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Interviews, reviews, recaps and announcements — 9 articles, newest first. Everything we've posted since 2006.

August 2009

News

Big Tez Inks Distribution Deal: "We Ain't Have To Leave The 317"

After three years of moving units out the trunk and one mixtape that refused to die, Tez says the paperwork is finally signed. We caught up with him at the studio on 38th.

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Interview

EXCLUSIVE: B. Stacks On The New Album, Leaving Haughville, And Almost Quitting

"I had the applications filled out. UPS, second shift." Our longest sit-down yet, after three years of him declining.

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Review

Mixtape Review: DJ Tuff Luck — "Circle City Certified Vol. 3"

Twenty-two tracks, eleven artists, and not a single feature from outside the state line. The most complete picture of what the city sounds like right now.

★★★★ 4.0 out of 5
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Feature

We Asked 12 Naptown Artists: Is The City Ready For A National Look?

Four said yes without hesitating. Five said the city has to stop competing with itself first. Three refused to go on record at all.

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Recap

Recap: "Naptown Takeover Vol. 3" Went 600 Deep At The Skyline Lounge

They cut the line off at 11:30. Nine performances, one surprise guest, and a set that had the sound guy pulling levels twice.

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July 2009

Feature

Lady Prime Went 11 Weeks Undefeated. Then People Stopped Signing Up.

Eleven straight Wednesdays at the Basement. Then the sign-up sheet started coming back with her name and nobody else's.

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Interview

Tone Deep Has Never Charged A Local Artist For A Beat. We Asked Him Why.

He produced a third of Vol. 3 and hasn't taken a dollar from anybody in this city. His reasoning is more stubborn than we expected.

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Review

Mixtape Review: Rudy Malone — "Eagledale Nights"

Forty minutes, no features, and a refusal to explain itself to anybody who isn't from there.

★★★★ 4.0 out of 5
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News

The Warehouse On Sherman Is Coming Down. That's Where Half These Videos Were Shot.

Demolition starts in September. At least nine local videos were filmed in that building. We went through the archive and pulled every one we could find.

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