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Celebrating Virginia’s historic global Influence on Hip-Hop culture through storytelling, education, and community engagement.
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Voices of Virginia - Era Hardaway (opens the original)
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00:00 On August 26, we dropped Vol. 2 of our Bi-Monthly Voices of Virginia playlist to show the depth, diversity, and creativity of Virginia’s Hip-Hop community. The first song on Vol. 2 is "Moonwalk" by Era Hardaway. We talked with him about his musical influences and the story behind the song. 00:30 Learning DJing from his dad, to making beats, to recording his own songs 03:55 Origins in Fredericksburg to coming of age in Norfolk 07:46 Appreciation for Jay-Z, Curren$y and others 11:08 Blog Era
20 Years of Pharrell's 'In My Mind' with the I See You Bro Collective (opens the original)
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00:00 Welcome 00:48 I See You Bro Collective 01:45 Guest Introductions 02:09 Thank you Sponsors 03:00 Remembering anticipation, expectations for the album 20 years ago 04:51 Can I Have it Like That 07:34 Thoughts on Pharrell's pivot to a solo artist 09:42 Pharrell's Gangsta Grillz Mixtape with DJ Drama 13:57 Quick Shoutout to the Clipse, Let God Sort Em Out 15:24 How Does it Feel 17:14 Raspy Shit / Pharrell's world building 20:33 Best Friend / You Can Do It Too 26:11 Generations of kids from Vir
Voices of Virginia - CMRNPRKR (opens the original)
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00:00 We just launched 'Voices of Virginia' a bi-monthly playlist spotlighting the depth, diversity, and creativity of Virginia’s Hip-Hop community. The first song on Vol. 1 of the playlist is ' SMILE!' by @CMRNPRKR from Suffolk, VA. We sat down with him to talk about the song and his latest project 'American Rapstar' 01:12 Black Music Month / Inspirations from Virginia 03:07 American Rapstar Album and recent performance in Virginia Beach 06:32 Tupac and Scarface inspirations for the song 'SMI
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