Top Ten in "O'10": The East
Posted by Belvi on Jan 30, 2010
East   
    1. Diamond District - A trio from D.C. with soulful and sonically pleasing music. A blend of Dilla soul and Mf Doom weird. Note: they are not producers.
    2. X.O. - excellent beat selections and a style that is small part Kanye and a small part 50 Cent (ironic, I know).
    3. Kooley High - talented and energetic group out of North Carolina fueled by a general love for good music.
    4. Tanya Morgan - Not a woman. Not an emo rock group. Three Rappers. But they pose a bit of a problem. Two members are from the midwest, Cincinnati to be exact. The other is from Brooklyn. So maybe I include them on both lists.
    5. Theophilus London - Nowadays, in the Kanye effected Hip Hop world, electronica/dub-step mixed rap is all the rage and if listeners can either pronounce or get over his name, NY's Theophilus London might be next in line.
    6. Wiz Khalifa - another in a long line of Lil Wayne style rappers except Wiz Khalifa, representing Pittsburgh, has an element of sincerity in his music that seems to set him apart from the rest. With time he'll grow into his own artist.
    7. Outasight - hearing his projects for the last couple of years have led me to the conclusion that New York's Outasight is a new breed of Caucasian MC. Versatile enough to sing and rap with similarities to Kanye West.
    8. French Montana - though not born in the states French Montana hails from Bronx, New York. He is reminiscent to early aught rappers from Dipset and and D-block.
    9. Mickey Factz - Westcoast "New West" style, eastcoast rap bravado and delivery. That pretty much sums up this on the rise artist out of the raps womb, Bronx, New York.
    10. MGMT - If you hear this Brooklyn, New York group's name and don't get what the fuss is you probably haven't heard "Electric Feel." MGMT is about as in the ether, bongwater, modern day counter-culture as a budding pop group can get, but their music is just too damn good to ignore.


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