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In this episode Bert Bocachica and Elias Gonzalez interview Slave and Gauge regarding the release of their new project, Iron Sharpens Iron, which drops on Tuesday, April 9th at www.mentallinkinc.com and www.kingdomtimeent.com.

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Playlist: Song: “Be You” by: Slave and Gauge
Song: “Not Like Them”

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Reflection Music Group emcee and 116 affilate, Canon is locked and loaded! He's ready to drop his solo joint  'Mad Haven.'
 "A haven is a place of restoration, peace, covenant, security and where you might find your hope and joy. I'm going to tell you how I got to that place; my journey and story on how I got there."
RMG is looking to drop this joint in  May 2013.

Flip Flop Status @getthecanon by Reflectionmusicgroup

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I got into christian Hip Hop in 1997. One of the first albums I picked up was The Cross movements first album, "Heavens Mentality" I still have the tape. In fact I have every Cross Movement album. Well It's been 6 long years since the crew has performed together. But guess what? (Say What). The Legacy Conference 2013 will be hosting a reunion concert  The Cross Movement! The show feature all of The Cross Movement hits  plus solo joints from, The Ambassador, The Tonic, Phanatik & T.R.U.-L.I.F.
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"To celebrate the birth of my son on 15th March 2013, I am releasing an instrumental hip-hop single for free download.

I did a lot of crate digging in 2012 and came across 'Horn Culture' by Jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins. There is a really rich and chilled track called 'God Bless the Child' with some very tasty Sax improvisation. I chopped the track into various samples and loaded them into Logic's EXS24 sampler towards the end of 2012. It remained unused, until the sample came to mind about

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The newest rap phenom out of Philly, Japhia Life drops off an unconventional and impromptu new joint to please rabid fans entitled "Freestyle No.1", produced by up and coming hit maker J!Rodgers. If this is any indication of what's in store, It's no surprise that he's already being embraced by hip hop legends as the next artist to raise the bar. Projected as the newest figure to put on for the city of brother love. We are all familiar with the calliber of acts that Philly breeds. We expect to

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Amisho “Sho Baraka” Lewis.

In his unvarnished portrayal of life and faith and their accompanying tensions, a Christian rapper has stirred debate over whether he crossed the line by using the taboo n-word and b-word.

In his latest album, Talented Xth, Amisho "Sho Baraka" Lewis, 33, comments on social issues like racism, abortion and commercialism with a Christian worldview and an aggressive angst-addled tone which forces you to listen to his lyrics and not just rock to the b

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