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Sporting old-school beats and casual-cool rhymes, breakout hipster MC and genre-hopper Theophilus London is bending ears and quickly emerging as the New York rapper to watch.

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  1. Emerging rapper Theophilus London is cool. Like effortlessly cool. The Brooklyn MC has an old-school side to him both musically and visually, and his sound is a genre-bending one with a definite left field bent. His latest single, "Why Even Try," features Sara Quinn from indie-poppers Tegan And Sara. The hook is irresistibly catchy, sounding like a throwback vintage cut from back in the day. London's sound is catching the ear of tastemakers the world round, and he's already worked with folks like Mark Ronson (in the side project Chauffeur, which also features the Dap Kings and Sam Sparro), Damon Albarn from Blur, Gorillaz and Dave Sitek's Maximum Balloon. Not bad for a guy who doesn't even have a full-length record out.... More»

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