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Known for their unique alternative hip-hop sound, The Pharcyde are golden children of classic West Coast rap. The four-piece ensemble, featuring Slimkid3 Tre, Imani, Fatlip and Bootie Brown, ...

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We named the sharp-edged, hip-hop-tinged electronic rockers Lip Critic a Band To Watch last year on the strength of debut album Hex Dealer. Today they’re back with their first new music in over a year ...

The album features incarcerated or formerly incarcerated artists on 16 tracks — many of them recorded via the jail’s phone ...

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Some recently reported rule changes on Carnival cruise ships are not new, while others have not been added at all.