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(Selector) Dan The Automator: Music For Mixtapes

I was 17 the first time I ever heard Handsome Boy Modeling School, sitting in my friend's car thinking, 'Wow. This is the future.' High school sounded like Outkast, Tupac, Wu Tang, which I loved as much as everyone else. But I had also recently discovered live jazz, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone. The vocals on 'The Truth' and the smooth way the song descended gave my young ears a new life and combined flawlessly my two biggest loves: jazz and rap. From then on &ld...

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(Selector) Dan The Automator: Music For Mixtapes

Impose Magazine — I was 17 the first time I ever heard Handsome Boy Modeling School, sitting in my friend's car thinking, 'Wow. This is the future.' High school sounded like Outkast, Tupac... more info