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Grammys 2018: Meet (and listen to) the Maryland nominees, from Brothers Osborne to Logic

On Sunday night, musicians with Maryland ties — including Brothers Osborne, Logic, Father John Misty and more — could win music's top award: a Grammy.

By Wesley Case

Jan 25, 2018

• Baltimore City Paper

Self Help: Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." as intervention

Kung Fu Kenny, the five-foot-five giant and hip-hop's resident Vitruvian Man awoke from his sleep to deliver us his fourth studio album back in April—"DAMN.,"

• Baltimore City Paper

Anderson .Paak brings Los Angeles to Baltimore and forges connections between both cities

The new pastor of The First Church of Boom Baptists is Anderson .Paak. The Los Angeles-based rapper/singer/producer/songwriter mixes Donny Hathaway's soul with

• Baltimore City Paper

June 17: Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals

The most fascinating of all of the Kendrick Lamar acolytes that've popped up over the past two years, Anderson .Paak--heard all over Dr. Dre's "Compton" last

• Concert review

Sweetlife Festival 2016 defined by rain, rising talent

In recent years, and in the absence of the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, the Sweetlife Festival has become the premier area music event, especially to see a wide

By Wesley Case

May 15, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

Meet the Baltimore jokesters behind that 'Fuck Donald Trump' song

Last week, 'CIT4DT,' a music video featuring three Baltimore county teens rapping a goofy, pointed anti-Donald Trump song went viral.

• Baltimore City Paper

Song For the Vile: Meet the Baltimore jokesters behind that 'Fuck Donald Trump' song

Last week, 'CIT4DT,' a music video featuring three Baltimore county teens rapping a goofy, pointed anti-Donald Trump song went viral. Over a stark though springy beat¿swiped from Detroit rapper Rocaine's song 'Chicken Chicken'¿Dooley, TLow, and Lor Roger threaten Trump ("We got a chopper in the trunk/ For Donald Trump") and trade terse insults, dozens-style: Dooley, a online comedian with a substantive following, raps, "Boy, ain't even white/ You yellow/ You say you'd date your own daughter, you a sicko"; Tlow reminds people of what happened to Trump in Chicago when protestors shut down his rally; and Lor Roger says he's got some hollow points for the GOP frontrunner if Trump doesn't rein in his rhetoric.

• Baltimore City Paper

Bigger Than Kendrick: Baltimore uprising rap confounds the mainstream media's take on political hip-hop

• Food & Drink

'Noisey' host and Maryland native Zach Goldbaum talks Vice's new music show

Years before he was host of "Noisey," Viceland's new music show debuting tonight, Zach Goldbaum was just another teenager growing up in Montgomery County, cheering on the local rock band Good Charlotte.

By Wesley Case

Mar 1, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore street rap continues to process Freddie Gray's death, police brutality

Two recent Baltimore rap songs, President Davo and Young Moose's 'Rainy Days' and Lil Saint and Lor Chris' 'I Hate Y'All Niggas,' wrestle with Freddie Gray's death months later, along with the day-to-day stress of living in Baltimore.

• Baltimore City Paper

Top Ten Nonlocal Books of 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Top Ten Nonlocal Albums of 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Top Ten Baltimore Books of 2015

• Food & Drink

Maryland natives Tamar Braxton, Brothers Osborne earn Grammy nominations

International stars like Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weeknd led the pack Monday morning, when the Grammy Awards announced its nominees for the 58th ceremony (taking place Feb. 15 in Los Angeles). But a couple of artists originally from Maryland were recognized as well.

By Wesley Case

Dec 7, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia: One year later

• Baltimore City Paper

Al Rogers Jr. and Drew Scott craft open-hearted, high-concept hip-hop on 'Luvadocious'

• Baltimore City Paper

Sunday: Jay Rock, Butch Dawson

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: The sample behind Drake's 'Hotline Bling,' more bad news for the DC poor, and more

• Baltimore City Paper

Happening Saturday: Windjammer, Trillectro, more

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List: Biz Markie, Koffin Kats, Windjammer, more

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Dr. Dre inspired by Baltimore Uprising, more Canton development, and more

• Food & Drink

Artscape headliner George Clinton keeps the funk alive

There are innovators, and then there are the few artists like George Clinton.

