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First Listen: Marco Pavé, 'Welcome To Grc Lnd'

The debut full-length from this Memphis MC gives voice to a side of town long overburdened by its own buried legacy.

Every Southern city suffers from schizophrenia. It's an enduring symptom of the post-civil rights charade we still play around race relations in America. But Memphis, mane ... now that's a whole different story. For nearly 50 years, the blues capital on the bank of the Mississippi has been carrying

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