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Marques Toliver's debut album is called Land of CanAan.

May 19, 2013 Toliver's music is anchored by the violin, an instrument that, in a way, chose him.

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Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins' new album as G&D, The Lighthouse, comes out May 21.

May 12, 2013 Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins engineer an idea-packed collision of funky, soulful sounds.

LL Cool J's latest album is called Authentic.

May 11, 2013 "The last thing that I want to do is be a hack," says the rapper and actor.

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Charles Bradley was signed by Daptone Records partly because of a James Brown act he used to perform. His new album is Victim of Love.

May 8, 2013 New York's Charles Bradley and London's James Hunter Six both mix inspiration and replication.

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The cover of Biz Markie's All Samples Cleared.

May 6, 2013 After Biz lost a legal battle over sampling, the mere existence of All Samples Cleared! was a win.

The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, comes out May 7.

May 2, 2013 The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film transplants Jazz Age sensibilities to the hip-hop era.

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