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...rarity in the hip-hop world, perhaps because only a few of the rappers working at these boundaries of lyrical representation have been able to achieve some modicum of national visibility. Some stars of this subset include much of the roster of Aesop’s home label Definitive Jux (Cannibal Ox, El-P, Mr. Lif), shapeshifting scene veteran Daniel Dumile (MF Doom to most), and Anticon Records’ obscurantist crew (Sole, Dose One, Sage Francis...
While these local artifacts might have held some relevance had they not been practically unreadable on the drenched surface, some sort of label or explanation would have helped to connect them artistically with the bottle of wine and the tape...
Another layer of diversity can be seen in the varied stances these artists take towards the commercial aspects of their work. Some Harvard students make it their main life goal to get signed to a major label and tour the world, straight-up maxxin’ in stretch Hummers pouring Cris from their wrists...
...Bomb would be superfluous at best. Indigo Girl Amy Ray was so taken with the band’s sound, upon hearing their debut album “Presenting the Great Unknowns” (released in December 2004) she almost immediately had them signed to her label, Daemon Records...
...Waste your time checking out record label websites instead of stalking people on thefacebook. Websites such as epitonic.com have thousands of free and legal MP3s that would look good in the most discerning indie snob’s iTunes library, while more mainstream music like Lil Jon can be procured at music.download.com...