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Brother Ali @ The Ottobar

by Alex Mudge | March 13th 2008, 3:32 AM
Posted in Audio |Brother Ali |Ottobar |Preview |Take me home |Uncle Sam Goddamn |Video
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Writing about Brother Ali presents a problem. On the one hand I feel dwelling on his background undercuts his music; he even feared this, being so reluctant early on to discuss his race that some mistakenly reported him as African-American.

But on the other hand, an MC isn’t exactly a detached writer striving for Negative Capability. And as his career has progressed, Ali has been increasingly vocal about his Midwestern roots and what the region’s artists have to offer compared to coastal hip-hop, as well as his race and background.
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Born Ruffians + Cadence Weapon

by Laura Koontz | March 3rd 2008, 2:48 PM
Posted in Baltimore |Born Ruffians |Cadence Weapon |Karmella's Game |Ottobar
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This Wednesday at the Ottobar: Canadians Born Ruffians and Cadence Weapon as well as one of Bmore’s sweetest, most keyboard-heavy indie-poppers Karmella’s Game.

To get you excited for the show, here are a couple tracks off each artist’s upcoming album (both to be released tomorrow). Check them out after the jump.

Poster from Monozine.

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Foxes Mate for Life – Born Ruffians
from Red Yellow Blue

In search of the Youth Crew – Cadence Weapon
from Afterparty Babies




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