Blending style and entertainment is an art that few people have the patience or ability to master. Our interview today with Hot 100.5 DJ and avid blogger Elizabethany shatters that notion; everything seems to come so naturally to her that even when she’s working hard it still seems like she’s having the time of her [...]
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The CD The DJ Will Have On Replay On D-Day: A Blake Allee Story
Music goes beyond a hobby and becomes a way of life when you listen to hundreds of records just to find that elusive mix that strikes a perfect chord in you. I came upon Blake Allee’s My Best Friends Are Machines mixtape on DatPiff almost a year ago and it’s been cycling through my hip-hop [...]
READ MORE »MC Myopia: Hip-Hop Branding: A Preview
Myopia = The problem of “thinking too small.” Several months ago I began writing an article for TricycleOffense.com about marketing for the underground hip-hop artist. What resulted was a 9 page monstrosity which I’ve since decided to make into a full-blown writing endeavor. What follows is a short preview of that project in which I [...]
READ MORE »EGreen: The Benediction
Benediction The form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister at the closing of a divine service. EGreen is a compelling blend of big-city swag and small town grit; attributes one might come to expect from a successful east coast rapper. But EGreen does more than just repeat the same delivery exhibited by some of [...]
READ MORE »WVAQ’s Leading Lady, The Real Katie Richter
You might recognize Katie as a popular radio DJ on Morgantown, West Virginia’s 101.9 WVAQ “The Hit Music Channel,” but Richter is more than just a record-breaking local celebrity – this self-proclaimed “social butterfly” is the heart and soul of our area’s social scene. After appearing in the list of “Top 50 Hottest Women In [...]
READ MORE »Cara Parrish: Not Your Ordinary Supergirl
Today, I bring you the nitty gritty on international model and devoted self-trendsetter Cara Parrish, a 21 year old beauty who’s not afraid to strike her own path and create her own opportunities. I was able to get the down low on Cara’s future projects, her take on the modeling industry, and discuss some of [...]
READ MORE »Higher Learning 2: Gnarly McFly To The Future
One of the most ambitious projects a DJ can undertake is a fully-collaborative, meticulously produced, and indisputably original album. With that being said, DJ Coutz has networked with the movers and shakers, underground artists, new jacks, and old hats of West Virginia hip-hop to produce his SECOND such project “Higher Learning 2” and it does [...]
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