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First Radio Show of the Semester: Indie-Hop!

It’s that time again. Monday night. 7pm. You have an uncontrollable urge to point your browser to http://wmbc.umbc.edu and listen in on the streaming mp3 webcast of a little show they (read: I) call, “Eclectic Electric.” The first show of the semester is indie-hop, independent hip-hop that speaks on subjects more profound than bling-bling lifestyle and cheap sex. All the cats on these tracks rock amazing flow, superb production, and generally innovative styles.

The lineup is as follows:

  1. Mr. Lif – Return Of The B-Boy – I Phantom
  2. Cannibal Ox – The F Word (Remix/Clean) – The F Word
  3. Antipop Consortium – Ping Pong – Arrhythmia
  4. Dalek – Trampled Brethren – From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots
  5. Various Artists: Def Jux/Camu Tao – Hold The Floor – Definitive Jux Presents II
  6. MF Doom – Rhymes Like Dimes Feat. Cucumber Slice – Operation: Doomsday
  7. The Roots – No Alibi – Illadelph Halflife
  8. Public Enemy – 54321… Boom – Revolverlution
  9. Jurassic 5 – I Am Somebody – Power In Numbers