kane is still today one of the best rappers.
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UBD FM has been known to provide airplay and promotional exposure to emerging talents and new bands both inside and outside of Brunei Darussalam. Contributing to the local music industry, UBD FM plays records and musical demos of the registered students of the University itself. The members are also active in providing services such as emcees for both UBD functions and other public events. UBD FM is experiencing continues growth in audience, service and ideas.
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In August 2017, The Keepaz of the Krypt (One Man Kru & Kapital Z) single "Diaries of the Whack Emcees" feat. Bizarre of D12 was released on all digital media outlets as well as One Man Kru's bandcamp page. The song garnered over 1 million plays on SoundCloud in its first week of release. The track was released just two weeks before it was announced that Bizarre had signed to Majik Ninja Entertainment.
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The first group to make Rap popular in Mauritius was known as Union Tribal Clan, a group of friends from Residence Kennedy. Another group who managed to get some attention at the time was N.A.S Possi. they have produced one album and have been inactive since 2005. There was yet no facility to studio recording, as laptops and internet were extremely difficult to afford, emcees started to rap on other artists songs, looping their music.
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Meade attended Manatee Junior College and went on to become a pageant coach. Meade has mentored many pageant contestants, who have gone on to win national, state and local titles. She currently produces, directs and emcees the Manatee County annual pageant as well as several other smaller pageants and serves as a pageant judge throughout the nation. Meade is the owner and director of Ellen Meade Studios and School of Creative Learning in Bradenton, Florida.
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From the Rhymesayers website: "Rites of Passage is a personal journey through one emcees experience of life and hip hop alike. Features Mad Son of the Unknown Prophets, Queen Aminah and Desdamona." Due to popular demand, there was an attempt to re-master the tape and put it on CD. Rhymesayers tried to, but were unsuccessful. Instead, they gave their best effort on CDs to the first 300 people that pre-ordered Ali's Champion EP.
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Grayskul's label debut, Deadlivers, was released in 2005. It featured guest appearances such as Canibus, Mr. Lif and Abstract Rude. The album also featured the song "Secret Wars", which featured the Oldominion emcees that had been in the group at the time. In 2007, Grayskul released their second album on Rhymesayers Entertainment, Bloody Radio, this time with Onry Ozzborn going by the name Count Draven and JFK going by the name Count Magnus.
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In 2009, Sketchman began recording at Danny C's Aim studio in Bermondsey. Widely regarded as a hub for creative networking, here Sketchman was able to write and record music with many notable emcees from the UK grime scene. His own collective of Sutton-native artists, and the resultant project, were dubbed The Final Draft, before the release as a free digital download on Christmas Day."Once Upon A Grime: Sketchman – The Final Draft (Free Download)".
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" Julia LeConte of Now said, "The whole thing isn't about disrespecting women, though. Some songs merely weave the misogyny around simple-pleasure narratives: popping molly, making money. On his third solo record, the Three 6 Mafia rapper signed to Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang is 'getting high like he's 18.' At 38, though, it's not super-amusing, like J is the hip-hop Peter Pan refusing to grow up among a crew of younger emcees.
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A particularly imminent medium of oppression for Black women in the 1990s was hip-hop music. During that time, there was little effort to express Black feminism through the music. The New York hip-hop scene was mainly dominated my men in the 1990s, and most producers were focused on rap superstars Notorious B.I.G. and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Three female emcees can be credited to have expanded Black womanhood in music during this time.
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Three female MCs appear in a party scene in Beat Street—Debbie D, Sha-Rock and Lisa Lee. They perform a limited and limiting performance as a group called "Us Girls" (see video). The first lyrics you hear are sung (vs. rapped). This moment tends to diminish the significance of women in early hip hop performance as if by 1984 female emcees were already exceptional to a musical genre that was still emerging and developing.
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The Team is a hip hop group from Bay Area and Oakland, California. The group consists of four emcees: Clyde Carson, Mayne Mannish, and Kaz Kyzah and also one affiliated member named Jungle. They are associated with West Coast hip hop music, and have a unique sound that showcases the diversity of hyphy music. The group is best known for their local hits "It's Gettin' Hot" (2004) and "Hyphy Juice (The Remix)" (2006).
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" Bryan Hahn of The Source gave the album a positive review, saying "Czarface doesn't fall short of what it wanted to accomplish-knocking the chumps out the ring. It doesn't pretend to deliver positive messages for the kids or even tell heart wrenching stories about the hood. Plain and simple, 7L masterminded sinister beats while Esoteric and Inspectah Deck recruited some fellow emcees to show the potential of the often-mislead art of lyricism can sound like.
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He was nine years old at the time. He was raised one block away from rapper Notorious B.I.G., and has often cited B.I.G.'s success as an influence on his writing. He also cites Jay-Z as an important inspiration, and names his favorites emcees as Jay-Z and Mos Def. During Skyzoo's teenage years his father moved to South Jamaica, Queens, and Skyzoo began spending much of his time there as well as in Brooklyn.
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Beginning in February 2018, Mark served as one of the main emcees of the music program Show! Music Core; he left the program in January 2019 to focus on activities with NCT 127. In May 2018, he became a regular cast member on the MBC reality TV show It's Dangerous Beyond The Blankets. In October 2018, Mark released the song "Dream Me" with Red Velvet's Joy for the soundtrack of the KBS drama The Ghost Detective.
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And he definitely wanted to put on [those particular emcees]… We > looking like, "How you gonna put eight niggas on one track?" [And he was > like], "Don’t worry, I got this." Speaking about "Danger Zone", he said: > At the time it was somebody by the name of David Kahne [working as L’s A&R; > at Columbia]. He was like the person who was responsible for getting L > signed, and he loved all that devil’s son shit.
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Consisting of emcees Freeky P and Huggy Fresh, vocalist Adlib and DJ Relik, Boombox Saints released their debut EP The Boombox EP featuring the singles "Flip It" and "She Got" on November 9, 2010. After winning the Urban Music Association of Canada's Urban X-posure Triple Threat competition in 2009, the band received a singles digital deal with Nettwerk Music Group for "She Got". Soon after, the music video for "She Got" received support from MuchVibe and Aux TV.
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Jas Mace and Marchitect were introduced to each other through little league baseball in their hometown of Newark, Delaware. It was later realized that the two shared more than just a passion for sports, but also for hip-hop music. They began writing raps and recording music at Marchitect's house, which is also where their group's name was created. The origin of the name is the street address of where the two emcees honed their production and emceeing skills.
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Although this kind of freestyling is very well respected today, Kool Moe Dee states that this was not the case previously: > A lot of the old-school artists didn't even respect what's being called > freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn't really > respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldn't write. > The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be > critiqued as hard.
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A board of approximately five members generally manages No Shame Theatre. These members are responsible for the operation of No Shame Theatre- they reserve space, advertise, accept pieces from performers, decide the order of the pieces, and serve as emcees for the program. Usually, the program contains approximately fifteen pieces. It is stated at the beginning of the program that the pieces must be original, must be under five minutes, and must not damage the space or its occupants.
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Doap raps about his catalogue, listing credits and collaborations, and compares them against other emcees ascending into the public eye. The album included appearances from fellow Army of the Pharaohs members; Celph Titled, Journalist, Block McCloud, Planetary, Crypt the Warchild and former member Chief Kamachi. Other artists including; Killa Rellik, Sick Six, Capo & Burke the Jurke was also featured on the album. The album was officially released on 28 February 2011 on iTunes, via Q-Demented.
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Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper and actor. Pun's lyrics are notable for their technical efficiency, having exceptional breath control, heavy use of alliteration, as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes. He is frequently cited as one of the best MCs of all time.Top 50 MCs of Our Time: 1987 - 2007 - 50 Greatest Emcees of Our Time. Rap.about.
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MC TXT ("emcee tee ex tee") is an interactive mobile application used in progressive hip-hop performance and entertainment. The audience members direct the venue by text messaging phrases, comments, and shout-outs to the mobile phone number provided on a main projector, where all messages are showcased. Audience members then watch as their messages are displayed amid unique visual backgrounds within minutes. The various emcees associated with MC TXT include Homeboy Sandman, Illspokinn, Folklore, Baldi, and Never Yet Contested.
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Strickly For Da Breakdancers & Emceez is an instrumental album produced by rapper KRS-One. It was first recorded and released in 1995 as two separate vinyl records, Strictly For Da Breakdancers and Strictly For Da Emcees (The Goddess Set), released via Front Page Entertainment. For the first time on CD, KRS-One releases the two instrumental EP's on a 2xCD set through Cleopatra Records. All the music included is produced and arranged by KRS-One and engineered by Commissioner Gordon.
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In 2005, Peaches released her debut CD single "Idol Worship". Peaches continues to appear on the Trannyshack stage where she got her start in 1996. Christ regularly guest emcees the show, substituting for hostess Heklina. He also directed the Indie horror flick All About Evil,Latest All About Evil Teaser Longs for a Dental Hygienist which stars Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekker, Cassandra Peterson,Elvira is All About Evil Mink Stole, Noah Segan, Jack Donner, Julie Caitlin Brown and Patrick Bristow.
