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Green Street

Innovative. Progressive. Sophisticated Urban. Green Street is a hip-hop/jazz group, consisting of emcees A-live and Soupa and producer Renaissance. Originally from Boston, MA and now residing in Brooklyn, NY, they are always trying to push the boundaries of hip-hop music. By using everything from samples to live instrumentation, Green Street brings back the sound from the Native Toungues-era while still keeping it fresh and relevant for today

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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest was an influential hip hop group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1985. The group is composed of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator appearing on their first album, but he left the group soon after, although he is mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album liner notes. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective.

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Black Sheep

There are multiple artists with this name:
1) Alternative Hip-Hop from Queens, New York
2) Hardcore Punk/Ska band from Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
3) Classical Rock three-piece band based in York, U.K.
4) Heavy Metal band from California
5) Black Metal/Noise
6) Celtic Rock music group based in the South of England
7)Hard Rock,Classic Rock From Thessaloniki - Greece/Hellas
8) Experimental heavy rock band made up of Julian Cope and comrades.
9) 1970's rock band from Rochester, NY w/ Lou Grammatico (who would go on to sing w/ Foreigner as Lou Gramm)

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The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde is a West Coast underground/alternative hip hop group. The group was formed in 1991 in South Los Angeles, California, United States, where the group's members grew up. The group was one of the most well known of the first wave of alternative hip-hop acts. The original members of the group are "Slimkid3" (Tre Hardson), "Fatlip" (Derrick Stewart), "Imani" (Emandu Wilcox) and "Bootie Brown" (Romye Robinson). The group is best known for their hit singles "Passing Me By" (which crossed over to alternative rock radio) and "Runnin'", and their debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

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Raashan Ahmad

Bay Area based rapper Raashan Ahmad is originally from Pasadena, and has been on the grind since his first release as one of the lead M.C.s in the Boston formed group Mission, who released a self titled album in 1999. He's also the front man for the live San Francisco hip-hop group Crown City Rockers who released the album "Earthtones" in 2004. In 2008 his 13 track solo record "The Push" was released on Om Music featuring production from DJ Vadim, Headnodic (of Crown City Rockers/Mighty Underdogs), Stro the 89th Key (of The Procussions), Descry and more.

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Cadence

There are more than a band with that name: 1. Cadence is a melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Yuba City, California. Their debut EP "Earth Abides" drops September 20th via Crown and Anchor Records.
"A collection of four young musicians coming from a wide array of musical backgrounds, Cadence’s eclectic tastes blend together to forge a creative bond. The combination of their efforts results in fusions between intricate patterns, progressive, straight to the point, Hardcore."
http://www.facebook.com/cadence530

Read more about Cadence on Last.fm.

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