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January
SMKA 4 YR Anniversary Party @ Star Bar (Sat, Jan 28th)

SMKA 4 YR Anniversary Party @ Star Bar (Sat, Jan 28th)

We are proud to celebrate our 4th year of making music in Atlanta. We have selected some of our favorite hip-hop artists in Atlanta, and hope you will come out and hang out with us for the night. PBR is donating a bunch of beer, and there will be FREE PBR from 9pm till we [...]

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21
August
[Video] Young Lyxx Live @ Graveyard: Through the Rabbit Hole w/ SMKA

[Video] Young Lyxx Live @ Graveyard: Through the Rabbit Hole w/ SMKA

Young Lyxx performing new material at the Graveyard during our final event for the summer series, Through the Rabbit Hole. Video by KD Gray

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4
March
1st LEAK: Aleon Craft – “Look Twice” (Prod. SMKA) [Mothership Decatur hosted by DJ Smallz]

1st LEAK: Aleon Craft – “Look Twice” (Prod. SMKA) [Mothership Decatur hosted by DJ Smallz]

Aleon Craft’s Mothership Decatur (hosted by DJ Smallz) will be released to the world in April. Aleon Craft has been in the studio for the past 3 months, with SMKA, working on his follow-up project to The Stargazing Soundtrack. The Stargazing Soundtrack was Aleon Craft’s debut project and received critical acclaim and national attention. Mothership [...]

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8
February
“Justin Bieber” – Jarren Benton vs. Lil’ B

“Justin Bieber” – Jarren Benton vs. Lil’ B

I’ll bite my tounge on this one, but only say that we released Jarren Benton’s “Justin Bieber” (prod. Kato) more than a week before lil’b released his version of “Justin Bieber.” “Justin Bieber” by Jarren Benton is on the recently released “Jarren Benton meets SMKA” Jarren feels a certain way about it, quoted saying “@katoproducer [...]

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19
July
Capitalizing on capitalism in social media’s music world, the Atlanta way

Capitalizing on capitalism in social media’s music world, the Atlanta way

We sat down with Caitlin at NPR to discuss the Music Business, Atlanta and hip-hop. This is the article for NPR’s Intern Edition. (READ FULL ARTICLE HERE) Before MySpace and YouTube channels, before Xanga and WordPress, before Napster and songs that cost $1.29 on iTunes, the music industry was thriving. Artists were actually making money [...]

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