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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Throwback Thursdays: Slick Rick

DateThursday, March 22, 2012 at 9:00AM

Slick Rick was (is?) the greatest storyteller in hip-hop. In the 80's the culture itself was exotic and new but Ricky D trumped all of that with his accent, eye patch, excessive gold and yarn-spinning chops. Dig the classic "Children's Story".

 

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