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Shorty

There are 6 artists with the name Shorty. (1) Shorty was officially born in 1991 under the guise of vocalist Al Johnson and guitarist Mark Shippy. Along with drummer Todd Lamparelli and bassist Luke Frantom, they released three singles and two albums.
The group became Shorty and decided to officially keep the moniker in September. Atlanta, GA, label Worry Bird released the band's first 7", Last One in My Mouth Is a Jerk, late that year.

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Ears

There are currently 3 bands/artists on LastFM with the title 'Ears'. Read on to find the one you are interested in. Ears from Slovakia:
Ears are Slovak musicians with passion for bright cyborgs. The music is at the edge of electro-alternative and electro-pop. The band was founded in 1993 by Filip Orator and Silverman. It has distinguished lyrics, electronic sounds and distinctive Orator's vocal. They wrote 3 albums so far. Debut called pEARSing was released in 2001 by Sony Music.

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Ice Kid

Ice Kid is an emerging grime MC from West London, having been emceeing from the age of 11. He also produces tracks, but it is his emceeing that he is best known for. Ice Kid was initially taken under the wing of Wiley, and was on his label Eskibeat Recordings, along with other youngers in the grime scene Chipmunk, Little D, and Maveric. However, the situation regarding Eskibeat is currently uncertain, though Wiley has expressed his wish for Ice Kid to be involved with the label. He is a member of the grime crew Hoodstars.

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Chronik

This page represents two artists: 1)Giorgos Papadopoulos (Minimalist artist from Athens and Berlin)
2)British grime artist and member of Slew Dem
1) Chronik (Giorgos Papadopoulos) was born in Athens in 1974. His relationship with music started working as a radio producer for jazzfm in the early 90s’ and as a columnist for various music magazines. He began creating music about 5 years ago and today his focus is on minimal ambient based mainly on piano, characterized by cinematography, melancholy, scattered notes and long melodies that form expressive engagements.

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Maniac

Maniac is known to be the name of six musical artists:
1. A new project of The Matches frontman Shawn Harris and Something With Numbers frontman Jake Grigg. Formed in 2009 under the name Maniac, they currently have a blog for posting song clips of their covers of the current Billboard Hot 100 number one single. They have so far covered "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas and are set to release their debut album in 2010. Their debut album, Mania, can be previewed and purchased from their official website at http://maniacmania.com/

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Wariko

Wariko is an MC hailing from Nottingham and is often regarded as probably the best grime MC outside of london. On meeting Wariko for the Mic Fight contract signing we were immediately impressed by his powerful presence, talent and conviction - something we're certain will show through on the Mic Fight night and prove that the grime scene is alive and kicking outside of London!
His brilliant new mixtape entitled 'Double Time Poet' contains everything that we believe will bring him shinning...

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Grizzly

There are several artists named Grizzly: 1. Grizzly is a Hungarian stoner/sludge band. 2. Grizzly aka Grizzle Kid aka Grizz Is an up and coming grime artist who lives in Luton. Worked with Droke, Wrench, Grabbz, Sprayz, Merkules, Knuckz and Slewer. 3. Grizzly is a Swedish rapper from Malmö. He recently released a mixtape called Ursäkta min franska.

BlackJack

1) Blackjack an American rapper. 2) Blackjack was a band featuring Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick. The drummer was Sandy Gennaro and the bass player was Jimmy Haslip. 3) Blackjack is a Grime Producer In Nasty Crew From East London, UK 4) Blackjack is a Thrash-/Groove-Metal band from Germany. 5) Blackjack was a 1990s hard rock band from Hamilton, New Zealand. Info. 6) BlackJack was an alternative rock band from Croatia. 7) BlackJack is a Swedish dansband.

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Declaime

While Dudley Perkins brings the weird yet melancholic and soulful vocals at Stones Throw Records, Declaime is his rapping counterpart. Most listeners could meet Declaime first on the classic Lootpack album 'Soundpieces - The Antidote' as a guest lyricist.

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lesser known yet streamable artists

hip hop : underground

The Cat Got Your Tongue

White Boy Sounds Good

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President T

President T is a UK Grime artist, and a former member of Meridian Crew along with Skepta, JME, Big H, Pablo, Bossman Birdie, Dan and Lieutenant. The former Meridian Crew member now makes music as part of the Bloodline Fam collective. President T was working on a mixtape called 'Back Inna My Face' which was due to be released in March 2007 until Pres T took a break from the Grime scene, and so the mixtape was never released.

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