“I’m going to pick and choose what aspects of that artistry I enjoyed, but I’m not gonna tell tales of a life that I didn’t experience.”
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A new beginning for Dope Sandwich
“When you calculate all the money each of us has spent on our own recordings, we’ve already paid for the studio time. So now it’s like investing the money to get the word out.”
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Duke Bootee: Man behind ‘The Message’
‘We were like, we don’t even need a guitar — all we need is a turntable to start this shit. And look at what they did with that. Thirty years and it’s a multibillion-dollar industry.’
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Hip hop shows close out SUAF
The festival winds down with a big block party event Saturday, April 27, on Franklin Square.
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SYC!
If there’s one thing KidSyc hopes you take away from his music, it’s this: To thine own self be true. “Don’t let somebody else’s opinion — whether it’s wrong, right, […]
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Straight up
Basik Lee is reflecting on what it means to be a rapper in Savannah. “I lived in Jersey my whole life,” he says. “Everybody’s like ‘You gotta go to the […]
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‘You can’t download the live show experience’
A fishing boat off the coast of Alaska is a long way from where one might expect to find a skinny kid from Alabama whose pondering a career in rap […]
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‘Just her and I doing our thizzle’
Ever since their song “Lick It” was included in the fourth season of Showtime’s The L Word, God–des and She have been lauded as the high priestesses of lesbian hip […]
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AWOL makes its Choices
All Walks of Life (AWOL) started in 1997 as a simple gathering of poets, musicians, and MCs at Savannah State University. Incorporated as a non-profit in 2004, the organization provides arts and […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Wiyos @ The Telfair & Jepson *** If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to travel back in time to the USA of the 1920s and 1930s, […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Audie Blaylock and Redline *** Nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, this ace group features mandolin, bass, banjo and […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Groovesect *** It’s not every day that a bona fide musical legend makes it his business to be seen playing with an upstart band. Let alone one whose members’ average […]