Every year, rappers with an NFL franchise in their city get pumped up about making anthems for the home team, especially since Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa topped the charts with “Black And Yellow” just as the Steelers were headed to the Super Bowl last year. Baltimore rappers are no exception, and there have been a...
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Thirty years ago, the world’s most pronounced post-Presley pompadour came into prominence on the posterior of a scandalously erotic single. Within a day of being released, “Hand In Glove” went platinum, because everybody can appreciate a lovely ass regardless of what gender it is on, and Morrissey lived happily ever after. Or the single...
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Some Baltimoreans may feel a strange, perhaps unpleasant sense of déjà vu when laying eyes on DJ AngelBaby’s Get Pumped Vol. 1. A mix CD of Baltimore club music by a popular female on-air personality from 92Q, distributed by the local retail chain Downtown Locker Room, can’t help but bring to mind the dozens...
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It was only last spring that Baltimore rockers Gary B & The Notions released their latest album, the excellent How Do We Explode, but they decided to close out 2012 with a little more new music on the Cheri EP. The title track is a worthy addition to the canon of Gary Barrett songs...
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