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        <title>Rap It Up</title>
        <description>James Castady-Kristament gives you the lowdown on the New Zealand alternative rap scene.</description>
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            <title>Smashproof Brother.</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/48/smashproof-brother/</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:49:17 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>'Nytmare' NZ's Premier &quot;Femcee&quot;</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/47/nytmare-nzs-premier-femcee/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:49:21 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Kolab</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/46/kolab/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:51:02 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Introducing the mighty 'Kurnel MC'.</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/44/introducing-the-mighty-kurnel-mc/</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:55:11 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Dane Rumble aka 'Kid Deft' from 'Fast Crew' goes solo.</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/42/dane-rumble-aka-kid-deft-from-fast-crew-goes-solo/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:04:54 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Holy shizzle it's The Shades!</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/41/holy-shizzle-its-the-shades/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:03:14 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Introducing MC Stormtroopa</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/33/introducing-mc-stormtroopa/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:23:17 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>So how does a musician get a music video?</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/31/so-how-does-a-musician-get-a-music-video/</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;music video&lt;/strong&gt; is a short &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt;film&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt;video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt; that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt;pop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman&quot;&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span ...</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:35:57 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>The (White) Rapper Show..... Racist?</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/28/the-white-rapper-show-racist/</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:23:14 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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            <title>Maitreya. A Hip Hop dream comes true.</title>
            <link>http://nz.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rapitup/27/maitreya-a-hip-hop-dream-comes-true/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:54:59 -0800</pubDate>
        <dc:author>James Castady</dc:author>
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