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Break
Dave B
From BLEU
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Like Me Better
Parisalexa
From Flexa
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Money Can't Save Your Mind
Shabazz Palaces
From It's a Style Sport
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VOID
Travis Thompson
From LIFE IS THE SCARIEST MOVIE
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Goodbye
AJ Suede
From Parthian Shots
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Bon Mood
Dave B
From Bon Mood
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Big Shot
Gifted Gab
From Gifted Gab
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fucked up
Macklemore
From fucked up
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Eye On Em
Gifted Gab
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Gorgeous Horses
Sam Lachow
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I'm Your New God (Album Version)
Sir Mix-A-Lot
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Hype Man
Mafi D
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I'm in a Limo to New Orleans
Dave B
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Don't Pump Yo Breaks
Gifted Gab
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Hold Me Close (feat. Justin Hawkins)
Sam Lachow
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RIGHT/WRONG
UMI
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Gentlemen & A G
Mafi D
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Bad on My Own
Travis Thompson
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Tell You Anything
Sango
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RIGHT/WRONG
UMI
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Pillow Fort
Sam Lachow
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Need These Drugs
Sam Lachow
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Therapy
SassyBlack
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Tongue Tied (feat. asante)
Sango
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Chocolate
Parisalexa
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not necessarily
UMI
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Dirtywork
Sam Lachow
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Grind Don’t Stop
Gifted Gab
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Priceless
Karma Rivera
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Live Thru Me
Mafi D
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Free Couch
Travis Thompson
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Worthy
Beautiful Eulogy
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Ooh! - Single
PEABOD
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Visitor (feat. Nathan Joseph & Ty Richard) - Single
Braille
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Drawing Bored - Single
AJ Suede
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BIG LITTLE LIES - Single
Sango
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'Things Don't Change' (Music Inspired by LAIKA's Wildwood) - Single
Aminé
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Kings Queens Dreams - Single
Swisher Sleep
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Self-Made: Long-Term Investments - EP
Joey Kash
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Ringin - Single
Mafi D
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AJ Suede
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DON'T FOLD, Vol. 2 - EP
Key Nyata
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Sango
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All 30AJ Suede: “No Fly Zone” — 2023 Recording & Release Context
AJ Suede: “No Fly Zone” — 2023 Recording & Release Context
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Macklemore: “SORRY (feat. Livingston)” — 2023 Recording & Release Context
Macklemore: “SORRY (feat. Livingston)” — 2023 Recording & Release Context
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Sango: “ST. CLAUDE” — 2026 Recording & Release Context
Sango: “ST. CLAUDE” — 2026 Recording & Release Context
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Parisalexa — “Finishline”: A 2021 Catalog Report
Parisalexa — “Finishline”: A 2021 Catalog Report
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Gifted Gab Releases “Big Shot (feat. Avila)” — New Music & Credits
Gifted Gab has a publicly listed recording, “Big Shot (feat. Avila),” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to Gifted Gab…
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Dave B — “The Rebel Johnny Yuma”: A 2024 Catalog Report
Dave B — “The Rebel Johnny Yuma”: A 2024 Catalog Report
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Sam Lachow — “Cadillac Bandit (feat. Gravy Dae)”: A 2024 Catalog Report
Sam Lachow — “Cadillac Bandit (feat. Gravy Dae)”: A 2024 Catalog Report
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Dave B Releases “Just Interesting Enough” — New Music & Credits
Dave B has a publicly listed recording, “Just Interesting Enough,” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to Dave B, with a…
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Dave B — “Undefeated (feat. Scoop Dollaz & XO Love)”: A 2025 Catalog Report
Dave B — “Undefeated (feat. Scoop Dollaz & XO Love)”: A 2025 Catalog Report
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UMI Releases “This Christmas” — New Music & Credits
UMI has a publicly listed recording, “This Christmas,” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to UMI, with a catalog release…
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Parisalexa — “Troubled Waters (feat. Dawty Music)”: A 2020 Catalog Report
Parisalexa — “Troubled Waters (feat. Dawty Music)”: A 2020 Catalog Report
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UMI — “SOMEWHERE NEW”: A 2025 Catalog Report
UMI — “SOMEWHERE NEW”: A 2025 Catalog Report
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Mafi D Releases “Ringin” — New Music & Credits
Mafi D has a publicly listed recording, “Ringin,” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to Mafi D, KGodd & Lil Bazzy, with a…
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SassyBlack — “Melanin Magic”: A 2022 Catalog Report
SassyBlack — “Melanin Magic”: A 2022 Catalog Report
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Sam Lachow Releases “The Family Way” — New Music & Credits
Sam Lachow has a publicly listed recording, “The Family Way,” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to Dylan Owen & Sam…
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Sango — “Eyes Open”: A 2020 Catalog Report
Sango — “Eyes Open”: A 2020 Catalog Report
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UMI — “Butterfly II”: A 2024 Catalog Report
UMI — “Butterfly II”: A 2024 Catalog Report
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Travis Thompson Releases “New Day” — New Music & Credits
Travis Thompson has a publicly listed recording, “New Day,” available through Apple Music. The track is credited to Travis Thompson, with a…
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Mafi D Keeps Seattle Independent Rap in Motion
An artist-led Seattle release trail, not a borrowed industry narrative.
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Key Nyata’s EYEZSEEALOT. Extends Seattle’s Underground Map
Cloud-rap history meets a documented 2026 collaboration.
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Sango and the Producer-Led Northwest Sound
Tacoma and Seattle production culture has a global vocabulary.
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Behind HNY’s “Decay”: Producer Eery Skies and Engineer Poison Jams
The recording and mixing credits deserve the same attention as the microphone.
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Gifted Gab and Seattle’s Independent Rap Continuum
A new release provides another entry point to a city with deep lyric-driven roots.
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Asa Spade’s Two-Lane Vision: Lux Automaton and Lux Amplify
A founder note on separating music-culture services from software development.
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From P-Town Media to Lux Music: Asa Spade’s Video-Show Connection
Portland media roots inform the design of an independent creator website.
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Asa Spade’s Artist-Management Focus: Pookie F’n Rude and Jay Millian
Booking, releases, and correctly credited production work are the immediate priorities.
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Seattle’s PEABOD returns with the October single Ooh!
The Northwest Christian-rap lane has new upbeat material.
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Braille keeps Portland’s gospel-rap and audio-engineering history current
A Northwest figure has new 2026 music alongside a notable studio legacy.
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Portland’s Aminé connects a new song with an Oregon animation project
A local rapper’s October recording shows another direction for soundtrack work.
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Northwest scene check: Sango, Key Nyata and AJ Suede keep regional identity broad
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland belong in a national music conversation.
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