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They Grow Up So Fastnew

Little Brother did the unthinkable with last year's The Minstrel Show, maintaining their initial crop of fans while providing young hooligans with an alternative to fantasy thuggery and oversized Fruit of the Looms.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  02-01-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Seattle Hip-Hop's Dark Appealnew

Weaving intricate and unbound tales of paranoid illusions, Onry, JFK and resident bassist Rob Castro plow into unmapped status quo antagonist territory.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  02-01-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Kings of Queens Ante Upnew

Flush conjures a golden era when it wasn’t enough just to say you could out-rhyme opponents -- you had to rep your hood and actually do it.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  01-06-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Holy Shit!new

When Disciple steps to the altar, church girls get giddy and dudes pump their fists.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  12-08-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

This Dust Buster Doesn't Sucknew

Cage has dropped the drugs and reinvented himself; and he doesn't care what those white-dudes-representing-black-stereotypes say.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  12-08-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Gritty Girl MC Poised for Grime Timenew

Is this tiny English MC -- recently observed throwing up on stage -- geared to become hip-hop's first credible female rapper?
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  11-25-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Sucka MCs and Happy Couples, Bewarenew

Slug is so cool that he helped light skin, love songs and the state of Minnesota get props in the rap community.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  10-12-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

A Neo-Soul Boom-Bap Jacko Without the Stinky Glovenew

Arguably the sickest lyricist in hip-hop, Lyrics Born takes it to the next level.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  10-06-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Ex-Arsonist MC Puts a Flame to the Fusenew

Q-Unique burns bright on his first solo album, trading in-your-face battle lyrics for more introspective rhymes.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  08-24-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew

Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  05-19-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Man Behind the Self-Cleansing Filmnew

Meet the Utah-based head of CleanFlicks.com: the man who claims to have started the whole DVD-sanitization craze among various Values Belt boobs.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Faraone  |  05-19-2005  |  Media

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