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Tataee of B.U.G. Mafia Breaks Down Managing, YouTube & Success

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First and foremost, would you mind introducing yourself to the masses? My name is Vlad Irimia and I am a Romanian rapper known by the alias Tataee. I am also a songwriter, music and music videos producer, A&R, booking manager, PR, executive producer and manager for B.U.G. Mafia, the group I am part of since co-founding it in 1993. I’ve worked with other artists too in my 20+ years career as a

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Tyler The Creator Set To Conquer The Internet w/ Very Own Subscription-Based Web Channel

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Tyler The Creator is getting ready to bring his Loiter Squad antics to epic new levels, inking a deal that will bring him to the masses through his very own web channel. It was announced that Whalerock Industries, the company that brought Glen Beck to some 400,000 $10/month subscribers nearly 4 years ago (yikes) will be adding a few more channels to their network, with Tyler leading the pack of Kardashians and radio renegade Howard Stern, all slated to be fit for a similar deal. The service will provide both free and paid content through the web and app-based distribution, hopefully providing the prolific Odd Future figurehead with…

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Your Old Droog Drops Off The Complete Instrumentals To His Brilliant Debut LP

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When his Your Old Droog‘s debut LP finally hit the presses and put to rest any suspicion that he might, in fact, be Nas, the world could finally stop sleuthing and just focus on the music. Your Old Droog offered a brief return to vintage-era production sounds and bonafide lyrical acrobatics–a pairing that isn’t completely missing from today’s hip-hop landscape per se, but is seemingly ever more difficult to find. Now, three months since the drop of Droog’s full-length debut, the instrumentals to the album–all 18 of its tracks–have been put up for streaming on Soundcloud by the …

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Skyyhook Details Radio Work, Interviewing Sway & Having a Limited Social Life

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Would you mind sharing a brief introduction for those who are not familiar with your work? Sure! I am an editor at AllHipHop.com and TheUrbanDaily.com as well as an on air contributor for “The World Famous Wake Up Show” with King Tech, Sway and DJ Revolution on Sirius/XM’s Shade 45. And after all of that (laughter) I am the General Manager of Skyyhook Radio which is a station that caters to

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5 Strategies for Building & Sustaining A Twitter Chat

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I have been following and participating in #blogchat for almost two years, would you mind briefing explaining the premise of #blogchat? The idea behind #Blogchat is that once a week, bloggers can come together and talk blogging, share tips and ideas with people that love blogging as much as they do. It really helps to bounce ideas and questions off other people that are going through the same

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Air Jordan 4 Retro Tech Grey

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Nike’s effort to bring quality back into the game continues in the form of yet another beloved Jordan Brand silhouette. The stop on the remastered retro train is the Air Jordan 4 and the colorway is truly a doozy. Continue reading…

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February 12, 2015

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Hip Hop/Rap DJ Suss One ft. Maino, Red Cafe, Vado & Jamie Drastik – No Invitation Meek Mill ft. Big Sean & A$AP Ferg – B-Boy (CDQ) Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise (Album Snippets) Chief Keef – Free Throw Kid Ink ft. Tyga, Wale, YG & Rich Homie Quan – Ride Out Cash Out ft. Rick Ross – Let’s Get It (Remix) Action Bronson – Uptown Funk (Remix) CyHi The Prynce – Weak People Ludacris – Walk Thru My Hood (Freestyle) R&B Rayven Justice ft. Sage The Gemini & Mistah Fab – Get’n To The Money Rob Write – Going …

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Listen To THEESatisfaction’s New Album ‘EarthEE’ In Full [LP Stream]

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If you come around these parts often, you’re more than aware that we’re quite THEE fans of Seattle duo, THEESatisfaction. We’ve been not so patiently waiting for an extended listen to their new LP, EarthEE, after we were sucked in by a few of their outer-worldly sounding singles. Luckily we won’t have to wait another week, as the EarthEE LP is available for playback now via NPR. The project has features from Shabazz Palaces, Meshell Ndegeocello, Taylor Brown, Porter Ray, Erik Blood, and more. Head over to NPR to hear what the QueenS have been cookin’ up. EarthEE drops on the 24th via