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Common Market — Black Patch War

Common Market -- Black Patch War
Black Patch War is just tight. Tightly produced. Tightly rhymed. Tightly packaged into seven songs. It just feels so much more focused than anything Common Market has released.

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Common Market are insanely uncommon

You hear this kind of rah-rah a lot about a lot of different artists, but if you've never seen RA Scion and Sabzi work it live, bring the whole freakin' family tonight to the Vera! I have seen them get EVERYONE dancing at shows.

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Latest comment by: John in Ballard: "Just got back from the Vera show. I was tired from being on my feet all day and I still couldn't help but dance and move around. Common Market had the crowd moving and their new stuff sounds pretty good. "

Blue Scholars — Joe Metro EP

Blue Scholars -- Joe Metro EP
In a world of meaningless, throwaway music, the Blue Scholars are a respite for the intelligent listener.

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Latest comment by: gary gary: "i agree. there are wayyyy to many coffee shops in capitol hill. i have been waiting a loong time for someone to bring this up in a positive hip hoppy way. "

Blue Scholars — Bayani

Blue Scholars -- Bayani
This record is what hip-hop was made for, powerful messages that cover the problems and feelings of the world from Seattle to Baghdad and everywhere and everything in-between.

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