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On March 1, 2014, the Lox continued their release of new music with a song titled "New York", which was premiered by Funkmaster Flex. "New York" saw the three Yonkers emcees rap over a beat reminiscent of which samples the Pudgee, Biggie-assisted "Think Big" featuring Lord Tariq, backed by the "Ashley's Roachclip" drum break. On March 16, 2014, the Lox released the music video for "Faded", from their Trinity EP. On March 24, 2014 the music video for "New York", was released.
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In December 2005 the trio performed as a support act for 50 Cent on his Get Rich or Die Tryin' tour together with G-Unit and Lil Jon. The group then switched labels to Illusive Sounds and released their second official album, Day of the Dog, on 4 March 2006. The album features production from Bliss, Weapon X, Suffa, and MC Motley, among others. It also features guest spots from British emcees MC Motley and Mystro, as well as fellow Sydney MC, Hyjak.
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Riyadh Roberts (born Riyadh Emandien; 23 December 1991), known professionally as YoungstaCPT is a South African rapper and songwriter. He is known for incorporating details about his Cape Malay culture and his Cape Town roots in his music. YoungstaCPT has been described as "one of the most outspoken South African emcees of this generation." He released his debut solo album 3T (Things Take Time) in April 2018, which won Album of The Year at the 2019 South African Hip Hop Awards.
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Rosie O'Donnell later joined the outlet's veejay lineup. O'Donnell would also host a comedy show featuring various comedians each episode. As an added touch to make the network more like a televised radio station, the early years of the network featured jingles in their bumpers produced by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, who had previously made jingles for radio stations worldwide. The format left room for occasional ad-libs by the VJ, a godsend for emcees such as Imus and O'Donnell.
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One of the most successful hip hop acts in the country is SAF (Sakam Afro Frizura) formed in 1993. It consists of the emcees Smilen Dimitrov and Mitko Gaštarovski aka Pikisipi, as well as the band's backing DJ and turntablist, Goce Trpkov. In 1996, they released their well-known anti- drug abuse theme called Miss Stone. Its title is a pun between the historical person Miss Stone, the US missionary who met Jane Sandanski in Macedonia in the 1900s, and the phrase stoned.
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In 1991, Steady B formed the hardcore hip hop group C.E.B., with fellow, local Philadelphia emcees Cool C and Ultimate Eaze, in an effort to update his style and record sales. C.E.B.'s name was a backronym for Countin' Endless Bank, but it was also an acronym for the names of the group's three members. The trio released its only album, Countin' Endless Bank, on Ruffhouse Records in 1992. The single "Get the Point" reached #5 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles.
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He was promoted to the position of Sports Director at WPLG in 2007. A proud Cuban-American, he is involved in a number of community events and often speaks at local schools. He also emcees numerous events throughout the year and is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalism. He was promoted to the position of sports director at WPLG in 2007, after his predecessor, former Miami Dolphin Jimmy Cefalo, resigned his position to manage a wine business.
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George's website accessed 24 May 2020 and at the Park Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival (Philip Glass's Heroes Symphony), where they were also joined by members of the British Paraorchestra.BBC Music website, "Philip Glass' Heroes Symphony - Heroes (Glastonbury 2016)", accessed 24 May 2020. Hazlewood has conducted over 100 world premieres. He has also initiated several projects that explore common ground between different musical disciplines, such as "Urban Classic" (2006), which drew together together five grime emcees and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
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Delinquent Habits was originally made up of two emcees Kemo The Blaxican (born David L.K. Thomas) and Ives Irie (born Ivan S. Martin), and a DJ/producer O.G. Style (born Alejandro R. Martinez). Thus the group was often called Los Tres Delinquentes (Spanish spelling: los tres delincuentes; Spanish for 'The Three Delinquents'). As a trio, they sold over 1 million copies of their single "Tres Delinquentes", published on the RCA label in 1996. They subsequently received a lot of attention from MTV and the media.
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The song's sound is also similar to the work of funk, soul and jazz musician Roy Ayers,D'Angelo Signed to RCA Music Group (J Records). PRWeb. Retrieved on December 8, 2008. while D'Angelo's soulful tenor-delivery throughout the song's verses is stylistically similar the flow of most emcees at the time. Misinterpreted as a traditional love song about a femme fatale by most R&B; audiences, "Brown Sugar" is an ode to marijuana use through its use of the personification of a brown-skinned woman.
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In June 1967, they attended the Monterey pop festival.Lisa Law (1987) Flashing on the Sixties > Peter Tork [of the Monkees] and Micky turned up at the pop fest in Monterey, > Peter acting as one of the emcees [masters of ceremony], Micky wandering > around the grounds dressed as an Indian with a lovely British [woman], > Samantha Juste, at his side.Mitchell Cohen, March 1986 (notes for Arista CD, > The Best of The Monkees) Juste and Dolenz were married in July 1968. Dolenz's stepfather, Dr. Robert Scott, officiated.
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Don't Flop events are often divided across England. Mancunian rapper Chronicle organised Don't Flop North events To The Test 1 to 9, with Don't Flop co-founder, and London/Norwich based promoter and battle rapper Eurgh stepping in to organise the tenth event. A London rap battle event entitled "Blood in the Water" was thrown every year from 2009 to 2011. Emcees from other rap battle leagues such as Grindtime, King of the Dot, and Basementality Battles came to the UK to battle other opponents.
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Midnight Marauders, Track 7, "We Can Get Down." He was also mentioned on Phife Dawg's solo album Ventilation: Da LP. As a part of the Native Tongues crew, White appeared on "Pease Porridge" by De La Soul, on its 1991 album De La Soul Is Dead, which features several other Native Tongues emcees as well. In 2006, White joined A Tribe Called Quest on stage during its performance at the Bumbershoot festival. He is also the manager of Washington D.C.-based rapper Head-Roc.
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Heinrich also assured that material was not repeated throughout the game's script. Heinrich estimates that each question in the game was a result of about two hours of work. The majority of the game's dialogue is provided by Tom Gottlieb, brother of Harry, who had voiced the emcee "Cookie" Masterson in the earlier games, and had been considered one of the more popular emcees by players. Lacking any professional studio, most of the 100-200 hrs of game dialog were recorded in a makeshift soundproofed closet.
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He also hosted similar vehicles on the radio—and was a familiar celebrity guest on various other broadcast programs, including NBC Radio's long-running Monitor with its famous Monitor Beacon audio signature, as a commentator dubbed "An expert of nothing with opinions on everything." His frequent appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show spanned three emcees (Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson), from the 1950s to the 1970s. One memorable story, as recounted to Johnny Carson, was about his meeting with then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Bëlga started as an offshoot hiphop project at Tilos Rádió. As lyrical innovators and phenomenal parodists, they gained wide popularity for an extremely explicit criticism of Budapest public transport company BKV, as well as hilarious wordplays and self-irony. Their lyrics are significant beyond the hip-hop scope as a cultural documentation of turn-of- the-millennia Culture of Hungary. Hungarian Slam sessions are rare and few, and still a novelty for the mainstream, but are gaining popularity with literary performers, emcees and audiences alike.
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From there, the delegations will transmit their votes on the floor of the Wisconsin Center, where a representative will announce the votes to relevant officials at the chair in the main venue. It was announced that none of the speakers would have in-person crowds at their speaking locations. There were key satellite locations located at studios in Los Angeles, New York City, and at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. The emcees hosting each night were present from the satellite site in Los Angeles.
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James Victor Heinz (born February 6, 1983 in Long Island, United States), professionally known by his stage name J57, is a Brooklyn-based American rapper, songwriter, record producer, & record label owner, that infuses hiphop with indie rock, pop, folk & Americana music. He is a member of the Brown Bag AllStars, a group of emcees he joined while working at Fat Beats in 2004, and Jamo Gang, a hip-hop group consisting of Ras Kass and El Gant. J57 cites DJ Eclipse and his mentor DJ Premier, as his musical influences.
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The group decided that its gangsta rap style was the cause: most emcees at the time used similar styles, making it difficult for Inner City Posse to distinguish itself stylistically. Referring to local rapper Esham's horrorcore style, Bruce suggested the band adapt this genre, in a bid to have Detroit represent acid rap, much as Los Angeles represented gangsta rap. The group agreed, but not to copying the style of Esham closely. Instead, they suggested using horror-themed lyrics as an emotional outlet for all their negative life experiences.
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Owner Chris Howdyshell, who emcees the weekly open mic and puts on special shows, has formed Red River Rollercoaster and The Dish Dogs—often performing on the Little Grill stage. He draws personnel from the Grill, such as Ashley Hunter and Joshua Vana. Past musicians who have worked there include Robert St. Ours (founder of The Hackensaw Boys), his brother Phillip St. Ours (founder of Pantherburn), Billy Brett and Terry Turtle (founders of Buck Gooter), Lara Mack and Kyle Oehmke (both members of The Dish Dogs). Others include Greg Ward and Nick Melas.
