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Floetry May Be Over, But the Floacist Goes Onnew

Sometimes you just have to face the music. You have to bite down and come to terms with the truth, no matter how painful or unbelievable it may be. Most recently I had to finally accept what I’ve been denying for a while now: Floetry has, indeed, broken up.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 01-26-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: hip-hop, Freedom, Floetry, Natalie Stewart

Nikka Costa Label-Jumps from Virgin to Staxnew

"I just really wanted to get away from Virgin," she says. "I didn't think they were a healthy company, and I had four presidents while I was there."

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 10-20-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Nikka Costa, Pebble to a Pearl, Stax, Virgin Records

Can This Auto-Tune Trend Just Stop Already?new

Ah, Auto-Tune -- the newest tool for artists to enhance their vocals. Due to this item, quite a few rappers have recently decided they can sing all of the sudden.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 09-22-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kanye West, Phonte, rappers, auto-tune, Hezekiah

Eric Roberson on the State of Black Musicnew

Does he have any suggestions on how to make black music less, um, pitiful?

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 07-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: soul, black music, Eric Roberson

The New Roots Album has Some Feeling Nostalgicnew

I didn't get hardcore Rootsy until '99 when they dropped their commercial breakthrough Things Fall Apart, which people were touting as the last great hip-hop album of the 20th century. (Looking back, it kinda was.)

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 04-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: hip-hop, The Roots, Rising Down

Mala Rodriguez Gets Wickednew

Spain's sexy female MC rounds out a night of Latino hip-hop.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 03-17-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mala Rodriguez, Malamarismo

Van Hunt: Still Trying for 'Popular'new

Van Hunt's third album was supposed to be out by now. Titled Popular, it was the Dayton, Ohio, native's latest attempt to hook audiences with his cocoa-covered funk and soul.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 02-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Popular, Van Hunt