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The L.A.-based underground phenomenon Murs announces the upcoming October 14th release of "Murray's Revenge: The DVD." Having collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg, will.i.am, Humpty Hump , Slug, El-P, ...

DJ RJD2 and Michael Jackson tribute band Who's Bad drew crowds of students to Saturday's 2008 Homecoming Ball, housed in a large white tent surrounded by blue lanterns and strings of gold lights on Asbury ...

When RJ announced plans to release a pop record, underground rap fans begrudgingly updated his Wiki page and braced for the worst -- but The Third Hand doesn't sound like the work of a jaded artiste who ...

RJD2's 2002 masterpiece Dead Ringer, a mostly instrumental collection of left-field hip-hop, announced the emergence of a formidable underground rap producer who could give Dan the Automator and Madlib a run ...

C-VILLE Playlist What we've been listening to "Making Days Longer," by RJD2 "I'm Your Man" , by Nick Cave "Earth Intruders," by Bjork "Diamond Dancer," by Bill Callahan "Chanson Triste," by Carla Bruni "Chinese ...

RJD2's 2002 masterpiece Dead Ringer, a mostly instrumental collection of left-field hip-hop, announced the emergence of a formidable underground rap producer who could give Dan the Automator and Madlib a run ...

While golden state hip-hoppers Dilated Peoples are considered the headliners of the Fresh Rhymes and Videotape show this Sunday, I was more compelled to interview another act on the packed show - Decon ...

On stage in Minneapolis, Minnesota Sunday evening, Aesop Rock announced that emcee Camu Tao had died after a three year bout with cancer.

Flobots and RJD2 Monday, May 22, 2008 May Day Music Festival, DU, Driscoll Lawn When RJD2 moved a few steps away from his electronics-laden tables to address the crowd after a ten-minute or so "warm-up" last ...

The 23rd Captain Morgan's Jam on the River will dock at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia this weekend with a lineup -- somewhat shuffled since its initial unveiling -- featuring the Flam ing Lips, Disco Biscuits, ...

“You've got to realize, after - Rapper's Delight' [the first rap song to be played on mainstream radio], there were basically people rapping everywhere in America.”

Frustrating music critics since 2002, RjD2 is nearly impossible to place neatly within a genre. via Columbia Spectator

See, it is about who you know: When the independent hip-hop label Definitive Jux --home to El-P, Aesop Rock, Dizzee Rascal, Del The Funkee Homosapien, RJD2, Mr. via Dallas Observer

Cosmic Nuggets for the Wandering Ear. playlist for 04/29/2008 Artist Title Album NIck Vayenas Odeon Synthesia Spring Heel Jack Silvertone Songs and Themes Lawson Rolllins New World Raga Infinita RJD2 Silver Fox ... via WKDU-FM Philadelphia

Filed under: Concert Review RJD2 First Avenue, April 17 Review by Jeff Shaw Photos by Daniel Corrigan "Tell him to go back to making hip-hop records," Nate Patrin shouted. via City Pages

Although T.I. may no longer be working with General Motors [ click to read... ], a plethora of other independent Hip Hop artists have found endorsements with major automakers through licensing commercial music. via HipHopDx

“Of course, it helped that I was five feet from the stage”

Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: News If you love yourself, you were at last Saturday night's Springfest concert, said hip hop artist O'Neal McKnight. via The Northeastern News

"I'm a B-Boy , so nearly everything on my iPod is something I can dance to. "Although I like many styles of music, my two favorite are funk and old school or underground hip-hop -- just not any hip-hop you ... via Standard-Examiner

There has been much scrutiny since RJD2 declared hip-hoppery as he knew it banished from his shelves so he could pick up a guitar and croon about the typical trappings of life like the myriad of other indie ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

April 12 Why? Urban Lounge 9 p.m. $10 Why? is composed of three visionary men who compensate for their lack of "virtuosic masturbatory shredding ability on the guitar" with the best ... via The Daily Utah Chronicle

RJD2 offers a much broader musical palette than the sparse bleeps of the little Star Wars robot that inspired his name. via SF Weekly