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Due to the nature of the league and its mechanics, bashing or shaming emcees' relatives is inevitable during the battle. However, in an undercard match between Sinio and Shehyee during the Ahon 7 event on December 16, 2016, Shehyee threw disrespectful lines against Sinio's wife, Bie Sarmiento, during the battle. This led to Sinio aggressively rebutting Shehyee by dissing the latter's girlfriend, internet sensation Ann Mateo. Their match was uploaded on FlipTop's YouTube channel on February 2, 2017 and went viral with over five million views within four days.
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As they head closer to the light, it begins to form the shape of a planet. The two make a landing on the planet, and, upon their arrival, the President steps out to welcome them and invites them to a special party, in which the Emcees show off the planet's most beautiful designs. This does not impress Noel, who states that it doesn't matter what clothes one is wearing, they will still be beautiful and loved. This idea coaxes the President and the citizens of the planet to take their clothes off, as does Noel.
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Initially, Bukkcity struggled to win over his Australian audiences. He quickly discovered that the local hip-hop scene was very different both lyrically and in content from his cultural hip-hop upbringing in America. Bukkcity admitted that on moving back he felt an instant segregation in the local hip-hop scene. Australian emcees related to their audience on a local level, a level he genuinely did not understand at first upon his arrival back to the land of Oz, but has since grown to understand and deeply respect.
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In 2005, Morales co-produced The Monday Night Fight Klub alongside founders and creative directors 12 Gauge Media, a bi-weekly event that pitted emcees against each other in a verbal competition. MNFK was later developed into an MTV series.Dee (April 03, 2007) "About Riggs""Monday Night Fight Klub" Accessed on June 10, 2009 Morales' company, Rigg'd Up, Inc. partnered with Quincy Jones III’s QD3 Entertainment (Beef, Tupac: Thug Angel, The MC) to create hip-hop based content that range from in a variety of mediums including television, movies, and DVDs.
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Frazier is the author of several books of poetry, a children's book, and novels for teens. In addition, Frazier is the editor and publisher of the award-nominated anthology, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees (Lit Noire Publishing, 2006). Check the Rhyme Anthology was nominated for both the 2007 NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry and the 2007 AALAS Book Awards in New York. In March 2010, Check the Rhyme received an Honorable Mention for the 17th Annual Writer's Digest International Self Publishing Awards.
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DJ Honda released his junior compilation album titled h III in Japan and Korean Versions only. He enlisted New York lyricists: M.O.P., Teflon, The Beatnuts, Gravediggaz, Jeru The Damaja, Parish "PMD" Smith of EPMD, Triple Seis, 8 Off Agallah, Black Attack along with Rob Jackson, DJ Alladin, and more. He collaborated solo with one emcee on an album titled "Underground Connection" with Parish "PMD" Smith of the duo group EPMD. It was released in Japan and S. Korea with bonus tracks from Korean hip hop artists, Erick Sermon and a few other emcees.
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Game shows thrived in syndication during the decade. Nightly versions of What's My Line?, Truth or Consequences, Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth premiered in the late 1960s and found loyal audiences for many years. Several daytime network games began producing once-a-week nighttime versions for broadcast in the early evening hours, usually with bigger prizes and often featuring different hosts (emcees were limited to appearing on one network and one syndicated game simultaneously) and modified titles (Match Game PM, The $100,000 Name That Tune or The $25,000 Pyramid, for example).
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East Oakland native Tajai began rhyming with future bandmate A-Plus at age 8, while both were in elementary school. Tajai and Phesto met later in junior high school. Tajai recruited his best friend Phesto in middle school and A-Plus brought Opio into the budding act in high school before making its major-label debut on Jive Records with the group's well-received album 93 'til Infinity, in 1993. The group is part of the hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, along with emcees Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, Jaybiz, and producer Domino.
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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (often called simply Black Star) is the debut studio album by Black Star, a hip hop duo consisting of emcees Talib Kweli and Mos Def (the latter of whom now goes by Yasiin Bey). The album was released on September 29, 1998, to critical acclaim. The title is a reference to the Black Star Line, a shipping line founded by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. The album deals with modern-day issues, philosophical ideas, and life in Brooklyn, New York City as the two artists know it.
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Vibe Magazine Linda Hobbs, of VIBE Magazine, agrees: "I was feeling SupaStishun's drippy southern flow... He rides the rock production well, and isn't afraid to be catchy like all the other southern emcees that's killing the clubs right now." Sickamore, the famous mixtape DJ and Director of A&R; at Warner Music, one of the contest judges, told people to watch out for this "very marketable Southern artist". Supa has caught the attention of millions online through BlackPlanet, the social networking site. "I write about what I think people can relate too," says SupaStishun.
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Global hip hop activism does not only employ rap music, but also works within the other pillars of hip hop, such as creating youth empowerment projects by teaching graffiti art or break dancing.Jeff Chang. "Its a Hip Hop World" Nov/Dec 2007 In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a movement called Afro-Reggae was started by former drug dealers to help keep favela children out of the drug trade by teaching them to be emcees and break dancers. The movement gained international fame in the documentary "Favela Rising"Favela Rising, favelarising.
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Emcees Yas Taalat and Bobby McIntosh started out as a hip hop duo under the name of Project Wyze in 1988 when they were teenagers in Sudbury, Ontario.Much Music Dead Celebrity Status While attending high school, Project Wyze established a reputable image in the underground hip-hop scene by opening for acts such as Dream Warriors, Maestro Fresh Wes and Michie Mee.Sweets Lyrics They were also one of the first Canadian groups to open for the American hip-hop group, Public Enemy. The pair subsequently moved to London, Ontario after high school.
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Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, composed of three emcees: Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar, and formerly two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. Their debut studio album, One for All (1990), is one of the most popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and political lyrics inspired by the teachings of The Nation of Gods and Earths. About.com placed the group on its list of the 25 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time.
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Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler formed a hip hop group in 1990. Under the stage names Violent J, 2 Dope, and John Kickjazz, the group began performing at local night clubs under the name of their gang, Inner City Posse. By late 1991, the group had invested more money into production than was covered by returns. They decided that their gangsta rap style was the cause of the problem: Most emcees at the time used similar styles, making it difficult for Inner City Posse to distinguish itself stylistically.
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From a young age, Austin was influenced by hip hop music and inspired by a variety of emcees including Ice Cube, Rakim, Scarface, and KRS-One. His first album, Soul on Ice, was released in 1996. Taking its name from a book by Eldridge Cleaver, Ras addressed racial relations in the same manner, most notably with "Ordo Abchao" and "Nature of the Threat." The album was released on Priority Records, as was the follow-up, Rasassination, which featured beats from Easy Mo Bee and guest appearances by RZA, Twista, Xzibit, Mack 10 and Dr. Dre.
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After a five-year hiatus, Black Moon returned in 1999 with their second album, War Zone. The album received moderate sales and good reviews, especially when compared to the Camp's three previous efforts. One factor in its positive reception was the return of Da Beatminerz, who produced the entirety of the album. The group recruited a number of fellow New York City emcees for appearances, including Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip and M.O.P. The album's singles "Two Turntables and a Mic" and "This is What it Sounds Like (Worldwind)" received minor commercial success.
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Das EFX is an American hip hop duo. It consists of emcees Dray (also known as Krazy Drayz, born Andre Weston, September 9, 1970) and Skoob (also known as Books, born William "Willie" Hines, November 27, 1970). They named themselves "DAS" standing for "Dray and Skoob" and "EFX" meaning "effects". They rose to popularity in the early 1990s due to the duo's stream of consciousness lyrical delivery, which became one of the most influential lyrical styles in hip hop music at the time; as well as their affiliation with EPMD's Hit Squad.
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The three original members of Far East Movement, Kevin Nishimura (Kev Nish), James Roh (Prohgress), and Jae Choung (J-Splif), grew up in the Downtown Los Angeles area. They were close companions in high school and shared a passion for music together. The trio promoted their music online and began performing at local clubs and events in Los Angeles; soon, they began their musical career with the name "Emcees Anonymous" by 2001. However, they later changed it to Far East Movement or FM, originating from a song that they produced with the same name.
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Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was imprisoned, and most of the label's acts tried to leave. The lack of leadership helped put New York, Atlanta, and New Orleans on the top of the hip hop charts, leaving local would-be legends and underground MC's (emcees) to work under self-financed productions. In the 1990s, underground hip hop flourished in the San Francisco Bay Area. Early pioneers included Too Short and E-40; their success helped pave the way for new performers like RBL Posse, whose 1992 "Don't Gimme No Bammer" achieved some crossover success.