By Wesley Case

Jul 15, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia: The year so far in local and non-local music

• Artscape 2015:

George Clinton talks about his Baltimore history, the state of funk, and Kendrick Lamar's new doo-doo

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Dank Verse Poetry: Kemet Dank raps like he Instagrams

• Maryland

Merriweather noise, proposed gas station spark Columbia resident concerns

The Columbia Association's Board of Directors listen to residents' concerns Thursday regarding loud noise from Merriweather Post Pavilion and a gas station proposal along Snowden River Parkway.

By Andrew Michaels

Jun 26, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 6/3/15

• Food & Drink

Sweetlife Festival Day 1: Kendrick Lamar's victory lap, Tove Lo's star turn and more

Wes Case takes a look at Kendrick Lamar, Tove Lo and others that impressed on Day 1 at Sweetlife Festival 2015 at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

By Wesley Case

May 31, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Happening Saturday: Charles Village Festival, Sweetlife Festival, and more

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List: Ladyfest, Noisem, Sweetlife, more

• Baltimore City Paper

Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' is the political record we get, not the one we need

• Baltimore City Paper

Radio Free Baltimore: The songs that soundtracked the Baltimore Uprising

• Entertainment

The Baltimore area's 2015 summer concert calendar

The Baltimore area's summer concerts, with a steady flow of rock legends, rap and R&B stars and buzzy new acts, appeal to every type of music fan.

By Jordan Bartel

Apr 29, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List: Trans Am, the Buzzcocks, Earl Sweatshirt, more

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: On Kendrick Lamar's new video, Dan Deacon weighs in on the Orioles, and more

• Baltimore City Paper

Rap Sheet: Dirt Platoon, Wordsmith, and Future Fest

• Food & Drink

Is Wale ready to quit rap?

The news reads like it is a good time to be Wale, but during a frank phone conversation last week, the rapper -- who headlines Baltimore Soundstage on Friday -- sounded defeated, unhappy and uncertain about his future in music.

By Wesley Case

Feb 18, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Priests' Katie Alice Greer talks pop, politics, and why D.C. and everywhere else kind of sucks

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia: Baltimore music is better than all of the other music

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia's Year in Music: The top 50 singles and 50 albums of 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Straight Outta Gaithersburg: Logic apes the mainstream and breaks through, but what does that mean for Baltimore hip-hop?

• Baltimore City Paper

Lesson Plan

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At Moonrise Festival, Kaskade and Bassnectar live up to headliner status

This past weekend, the security check-lines for the inaugural Moonrise Festival ¿ which took place on Saturday and Sunday at Pimlico Race Course ¿ looked like a sea of tie-dye, furry boots, baggy pants and T-shirts emblazoned with various DJ logos.

• Baltimore City Paper

Album Review: Yeezus, by Kanye West

• Baltimore City Paper

Sweetlife: Identity, authenticity and pop music

• Baltimore City Paper

Schoolboy Q leads rap's new supergroup

• Baltimore City Paper

Schoolboy Q leads rap's new supergroup into Baltimore

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YG and DJ Mustard shape the sound of West Coast hip-hop

The early candidate for rap album of the year begins with a mother warning her son to stop following in the footsteps of his incarcerated father.

• Food & Drink

For King Los, a liberated but uncertain future without Bad Boy

King Los, the Los Angeles-via-Baltimore rapper, made headlines last week when he announced he and his label home, Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, had separated.

• Food & Drink

Inspired by rap, ZZ Ward forges her own lane

ZZ Ward, who brings her Last Love Tour to Rams Head Live on March 1, has spent the past two years surprising and winning over fans with her hybrid mix of blues, hip-hop, pop and folk.