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1. MC from Portland, Oregon.
2. A house-centric alter-ego of Praveen Sharma (of Sepalcure, Praveen & Benoît)
3. Hardcore band, probably active in the 90’s.

1) Always on a musical mission, BRAILLE has become one of rap’s best-kept secrets. He has released three solo albums, performed throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan with artists like the late James Brown, De La Soul and others, been named one of the “Next 100” by URB magazine and collaborated with rap heavyweights such as 9th Wonder, CunninLyguists, and Pigeon John. All of these accomplishments set the stage for Braille’s fourth album, the splendid The IV Edition (Syntax Records).

In addition to being his fourth album, the title represents three other things. Braille wants the album to serve as an IV to distribute musical medicine for social illnesses directly into the veins of the society. IV also stands for “International Vision” (becoming more aware of what’s going on in the world around us) and “International Version” (the album is made for an international audience and features German, French, Finish and Australian producers like M-Phazes, Aetoms, Staffro, etc).

The album’s title song serves as an ode to Braille’s rap roots. Produced by Marco Polo and featuring scratches from Rob Swift, the energetic, drum-driven tune is a lyrical showcase that caters to rap’s tremendous subterranean following. “The underground hip-hop base is a lot bigger than people think it is,” Braille reveals. “Sometimes when people think of the word underground, they think of basement albums that just get dubbed on tape. So I’m sticking to my roots. I believe that the audience for lyricism and good hip-hop is much larger than most people assume. I wanted to start with the hip-hop base and take it from there.”
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  • bones2flesh

    just stumbled upon braille and the whole humble beast crew

    February 2012

  • ducks9

    wow lol. the rapper has 600,000 plays and the house guy has 24,000...... i think the rapper deserves the pic lolol

    February 2012

  • Unterschleif

    Am here for the rapper

    February 2012

  • scomatsho

    House Braille's top track has 5 times more plays than the hip-hip one. So can we have Praveen as the top photo please.

    February 2012

  • gendervariant

    The IV Edition is on heavy rotation.

    January 2012

  • guiguiboulz

    Haven't checked out Braille the rapper, but Braille the house producer is pretty awesome.

    November 2011

  • Swaggeroff

    wtf rap? ... look at the most played track

    November 2011

  • Vulgaira

    =)

    November 2011
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27 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/braillehiphop

To my friends all over the world!!!I've kind of fell off the wagon with newsletter updates and stuff.  I honestly had to take a month or two away from "heavy grinding" and focus on other …

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