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Eyedea first stepped into the hip-hop scene battling against other emcees at notable freestyle competitions. Notable wins included a victory at Scribble Jam (1999) and the televised Blaze Battle sponsored by HBO (2000), which was hosted by KRS-One. Following the win, he won an impressive portion of money, but was also offered a higher cut if he signed a record contract with hip hop mogul P. Diddy, to which he declined, instead helping build Rhymesayers Entertainment from the ground up. Notable hip-hop outlets have labeled Eyedea as a freestyle pioneer.
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As Sha-Rock says her closing words of the ceremony she states "that everyone please embrace the culture and make sure that you really understand that Hip Hop is really not just about rap and profit, it's about peace, unity and having fun. Listening to music, enjoying one another and being safe". Her contribution to the hip hop culture has helped pave the way for today's female hip hop artists. She helped set the tone for female emcees to become well known and established in the hip hop music industry.
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More Or Les' interest in hip hop culture began as a DJ, learning to mix at the age of 11 with the help of his older brother Colin. As a first year student at Woburn Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario, Les began freestyling with other local emcees and performing regularly at school assemblies. It was around this time that Les created the emcee name for himself, and started to produce beats. In 2001, More Or Les became one of the resident DJ's at Toronto's longest running open mic night known as In Divine Style.
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Funk ’n Pussy is an album by rapper Schoolly D. The album was released in 2000 for Chord Records and was produced by Schoolly D, DJ Code Money, and DJ Chuck Chillout. Reviews for the album were generally mixed, but like his previous albums, the album was a commercial failure. The album spawned three singles: “Do It, Do It,” “Can You Feel It,” and “Yes Yes Y’all.” The first track, “Yahmean,” featured fellow hip hop emcees Chuck D and Lady B. “Mr. Big Dick 2000” is a remix by the UK trip hop outfit Sneaker Pimps.
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King of the Dot's Travis Fleetwood, a.k.a. Organik, built a reputation as one of Canada's elite battle emcees with 4 wins at the Toronto-based freestyle competition Proud 2B Eh Battle MC, where he met a local producer/DJ by the name of RyanPVP. They teamed up to put together the first event which was initially intended to be a flash mob style event at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto. However, the police presence and private security at the location forced the event to move down the road to an alley beside radio station Flow 93.5.
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Schwartz is involved in various forms of philanthropy including the giving of her time and money to various organizations. In 2012, she donated her fee for writing a column for the Chicago Sun-Times to Clean the World. She serves on the advocacy board of the American Heart Association and emcees their Chicago Heart Walks and Go Red Luncheons. She also volunteers her time with the YWCA and the United Way. She serves on the board for the Illinois Institute of Art and Event Solutions Magazine and is also involved in Step Up Women’s Network and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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My next album is going to be no guest appearances. Emcees need to start carrying their own weight". In the same interview, he gave a response about having only a few RZA-produced songs on the album, stating "Well, you have to put in time with your producer, and RZA and I have been working back since I was 11 & he was 8 going to the Bronx to check out this hip hop stuff, so you have to know where they are coming from. Whenever I close my eyes and listen to his stuff, I can’t put a rhyme to it.
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Towards the end of 2004, friends and longtime collaborators Nick Speed and Elzhi teamed up to release Witness My Growth, a double-CD mixtape chronicling Elzhi's long, secretive history as a solo artist. To facilitate the release of this long-gestating project, the two created "Libido Sounds," an independent imprint dedicated to releasing quality hip-hop music. A collection of Speed's beats found its way to the hands of Sha Money XL, who offered Nick an in-house production contract and management deal. Through this deal, Nick has produced tracks for many of today's most popular and influential emcees.
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Charlie Palmer emcees along with master of ceremonies, Waldy Malouf with proceeds benefiting The Culinary Institute of America. Palmer’s annual American Fare celebration is held each November at Archer Hotel Napa. American Fare showcases the very best of American-inspired bites and top Napa Valley Cabernet producers for a taste around style event in the heart of downtown Napa. All proceeds benefit the Children’s Museum of Napa Valley Personal Life A caring, supportive father to four boys and doting husband to Lisa, Chef Palmer holds the honor of family higher than any of his hospitality accolades.
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Don't Flop battles are usually three rounds, with each round being 60 to 90 seconds, although significant main event battles will sometimes have 3 minute rounds, there have also been instances of unlimited rounds. A coin flip typically decides who goes first, and the emcees alternate after each round. Sometimes however, the battlers will decide between themselves off camera who will go first, and in a championship match, the Champion will decide who goes first. A panel of 3-5 judges then decide the winner (there have been instances of a 7 judge format in title matches).
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However, their unique sound was enough to win over the LA club scene and create a new image for Nesmith. Nesmith also requested of venues that they not promote or reference his being a Monkee/ex-Monkee in their advertising or the band's introduction. Unfortunately, many Emcees would ignore his request and Nesmith would become irritated with them as well as with folks who would shout out requests of "Last Train to Clarksville" and/or other Monkee hits. During his stint with The Monkees, Nesmith had accumulated an extensive back-catalogue of songs which had not been heard by anyone.
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In 2011, LDP was granted TV air time on myx for the music video of their song "Here to Own It", which was able to enter the charts. He is also a major icon in the Fliptop battle league as well as a co-host on PTV 4's show iConnect. When the FlipTop Battle League and Sunugan rap battle leagues started out in 2010, Abra was one of the first battle emcees to compete and gradually make a name for himself. After a couple of intense rap battles, Abra has been considered as one of the heavyweights in Filipino rap battling.
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Inspired by Rolling Stone, Spin, The Village Voice, and NME magazine, The Source carried the original tag line "The Voice of the Rap Music Industry." The magazine originally attracted a younger audience, ages 12 and 13, and featured numerous reoccurring columns such as "Unsigned Hype", reporting on up-and-coming music artists. Throughout its years, The Source would go on to feature cover stories on the crack cocaine epidemic, police brutality, and New York’s investigations of high-profile emcees. The magazine's officers relocated to New York City in 1990 with the intention to expand the magazine into a mainstream market publication.
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Sinio later apologized after Mateo's mom warned to sue him. Shehyee participated in the annual prestigious FlipTop's 2018 Isabuhay Tournament, where he came out as the champion against 15 other top battle emcees. By his victory, Shehyee made history by being the first battle emcee in the prominent battle rap league to become a champion both as an individual emcee and with a partner in the Dos Por Dos tournament, where he won with Smugglaz in 2012. Shehyee announced an upcoming 16-track album to be released in 2019 after his Isabuhay tournament victory in FlipTop.
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B. Dolan's first performances took place at New York City's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, where he gained respect as part of HBO's Def Poetry in 2002 and won numerous slam titles.Boston Phoenix B. Dolan Goes Where Few Emcees Have Gone Before He has since distanced himself from and criticized slam poetry. In 2011, he told the Boston Phoenix: > Doing spoken word was the first time I ever tried to present my writing on a > stage, and that's what it was good for. It taught me some basic stage tricks > that I still use — like how to change my voice and talk to a crowd.
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Slingerland wrote that the album's musical variety "gives the record's impressive roster of vocalists plenty of space to work with, ranging from the smoothest of soul singers to the sharpest emcees," also writing that "the diversity of Future Brown never once feels overwhelming, making the trip through these sounds from a futuristic dance floor satisfying throughout." Irish critic Jim Carroll described it as "an album full of smart ideas, genre hopscotching and next- level brainstorming. The constant ducking and diving between hip-hop, dancehall, grime, r’n’b and electronica results in an imaginative rush of sound."Carroll, Jim (March 7, 2015).
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Alongside traditional drag work such as shows and performances, many drag queens engage in 'mix-and-mingle' or hosting work at night clubs or at private parties/events. Drag is a part of Western gay culture; it is often noted that the Stonewall riots on June 27, 1969 in New York City were inspired and led by drag queens and, in part for this reason, drag queens remain a tradition at pride events. Prominent drag queens in the gay community of a city often serve as official or unofficial spokespersons, hosts or emcees, fund-raisers, chroniclers and community leaders.
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The four emcees, along with producer J-Swift, began recording their debut album in 1991 at the Hollywood Sounds studio in California, with Delicious Vinyl Records head Michael Ross overseeing the project as Executive Producer. J-Swift produced 10 songs and five interludes—15 of the album's 16 tracks. Before the completion of the album, Swift had a falling-out with the group over internal problems. He claimed that he was not properly compensated for his work, and that the other group members had tried to take production credit, when he had crafted all the beats himself.
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Kaling devised her stage name after discovering while doing stand-up comedy that emcees would have trouble pronouncing her last name, Chokalingam, and sometimes made jokes about it. She toured solo as well as with Craig Robinson before he was on The Office. In August 2002, Kaling portrayed Ben Affleck in an off-Broadway play called Matt & Ben, which she co-wrote with her best friend from college, Brenda Withers—who played Matt Damon. The play was named one of Time magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year" and was "a surprise hit" at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival.
