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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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Real Talk Tuesdays: Musical Youth

In 1982, Musical Youth released their debut album, The Youth of Today which featured the hit single "Pass the Dutchie".  The song was basically a revamped cover of The Mighty Diamond's "Pass the Kutchie" (an obvious pro-herb song).  "Dutchie", however, was about food and hunger (dutchie being slang for a cooking pot).  And the band was British, not Jamacian as most suspected (although half of the band were Jamacian decendents).   Dig the video then check out the original.