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Urban music’s premier songwriters, producers and music publishers came together to celebrate one another tonight during the BMI Urban Awards at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. The annual, star-powered event toasts the creative teams behind the past year’s most-performed R&B, rap, pop and hip-hop songs in BMI’s deep repertoire.…
Listeners Clamor for G5kidMurph’s ‘Pretty Boy Swag’
Hip-hop rather infamously eats its young, but that’s no big thing for 18-year-old producer G5kidMurph. Murph – born Joshua Murphy – produced one of the summer’s major tracks, Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s smash “Pretty Boy Swag,” which easily broke into Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop chart and enjoyed a three-month-plus run on the…
Harlan Howard’s Chart Magic
When British troupe One Eskimo shot to the top of AAA charts, present and past collided. The band’s “Kandi” is a combination of freewheeling cover, inspired original, and DJ-sampling savvy: As One Eskimo frontman Kristian Leontiou’s lilting vocals launch into the familiar refrain of “He Called Me Baby,” he is…