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This booking as a quartet leader increased to two nights per week and opened room for a full, signature show. In 2018, he recorded the CD, Lonnie McFadden Live at Green Lady Lounge. The recording features McFadden in his renowned entertainment roles: he wrote six of its nine tunes in a variety of musical genres, and he emcees, sings, plays trumpet and taps, backed by Tyree Johnson on drums, Deandre Manning on acoustic and electric bass, and Andrew Ouellette on piano. His deep-rooted, lyrical style and the excitement of the audience unify a wide-ranging live performance.
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Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer (Epr) performing at an Underground Authority Concert held in Nazul Mancha, Kolkata Also known as E.P.R (emcee/ poet/rapper), Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer is the frontman / emcee of the band, he's one of the first emcees / rappers in the city to make a mark. He is noted for his stage presence and passionate delivery of vocals. He's also the lyricist of the band and is a follower of Anarchist Communism, which can be seen in his works. Sure. Previously he used to often rap / perform at open mic sessions at Someplace Else, Park Hotel, Kolkata and was a very popular performer since then.
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A key element of balls is also the music, which is typically characterized by distinct, up tempo beats that are overlaid with the "raps" of commentators or emcees. Lyrics are just as stylized as the beats and often praise queerness and femininity through typically vulgar language and usage of words like "cunt" and "pussy".Lhooq, Michelle. “20 Tracks That Defined the Sound of Ballroom, New York's Fierce Queer Subculture.” Vulture, Vulture, July 24, 2018 Historically, the music featured at balls has been whatever is popular within the black LGBT community at the time, ranging from disco, to club music, to house, and now even rap and R&B.
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He chose to have the entire amount donated to the Christian Life Center for youth athletic programs at Trinity United Methodist Church in Spartanburg, SC. Casey was also in a movie documentary (2009) as one of the world's most unusual Guinness record holders (Chump-Change Productions, Chicago, IL). He has twice been a featured guest on TV's "Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberly". A national speaker, he also emcees celebrity roasts,TriviaGuy - Roasts hosts live stand- up trivia nights,TriviaGuy - Trivia Nights and is a political humorist entertainer for groups.Bot generated title --> The State of South Carolina General Assembly has honored Casey with a Concurrent Resolution.
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The 2015 PSA Annual Awards is an accolade organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the oldest media organization based in the Philippines, helmed by the president Jun Lumibao of Business Mirror, in cooperation with the Philippine Sports Commission, Smart Communications, San Miguel Corporation, Milo, MVP Sports Foundation and Meralco. The awards will be given to the Philippine sportsmen who recognize their achievements in 2014. Known as the "Oscars" of Philippine sports, the awards proper was held at the One Esplanade, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City on February 16, 2015. Veteran sportscasters Quinito Henson and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon will be served as the emcees of the formal program.
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During the 1980s and early 1990s, urban fiction in print experienced a decline. However, one could make a cogent argument that urban tales simply moved from print to music, as hip hop music exploded in popularity. Of course, for every emcee who signed a recording contract and made the airwaves, ten more amateurs plied the streets and local clubs, much like urban bards, griots or troubadours telling urban fiction in an informal, oral manner rather than in a neat, written form. One of the most famous emcees, Tupac Shakur, is sometimes called a ghetto prophet and an author of urban fiction in lyrical form.
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Before breaking into the mainstream market, So Solid Crew were involved with many pirate radio stations in London, such as Supreme FM and Delight FM. It was at Delight where they made their name, occupying most of the Sunday schedule, the so-called "So Solid Sundays". From around lunchtime until 10 pm, there were shows from different members, where the various So Solid Crew DJs would play 2-step garage tracks. At times, the So Solid Crew emcees would rap on top of tracks for up to two hours each session. On Christmas Day in 2001, So Solid Crew performed their last Sunday show on the station.
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In May 2012, she started hosting the second season of MBC's audition show I Am a Singer, singing her song "Nocturne" on the first night, and receiving praise for her emcee style. Despite her relative inexperience, compared to the show's past emcees, the creative director said, "We were impressed with her style of talking that was both comforting and effortless," and convinced her to remain, after being a temporary replacement. Her appearance on the show was said to reveal a "softer side" of the veteran singer who was known for a "strong, sometimes stubborn, stance on issues related to K-pop," and a firm opposition to lip-syncing on the air.
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It ain't like I do that type of stuff. Drop songs every month to let you know I'm really in the studio perfecting things." In addition to losing the need to compromise, Schoolboy Q hinted Oxymoron may boast a "more comfortable Q." While speaking exclusively with HipHopDX earlier in the year, the rapper shared a few words of advice for his fellow emcees as he touched on his increased comparability with music: "I feel like all rappers, the more comfortable you are, the better your raps are gon' be. When I was in the studios [before], I wrote the verse, and I wasn't comfortable, but I just did it anyway.
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The group was originally formed in 1990 by Connecticut emcees Open Mic and Reflex. Apathy joined the group after hearing a demo on the University of Connecticut radio station 91.7. The group expanded during the 1990s to include a number of other members, and they took frequent outings to New York City in order to expose themselves to the East Coast hip hop scene. In the late 1990s, Apathy shifted his focus towards developing his solo career, but the group re-formed in 2000 with Celph Titled, Rise, Open Mic, One-Two, L-Fudge, Louis Logic, and 7L & Esoteric, as well as producer Chum the Skrilla Guerilla.
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Specifically: Beginning with the advent of beat match DJing, in which Bronx disc jockeys including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc extended the breaks of funk records, a major new musical genre emerged that sought to isolate the percussion breaks of hit funk, disco and soul songs. As hip hop's popularity grew, performers began speaking ("rapping") in sync with the beats, and became known as MCs or emcees. The Herculoids, made up of Herc, Coke La Rock, and Clark Kent, were the earliest to gain major fame. The Bronx is referred to in hip-hop slang as "The Boogie Down Bronx", or just "The Boogie Down".
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On 19 September 2011 MTV Iggy put her in the first position of his list "Best New Female Emcees Dominating Mics Everywhere". In 2014, Tijoux performed at the SXSW music festival, and based on her performance she was subsequently named "Best Rapper en Español" by the US Rolling Stone . This year Tijoux also won her first Latin Grammy for Record of the Year for the song "Universos paralelos", a collaboration with Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler. In 2020, Tijoux's feminist-themed song "No estamos solas" was chosen as theme song for "La Jauría", the first Chilean TV series produced for Amazon Prime, which premiered on 10 July.
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Warren Sabir McGlone (born September 17, 1969, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known by the stage name Steady B, is an American hip hop emcee who, along with Schoolly D, the Fresh Prince, and Three Times Dope, was one of the first wave of Philadelphia-area emcees to gain notoriety in the mid to late 1980s. Steady B was a member (and de facto leader) of Philadelphia's Hilltop Hustlers crew. Steady B's musical career was relatively short-lived, and he is currently serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania state prison for his role in the murder of Philadelphia Police officer Lauretha Vaird, during a botched bank robbery in January 1996.
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In 2015, Pseudoubt released their second album Where Nothing Grows, featuring the likes of Myka 9 (of Freestyle Fellowship, Kristoff Krane, Onry Ozzborn (of Grayskul and Dark Time Sunshine), and other local Minneapolis musicians and emcees. Following the release of the album, Pseudoubt toured the midwest, in an expanded live band format, along with fellow Minnesotan fusion-rock band Treading North. Their lead single "Opaque" peaked at #3 on Radio K's top 7 hit-list. In 2016, co-founding member and guitarist Riley Iris left the group to pursue other endeavors, in and out of music, shortly after the single "No Peripherals" was released via the group's SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
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The project aimed to assemble 41 emcees to represent the 41 shots fired. Rappers featured on the EP include Owen Brown, Evil Dee, Kool G. Rap, Rah Digga, Sporty Thievz, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Posdonus, Donte and Main Flow of Mood, Nine, Tiye Phoenix, Breezly Brewn' of the Juggaknots, Punchline, Imani Uzuri, El-P and Mr. Len of Company Flow, Jah-Born of Medina Green, John Forté, Mr. Khaliyl, Fre, J-Live, Rubix, Invincible, Wordsworth, A.L., Kofi Taha, Tame One, Jane Doe, Grafh, Shyheim, Channel Live, Wise Intelligent, Cappadonna, Crunch Lo, Rock, Nonchalant, Ras Kass, Dead Prez and Parrish Smith. Producers included Mr. Khaliyl, Organized Noize, and 88-Keys.
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La pájara Peggy or "Peggy the Bird", a large, bright yellow, gawky bird that looked more like a duck and spoke in an obnoxious voice audaciously interrupting cast member. During the first two years of the show, Navarro himself dressed up in the yellow bird outfit and had outrageous interactions with the emcees, often whacking the unsuspecting emcee over the head with a wing or a kick in the shins with a big webbed foot. These slapstick antics sent the stage hands into uproarious laughter and sent Navarro's bosses into shock. At the time, it was unheard of that a Televisa executive would dress up in a big yellow bird suit and act silly on national television.
