Review: Blue Scholars’ OOF! EP

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The Blue Scholars have been a respected hip-hop duo in Seattle for around four years, after receiving top honors in the hip-hop category of Seattle Weekly’s 2006 Music Awards Poll. The group is known for their socially and politically conscious lyrics and playfully melodic beats. Their 2007 release Bayani exemplified these compelling aspects and led

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Seattle’s Coming Back

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Seattle’s music scene over the last eight years has, arguably, been resting in a dormant place (apart from the continual assertion that we had nothing to do with Nickelback). The EMP is now old news, the era of grunge has come and gone, and the music media rarely dare to tackle the dreary weather. The

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