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  The Death and Resurrection of Conscious Rap, Pt. 3

  June 9, 2011 – If Kanye West's binary-breaking rise to superstardom didn't kill off what was left of conscious rap, then the cratering of record sales, which led to a mass rapper exodus to the Internet (and the creation of a new "underground") most certainly did. …
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  WATCH: 'Workaholics' Interview Tennis & Big K.R.I.T

  April 5, 2011 – The cast of hot new Comedy Central series, Workaholics, recently stopped by the SPIN Loft on 6th Street in Austin to help us out with some interviews. Adam Devine and Anders Holm from the show sat down with indie pop buzz band duo Tennis as they chatted about tattoos and how good the omelettes are from the band's hometown of Denver. Workaholics'Blake Anderson and Kyle Newacheck took it easy with Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T …
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  Hot Rapper Big K.R.I.T. Drops Free Mixtape

  March 30, 2011 – Mississippi-based MC Big K.R.I.T. blew up last summer with the independently released debut K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, which helped the rapper-producer score a deal with major label Def Jam. K.R.I.T. isn't expected to put out a proper album until later this year, but he's just dropped a hot 25-track mixtape, titled Return of 4Eva, featuring guest spots from Ludcaris, Bun B, David Banner, and others. …
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  Big K.R.I.T., 'Return of 4eva' (Cinematic Music Group)

  March 28, 2011 – Everything about Big K.R.I.T. that's smart, touching, and ?some-times a bit difficult to take is contained within "Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed and Encouraging Racism." Saccharine jazz samples battle a steady Southern thump, as ?the Mississippi rapper lashes out against institutionalized bigotry and idiots on his block. …
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  The Rise of Rap's Regular Guys

  March 4, 2011 – A rapper's narrative is pretty much always the same: Enter the young, hungry wordsmith who has finally, gloriously, made it. …
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  Next Big Things 2011: Big K.R.I.T.

  February 13, 2011 – Home sweet home: Meridian, MississippiExpect: Self-made, self-produced, next-gen Southern rapperMust hear: Return of 4Eva (Cinematic Music), out March 22 When MC-producer Big K.R.I.T.'s independently released debut album, K.R.I.T. …
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  DOWNLOAD: Emotional Hip-Hop From Big K.R.I.T.

  February 10, 2011 – "Big K.R.I.T. makes really powerful music that people should listen to," says SPIN music editor Charles Aaron. "He raps in such a way that you really feel his life unvarnished, not cartoonishly and not as a caricature." That's why the 24-year-old Mississippi MC, real name Justin Scott, landed on SPIN's 40 Best Albums of 2010 list for his self-released, free download K.R.I.T. …
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  The 40 Best Albums of 2010

  December 6, 2010 –  …
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• Big K.R.I.T., 'K.R.I.T. Wuz Here' (Self-Released)

  May 3, 2010 – This Mississippi MC/producer's bracing debut never lets you forget he hails from hip-hop's gulag (David Banner being the only escapee). And though he feels slighted-"Guess I didn't swag enough / Stupid fruity pebble chain Louis bag enough"-K.R.I.T.'s far from hidebound. …
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