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Like all drag performers, AFAB drag queens play with traditional gender roles and gender norms to educate and entertain. AFAB queens can appear alongside drag kings or drag queens at drag shows and are interchangeable with other drag queens as emcees, performers, hostesses, and spokesmodels. For some it can be a way to redefine postmodern feminism; AFAB queen Ms. Lucia Love stated, "Drag queens would be nowhere without women." For others it simply is about dressing up and having fun. In San Francisco, the first ever "Faux Queen" pageant was produced as a benefit by Diet PopstituteDiet Popstitute, aka Michael Joseph Collins; 1958 - 1995 Alvin Orloff and the first title holder was Coca Dietetica aka Laurie Bushman.
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Rodney P (born Rodney Panton in Balham, London, 12 December 1969) is an English MC, as well as a radio and television personality who first gained attention via the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. Since his days in the seminal UK Hip Hop group London Posse, Rodney P is widely regarded as the Godfather of British Hip Hop with the London Posse inspiring a whole generation of British emcees and producers by being the first to rap in his authentic London accent and produce a homegrown Hip Hop reggae vibe that is distinctly rooted in the UK. Rodney P has had one of the longest and most respected careers in UK hip hop.
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Noah Weston, better known as Soul Khan (born April 18, 1985) is an American songwriter, rapper, and retired battle rapper. Born in West Hollywood and raised in Woodland Hills, California, he currently resides in Brooklyn, New York City. After a short career in battle rap that started in late 2008, in which he appeared in American circuits such as Grindtime and Smack/URL, as well as outside the United States, notably in Canada (KOTD) and United Kingdom (Don't Flop), he retired from the scene to focus his attention on his musical career in early 2010. He is a member of the Brown Bag AllStars, a collective of emcees and producers from the Brooklyn area.
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Soon after, Akir released his first song, "Best Friend", on DJ N'finite's mix CD, The Blockbuster Vol. 1, through his own production company, One Enterprises. In November 2005, Akir and ten other up and coming emcees formed the group The Reavers, and released the album Terror Firma. Soon after, One Enterprises and Viper Records joined to release Akir's debut solo album, Legacy. Soon after the release of Legacy, Akir was featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype sidebar in the January/February 2005 issue, and the "Off The Radar" spotlight in the April 2006 issue. Akir was also featured in XXL magazine's Chairman's Choice in the October 2005 issue, and Show and Prove spotlight in the June 2006 issue.
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He even filed a case against D-Coy and Krazykyle in 2006 and demanded the pulling of copies of the album United Freestyle v.2 where the lyrics of songs "Right Now" (D-Coy) and "No Album Got Skills" (Krazykyle) contain the lines "Ang dapat sa'yo mag-disappear tulad ng showbiz na si Amir" and "I destroy emcees more than your eyes can see, don't battle me I'll make you look like Carlos Agassi" respectively. The case, however, was quietly settled. In response to criticism, he together with award-winning rapper Gloc 9 and Mitchell Silonga released a single entitled "Alay Ko" in 2009, a song about Agassi's thoughts on destructive criticisms.
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The label's first single "Your Love Is Quality" was released on 7" and 12" vinyl by soul/dance group Interfaze with a video promo directed by Nic Hofmeyr filmed around Ladbroke Grove. The voice of Interfaze was Maxine Harvey a London soul music singer, who had been working on the local circuit. 1987 saw the release of the label’s second single "It's Getting Ruff" by Rocky X and DD Dance two local emcees of North African extraction with a cover picture on the area of ground that was developed into Sainsburys. This year also saw the recording at Addis Ababa Studios on Harrow Road of Known 2 Be Down and its release through EMI and Jet Star distribution.
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Paris By Night 46: 15th Anniversary Celebration is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga that was taped in 1998 at Terrace Theater in Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California. This show was dedicated to celebrate Paris By Night's fifteenth-anniversary from 1983 to 1998 (hence the theme, "15th Anniversary Celebration"). The hosts for the show were the two emcees: Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên. This show was released as a 3-tape VHS near the end of 1998 (note: this was the first Paris By Night to release in a three-tape VHS, rather than a two-tape VHS like the previous editions).
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Capp has appeared as himself on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, The Today Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and on This Is Your Life on February 12, 1961 with host Ralph Edwards and honoree Peter Palmer. He hosted at least five television programs between 1952 and 1972 — three different talk shows called The Al Capp Show (twice), Al Capp, Al Capp's America (a live "chalk talk," with Capp providing a barbed commentary while sketching cartoons), and a game show called Anyone Can Win. In addition, Capp was a frequent celebrity guest. His appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show spanned three emcees; Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.
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Davis with activist and opera star Stacey Robinson (left) in 1998. Davis and Dee were well known as civil rights activists during the Civil Rights Movement and were close friends of Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. and other icons of the era. They were involved in organizing the 1963 civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and served as its emcees. Davis, alongside Ahmed Osman, delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Malcolm X. He re-read part of this eulogy at the end of Spike Lee's film Malcolm X. He also delivered a stirring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, at a memorial in New York's Central Park the day after King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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In 2007 the label started facilitating music workshops. Concentrating on lyric writing, emceeing, DJing and music production, the Street Soul Productions team are attempting to spread positive messages to a wide variety of schools, community projects and youth centres around the UK. During this year Halo started work on Halogenic, with the intention of creating a project that blends a variety of different styles and sounds to illustrate his skills as an Emcee. Around the same time Vice started work on con-X-ions after a successful internet based collaboration with Canadian Emcees Wio-K and Dan-e-o, and Australian Emcee Eljay. As part of the con-X-ions Vice connected with Rawkus Records / Glow In The Dark Panacea.
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DJ Honda left Sony Music Japan to embark on opening his own, launching independent record label, "dj honda RECORDINGS" simultaneously in New York City and Tokyo with Seoul, South Korea branch office opening in 2002. dj honda released two albums on Christmas Day, 1999: h 2000, a compilation album featuring all production by dj honda coupled with New York's prominent emcees and Turntablist Revolution: I.T.F. World DJ Compilation Album Vol. 1, a compilation of scratches & beat juggling tracks by turntablists from around the world. The first official U.S. & international single, "El Presidente" with Jeru the Damaja was distributed by RED and the music video was in rotation on national TV stations such as B.E.T.'s Rap City, MTV2, and other local cable shows.
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In 2006, Black Cloud Music began with the release of its first compilation, Beats and Life, produced by founder and producer, Jynxx, and featured various emcees such as Dirty Birdy, Mykill Myers, and Bocafloja. The following year, Jynxx collaborated with his longtime friend and fellow emcee, E Dubb to form the group, SOP and released a full-length album, Music 4 Da Deaf & The Lyrically Challenged. Between 2008 and 2009, Black Cloud Music began to build its roster, with the addition of several local artists that Jynxx met at local hip-hop events such as It’s The Common Ground. With the addition of Noa James, Curtiss King, Art Barz and Faimkills, the label focused on Noa James’s debut album, Beautiful Darkness, released on iTunes in 2009.
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Beatrice Hazlehurst of Paper praised Cardi B for "proving she's far from a one-hit wonder" with her verse. Aaron Williams of Uproxx described the song as "an aptly titled, fast-paced, Master P-esque trunk rattler", and wrote that the song "owes a lot to the sound cultivated by Master P twenty years ago, with plenty of New Orleans bounce", as the three artists on the track "deliver their usual unsophisticatedly entertaining signature styles on their verses". He added that Cardi B's verse is "especially entertaining as she wittily compares her current charts success to 'pussy popping'". Matt Fish of HotNewHipHop regarded it as "a tight, radio-ready track" that features "an energetic trap beat" that "provides a bouncy backbone for all three emcees".
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Mark Vincent Woodford (born May 24, 1984 in Madison, Wisconsin), better known by his stage name The Audible Doctor, is a Brooklyn-based American record producer and underground rapper. The Audible Doctor has been credited as producer in critically acclaimed studio albums and EPs including Made In The Streets, 2057, The Ports, Reporting Live, Computer Era, Free Agent and Thug Matrix 3. On 3 January 2014, he was listed in AllHipHop 's "Top 50 Underground/Indie/Emerging Artists Of 2013" before he went on to make a guest appearance at the 2014 edition of the annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. He is a member of the Brown Bag AllStars, a group of emcees he joined while interning at Fat Beats in 2007.
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Point Blank is a Canadian hip-hop group from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 1992, the group is composed of six emcees—Imperial, Trouble, Stump, Kidd, RPD, and Jackal—and one producer, Pikihed.TILT ROCK RECORDS The group collectively founded and operates their own imprint label, Tilt Rock Records, which currently has a distribution agreement with Koch Entertainment Canada, one of the country's largest independent music distributors. The group has released several singles and videos such as "Thin Line", "Want It Wit Us", and "Born and Raised in the Ghetto" (a 2007 MuchMusic Video Award nominee). Growing up together in Toronto’s Regent Park, Canada’s oldest and largest housing project, their music reflects the culture and social issues faced by many inner city youth.
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While it can take around a decade to make a living at comedy, unknown comedians may achieve great financial success. Hosts and MCs are paid $0-$200, depending on location and the time of week (emcees average $25); showcase spots get $10-$75; features get approximately $300-$600; a headliner with no following gets $150-$1500, depending on many factors; headliners with a following or TV credits can make $1,500-$10,000 per show. The headliner makes "10 times" more money than the feature act. Famous headliners get paid from "door deals," or a percentage of the revenue, based on the number of seats sold; these comics rely on their notoriety to fill seats, which makes them more money than headliners with no following.
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Perth is also home to a major local scene, which has produced nationally and internationally renowned artists such as Tame Impala, Troye Sivan, The Stems, Pond, Eskimo Joe, John Butler Trio, Gyroscope, Birds of Tokyo, End of Fashion, Methyl Ethel, Turnstyle, Little Birdy, Jebediah, The Sleepy Jackson, Karnivool, Institut Polaire, The Panics, The Waifs, Knife Party and drum and bass acts like Pendulum. Perth's hip hop scene has produced artists such as Drapht, Downsyde, MC Layla, Matty B, and Lo-Key Fu. Many of these artists are members of the Perth hip hop crew named Syllabolix. A majority of Perth's premier emcees are featured on the Obese Records label. This connection has seen several Perth artists feature in the recordings of other Australian acts, such as The Hilltop Hoods.
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Beginning in the end of 1996 and throughout 1997 (during the commercial height of Puff Daddy's pop-oriented Bad Boy Records during its Arista Records years), mafioso hip-hop gradually lost its critical acclaim within the underground scene from which it originated. As it crossed over into the mainstream, the concept was becoming increasingly generic (as seen with the hip hop supergroup the Firm, which rhymed almost exclusively about the mafioso life). Upon the release of The War Report, however, Capone and Noreaga brought new life into the gangsta rap subgenre, becoming an instant underground phenomenon that foreshadowed the rise of similarly styled emcees who went on to cross into the mainstream for the remainder of the mid 1990s (i.e., Royal Flush and Mic Geronimo), into the late 1990s (i.e.
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On February 10, 2011, Stretch and Bobbito hosted a 20th anniversary reunion concert at Le Poisson Rouge in New York which featured performances and attendances by Raekwon, Artifacts, Buckshot, Masta Ace, The Beatnuts, DJ Premier, and more. In October 2015, Bobbito Garcia released the documentary Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives, which he wrote and directed. The documentary outlines the inception and history of The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show featuring video and audio material from the show's 1990-98 run, as well as reflective interviews with emcees who were connected to the show such as Nas, Jay Z, Eminem, Raekwon, Large Professor, Pharoahe Monch and many more. Stretch and Bobbito re-united for radio in 2016 and began airing episodes from Samsung's 837 studio in New York City.
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Off screen, Brogan has played an active role in promoting East-West cultural exchange, and has received the Sino-American Friendship Award (2009) and the Goddess Artemis Award (2009). She also served as the "International Green Ambassador" for the Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011, and has been selected for a number of honorary positions including Film Ambassador for New Zealand's Film Auckland and Goodwill Ambassador for the Flying Tigers Historical Organization. In addition to her acting work, Brogan is a celebrity spokesperson for Ruyi Art Pavilion in Guangxi and Aoting Cosmetics in Beijing, and frequently hosts and emcees bilingual cultural events, concerts and product launches for Fortune 500 companies. In 2012, Brogan established Lotus Ray Media to facilitate film and television co- productions between China, New Zealand and the United States.
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He was also on Tennis Channel's broadcast team for the 2011 U.S. Open, calling live matches and the encore telecasts of all the men's and women's semifinals and finals. Beginning in 2008, Haber became one of the emcees for the annual induction weekend festivities at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. Aside from tennis, Haber has done a variety of other play-by-play and sideline work, including New York Jets pre-season football, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, UFL Football, PBR Bull Riding, and the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. He has been an occasional host of the Fidelity Investments CBS SportsDesk, seen during CBS network sports programming on weekends, and has filled in for studio host Ernie Johnson on TNT's coverage of the NBA.
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Although there had been rumors of a feud between the two emcees, Cam'ron went public first with a track on "Killa Season" called "You Gotta Love It (Jay-Z Diss)" featuring ex-Dipset member Max B. In the song, Cam'ron takes jabs at Jay-Z's age, his alleged "biting" (stealing) of lyrics, and his current girlfriend. He references Jay-Z using The Notorious B.I.G.'s rhymes, rapping "You ain't the only one with big wallets got it my shit's brolick but ya publishing should go to Miss Wallace." He then released another song "Swagger Jacker (Biter Not a Writer)" to highlight the many songs Jay-Z has borrowed lines from. In the next issue of XXL, Cam'ron explained the beef originated when Jay-Z became CEO and President of Roc-A-Fella Records.
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O'Neal and Shabazz Ford has started The Fat Killahz along with Shim-E-Bango and King Gordy in 2001. The rap group of all four skilled emcees torn down local Detroit spots like the Lush Lounge, the Blind Pig, Motor, St. Andrew's Hall, the Shelter, the State Theater, and rapidly gained respect in the streets and a devoted following. In 2002 the quartet decided it was time to hit the studio, and they released the 2 Fat, 2 Furious mixtape to positive reactions throughout Detroit city. Making an appearance on King Gordy's debut solo album The Entity, they followed up a successful run supporting Gordy as the opening act on D12's US tour in 2004 with the release of their WFKR 31.3 FKM: FK Radio The Mixtape.
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Keelay, originally from the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, now resides in San Francisco, California, and is in charge of the duo's West Coast production headquarters, The Torta Oven. Keelay is a talented producer who got his start in hip hop by working with the likes of Cali Agents, Fortilive, and Saafir, prominent emcees within the hip hop genre. Zaire, originating from Dayton, Ohio, now resides in Newport News, Virginia, and supplies the other half of the production work from Sole Vibe Studios East, located in Newport News as well. On the east coast, Zaire maintains a constant flow of music by collaborating with local Virginian artists, most notably emcee/songwriter Khizman of Trophy Winner Records, a native of the city of Norfolk, VA, and Newport News' own singer/songwriter Jonathan Moore.
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After the release of Wanted: Dead or Alive tensions arouse between Kool G Rap and Eric B. who produced and mixed most of the songs on the album. Rather than using the same formula that he used on his two previous albums, Kool G Rap decided to give Live and Let Die a cinematic feel with each song telling a different story and providing backdrops for the respective scenes. He recruited several non-East Coast artists to assist him on the album, such as West Coast emcee Ice Cube and his cohort, producer Sir Jinx, and Southern emcees such as Scarface and Bushwick Bill (from the Geto Boys). Although the album was originally intended to be released in 1991; its original release encountered several dilemmas due to record label issues, and the album's controversial content.
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Ruza Blue, nicknamed "Kool Lady Blue", founded an all-races dance club in June 1982 (formerly at Club Negril 1981 - 82) which featured a mash up of all musical styles from early hip hop, electro, funk, soul, disco, rock, punk, dub and electronic dance music. Jon Baker, the future founder of Gee Street Records, worked the door. Hip hop pioneers such as Grand Mixer D.ST and Afrika Bambaataa began DJing there and the club sponsored breaking or b-boy/b-girl competitions featuring the Rock Steady Crew, Floor Master Crew New York City Breakers, graffiti artists' murals, and even double- exhibitions by The Fantastic Four local American Double Dutch League champions with emcees hosting the nights. Artists such as Madonna, Run DMC, Kraftwerk, Shannon, Malcolm McLaren, New Edition, Kurtis Blow, The Beastie Boys and Yello performed there.
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In 2015, he released his eighth mixtape Hate Me Now which gained great recognition which allowed him to gain key features from well respected emcees such as, Pusha T, Nas, and two-thirds of The Lox, Jadakiss and Styles P. In June 2016, XXL magazine revealed their annual Freshman Class for 2016, which included East, along with G Herbo, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Desiigner, Lil Dicky, Denzel Curry, and Anderson Paak. on July 7, 2016, East participated in the freshmen cypher along with Chicago's G Herbo hosted by Philadelphia's very own, DJ Drama. In August 2016, he released a joint extended play titled Born Broke, Die Rich with rapper Kur. In September 2016, East was featured on the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher alongside Young M.A., Ms. Jade, Kur and Sam Black.
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From 1984 to 1986, during the same period Mantronix as a group was signed to Sleeping Bag Records, Mantronik was also individually employed by the label in its A&R; Department, where he signed hip-hop group EPMD to its first recording contract with sister label Fresh Records. In addition to being an A&R; representative for the label, Mantronik also produced recordings for other Sleeping Bag and Fresh Records associated artists and groups, including emcees KRS-One, Just-Ice, and T La Rock; freestyle vocalist Nocera; and R&B; singer-songwriter Joyce Sims. The origins of trap music's beats have been traced back to the work of Kurtis Mantronik during this era. The earliest song to be identified as an early form of trap music is Mantronik's single "Bass Machine" (1986), featuring rap vocals by T La Rock.
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The video features an urban surrounding and many reminders of deceased emcees and contemporary R&B; singers through empty rooms, wind, and liquor being poured out in a gesture of respect and remembrance. Nas mentions both Islam and Christianity as ways for one to have or regain faith, as Nas considers himself a spiritual and faithful person, yet doesn't make it clear which religion he associates himself with. Nas also mentions his own mother, saying, "Mommy, I'm still here, wishing I was there with you..." Quan mentions his fallen friends and his promise of taking care of his sister's child, while she is in Iraq. The video version of the song also interprets a change in the fact that the third verse (originally Quan) was changed to having Nas put in an additional rhyme replacing the end of the third verse.
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The R.O.C.'s first album was released with his cousin Big Father Hightop (Evol of Detroit) & produced by Esham under Strength Productions, titled "Rollin' With Strength". In late 1992, The R.O.C. teamed up with fellow Detroit emcees Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo, and the trio then formed House of Krazees. The R.O.C. was first originally the producer of the group and was asked to perform on a couple tracks and it was then decided by Jamie (who went by the name of Mr. Bones) and Paul (who went by the name of Hektic) that he would be the third member. House of Krazees' catalog was only released on cassette until the group signed to Latnem Intertainment. Problems between House of Krazees and Latnem led the group to leave the label following its 1996 album, Head Trauma.
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Remixed is a remix album by KJ-52, featuring a reggaeton mix of Behind the Musiks "Jesus", "47 Emcees (Plus 18 More Mix)" which reimagines the originally beatbox-driven track with multiple layered beats, each corresponding to the verse's genre; East Coast, West Coast, old school, and Dirty South, and an angst-driven, Linkin Park-inspired nu metal remix of hit "Are You Real?" featuring an emo rock hook provided by Falling Up's Jessy Ribordy. Unlike most rap remix albums, the songs' lyrics are also reimagined here with at least first verse of each track rewritten. "Plain White Rapper (Kalimba Remix)", which was featured in Hip Hope Hits 2007, was reportedly intended to be a collaborative effort between KJ-52 and John Reuben (who previously appeared in the Collaborations song "The Choice Is Yours"). The album won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year".
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A popular line from the song, "My dear my dear my dear you do not know me but I know you very well now let me tell you," was also repeated in the same manner in "Stutter" (the remix featuring Mystikal) with the only difference between the lines being that the words "about the feelings I have for you" were changed to "that I caught you" in "Stutter." The group's four emcees, Bootie Brown, Slimkid3, Imani, and Fatlip, all use the track to recount schoolboy crushes which all eventually led to heartbreak, and the chorus features a male vocalist singing "She keeps on passin' me by" against a soprano saxophone riff. The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Rap Singles, #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. Pitchfork Media's included the song at number 41 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.
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The late jazz musician Weldon Irvine played the keys on the album's opening song, "Astronomy," which interprets the word "black" in a positive way, and contains similes such as "Black, like my baby girl's hair". The next song, and first single, "Definition", is a stern response to hip hop's fascination with death, and a dedication to slain emcees Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.. As the chorus goes, "One two three/Mos Def and Talib Kweli/We came to rock it on to the tip top/Best alliance in hip hop, Y-O/I said, one two three/It's kinda dangerous to be a MC/They shot 2Pac and Biggie/Too much violence in hip hop, Y-O". The chorus is also a play on Boogie Down Productions' anti-gun song "Stop the Violence", as well as "Remix For P Is Free" from their album Criminal Minded. "Children's Story" is a re-imagined version of Slick Rick's original, which features Mos Def cautioning overly materialistic pursuits.
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In an attempt to capitalize, Sporty Thievz also released a rebuttal to Destiny's Child's hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" (written by the same songwriter as "No Scrubs", Kandi Burruss) and "Independent Women". The "Bills Bills Bills" rebuttal, entitled "Can't Pay Your Bills", demands "I need a lady working 9-5 to help her man out" (not to be confused with the track entitled "No Billz (Why, Why, Why?)" in which the group "humorously" questions "Why we gotta spend, because we men?"). In the "Independent Women" rebuttal "Independent Men" they consider the unfairness of child support, stating "She won't let me see my seed acting like it's funny, She gettin' her hair done with that diaper money". The group contributed to the Rawkus Records 2000 compilation Hip Hop for Respect, a project put together by Mos Def and Talib Kweli to put out an EP recording 41 emcees in protest over the 41 shots fired at African immigrant and innocent man, Amadou Diallo, by the NYPD.
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Kool Moe Dee states that Biggie introduced a newer flow which "dominated from 1994 to 2002", and also says that Method Man was "one of the emcees from the early to mid-'90s that ushered in the era of flow ... Rakim invented it, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, and Kool G Rap expanded it, but Biggie and Method Man made flow the single most important aspect of an emcee's game". He also cites Craig Mack as an artist who contributed to developing flow in the '90s. Music scholar Adam Krims says, "the flow of MCs is one of the profoundest changes that separates out new-sounding from older-sounding music ... it is widely recognized and remarked that rhythmic styles of many commercially successful MCs since roughly the beginning of the 1990s have progressively become faster and more 'complex'". He cites "members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, AZ, Big Pun, and Ras Kass, just to name a few" as artists who exemplify this progression.
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McCormack began his 23-year policing career working at 52 Division, in downtown Toronto's entertainment district, where his older brother, William Jr., was assigned from 1996 until his suspension in April 2004, when criminal charges for corruption were laid in relation to "shaking down club owners" in 52 Division and William Jr. resigned in March 2009 although the criminal charges for soliciting and accepting bribes were stayed for excessive delay by Crown prosecutors and the lead police investigator. Mike subsequently moved to 51 Division, policing Toronto's Regent Park district, which he "loved", later indicating "Regent Park was my niche". In 2002, 51 Division's McCormack, Detective Constable Jack Caccavale, and Detective Scott Matthews, of the Toronto Police Drug Squad, co-founded the annual event which McCormack co- emcees. The event was started to boost morale following the suspension of several 51 Division officers, including former TPA president Craig Bromell, for allegedly beating up homeless man Thomas Kerr.
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Eventually, battle rap moved to a format which is now the predominant form of battle rap, where two emcees battle against each other without a beat, trading prewritten verses in three- round battles. The impromptu aspect of battling still exists in the form of rebuttals, which are short rhymes (usually in the beginning of a verse) where an emcee either comments on something about their opponent that was thought up on the spot (for instance, making fun of the shirt they're wearing), or responds to something their opponent said during their previous round. While not as prominent as it once was, the art of rebutting is still respected by many as difficult to do correctly, and a sign of a well-rounded emcee. While many creative minds were battling and organizing battles in the early 2000s, Troy “Smack” Mitchell of Queens New York gathered battle rappers of hood renown including Serius Jones of New Jersey and Loaded Lux, Murda Mook and Jae Millz of Harlem, Smack began recording battles, printing and hand-selling the DVDs—a cutting edge technological and artistic hustle at the time.
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While deciding how to best utilize this new creative growth, he came across and befriended Rampage of Flipmode Squad Fame, the cousin of Busta Rhymes, who recruited Raiford onto his label Deep Freeze. Raiford refined his craft and learned a lot from the veteran emcee before eventually disengaging in order to better manage his own career. Raiford immediately sought to obtain dominance over and recognition from his immediate scene in Phoenix, AZ by releasing singles to local DJs, engaging in notable record battles resulting in dethroning of respected emcees from the community, and finding his way onto terrestrial radio. By late 2010, he would put together his first release as Roqy Tyraid with The New Millennium Man, a mixtape consisting of both original songs and mixtape records containing obscure instrumentals from producers he hoped to eventually work within one capacity or another. His first single “Woosah” which featured a sample of Pointer Sisters’ "Pinball Number Count", was the repurposing of a popular Sesame Street song, which Raiford used to formally introduce himself as the comical, sporadically abrasive character Roqy Tyraid tended to take on.
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Later, McLeod framed her performance her presence in the early Bronx crews of emcees as defying the norms associated with women in hip hop: > A unique aspect of the group was that Sha Rock wasn't portrayed as a sex > object but was more or less considered equal among the male members of the > group. Aside from the minor success of the all-female Sugarhill Records rap > crew Sequence, Funky 4 + 1 signified the last moderate success of a woman in > the rap industry until Roxanne Shanté and Salt-n-Pepa came along in the > mid-'80s. On February 14, 1981, The Funky 4 + 1 were introduced as New York City "street rappers" from the Bronx along with headlining musical guests Blondie with its lead singer Debbie Harry on Saturday Night Live. The Funky 4 + 1's appearance reflected a local connection that introduced the uptown musical youth of the Bronx and Harlem to the downtown Lower East Side scenes of graffiti art and music that was represented with the original hip-hop artists playing themselves in the 1983 film Wild Style by Charlie Ahearn.
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