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Baltimore represents a distinctive sonic identity emerging from Maryland's largest city, characterized by experimental creativity that spans punk aggression, electronic innovation, and the rapid-fire beats of club music. The tag captures Baltimore's DIY ethos and cultural diversity, where underground scenes blend raw energy with avant-garde approaches to hip-hop, noise rock, and dance music. This sound reflects the city's gritty urban character and independent spirit, favoring unconventional production and boundary-pushing experimentation.
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1985 | Bill Frisell | Rambler |
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| 75 | 1985 | Reptile House | I Stumble As the Crow Flies |
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1989 | Bill Frisell | Petra Haden and Bill Frisell |
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| 41 |
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1989 | Bill Frisell | Bill Frisell with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland |
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| 31 |
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1993 | Articulate | Bombs Over Baltimore Vol. 1 |
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| 70 |
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1994 | Ballyhoo! | Armatage Shanks |
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| 72 |
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1995 | Bill Frisell | Music For The Films Of Buster Keaton: Go West |
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| 37 |
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1998 | The Thumbs | Make America Strong |
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| 47 |
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2000 | The Thumbs | All Lesser Devils |
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| 65 |
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2000 | Bill Frisell | Lookout for Hope |
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| 94 |
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2000 | Diamond | Don't Lose Your Cool |
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| 51 | 2001-05-29 | The Thumbs | Last Match |
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| 39 |
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2001-08 | End It | New Wage Slavery - Single |
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| 32 |
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2002 | Bill Frisell | Rarum V / Selected Recordings |
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| 46 |
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2002 | Bill Frisell | OST - All Hat |
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| 77 |
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2004 | Karmella's Game | What He Doesn't Know Won't Hurt Him |
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| 28 |
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2004 | Wordsmith | Baltimore Revisited |
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| 61 |
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2004 | Wordsmith | The Blue Collar Recital |
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| 95 | 2004-03-29 | Dan Deacon | Twacky Cats |
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| 88 | 2005-08-09 | Bill Frisell | East/West |
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| 80 |
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2006 | Spank Rock | YoYoYoYoYoYo |
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| 78 | 2006-04-10 | Spank Rock | YoYoYoYoYo |
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| 68 |
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2006-06-02 | Karmella's Game | The Art of Distraction |
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| 26 |
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2006-06 | Combat | Guantanamo Bay / 16 |
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| 55 |
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2006-06 | Combat | Gold Lang Syne! |
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| 93 | 2006-09-05 | Ecstatic Sunshine | Freckle Wars |
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| 57 |
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2007-04-00 | Sick Sick Birds | Chemical Trains EP |
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| 14 |
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2007-04-00 | Sick Sick Birds | Vena Cava/Sick Sick Birds split 7" |
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| 84 |
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2007-05-08 | Dead Mechanical | Medium Noise |
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| 92 |
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2007-09-12 | Entertainment System | Entertainment System 64 |
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| 85 |
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2007-09-12 | Entertainment System | Super Entertainment System |
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| 6 |
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2008 | Laif | Psychology 101 (2006) |
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| 19 |
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2008 | Laif | Spirit Avenue (2002) |
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| 42 |
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2008 | Ian Nagoski | Kerflooey |
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| 29 | 2008-05-19 | Bill Frisell | All Hat |
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| 82 |
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2009 | Bill Frisell | Where In The World? |
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| 23 |
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2009-03-02 | Wordsmith | Perspective Jukebox |
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| 81 |
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2009-08-25 | Rare Candy | Bomber Blue / Gallant Green |
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| 44 |
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2009-10-13 | Dubbel Dutch | Trollsta EP (Palms Out Sounds) |
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| 90 | 2010-07-13 | The Dangerous Summer | Live In Baltimore |
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| 56 | 2011-05-13 | Kent State | Spahn Ranch ep |
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| 54 |
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2011-07-04 | Romantic States | Still Petals |
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| 5 |
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2011-07-04 | Romantic States | Still Petals EP |
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| 69 |
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2011-07-30 | Entertainment System | Rock n' Roll Cereal |
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| 43 |
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2011-11-15 | Dubbel Dutch | Uknown |
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| 58 |
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2012 | Rare Candy | Finally |
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| 52 |
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2012-02-16 | At The Graves | Solar |
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| 97 |
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2012-05-15 | Rye Rye | Go! Pop! Bang! (Deluxe Version) |
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| 38 | 2012-06-19 | Wordsmith | King Noah |
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| 60 | 2012-08-29 | Animal Collective | Centipede Hz |
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| 12 |
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2012-08 | Oneirogen | wanton Ethers |
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| 86 | 2012-09-04 | Substantial | Home Is Where The Art Is |
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| 66 |
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2012-12-11 | Vietnam | One Life To live |
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| 36 |
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2013-01-22 | At The Graves | Mercurial |
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| 45 |
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2013-02-11 | Hive Bent | U NEUTRAL |
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| 13 | 2013-03-30 | Fake Flowers Real Dirt | Fake Flowers Real Dirt |
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| 11 |
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2014-01-01 | The New Mystikal Troubadours | The New Mystikal Troubadours |
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| 30 |
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2014-01-01 | Heart of Hearts | My Society |
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| 2 | 2014-02-19 | Elagabalus | ELAGABALUS |
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| 25 |
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2014-03-27 | At The Graves | Umbral |
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| 67 |
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2014-10-01 | Matt Pless | Songs in the Key of Blue |
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| 8 |
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2015 | F City | Agenda |
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| 22 |
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2015-01-15 | At The Graves | Golem/Heavy Ether |
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| 33 |
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2015-04-28 | Wordsmith | Apt. 507 |
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| 62 |
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2015-06-23 | King Los | War |
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| 20 |
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2015-10-16 | Stoneburner | The Mouse Shadow |
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| 83 |
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2016-04-01 | Sunrise Skater Kids | Boybandin' Up |
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| 100 |
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2016-04-01 | Sunrise Skater Kids | Still Posi |
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| 87 |
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2017-02-10 | Sunrise Skater Kids | How Far I'll Go |
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| 98 |
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2017-02-10 | Sunrise Skater Kids | Dear Maria, Count Me In (Japanese Version) |
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| 99 |
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2017-02-10 | Sunrise Skater Kids | Homeless Millennial |
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| 17 |
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2017-02-10 | Sunrise Skater Kids | How Far I'll Go - Single |
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| 79 |
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2017-02-10 | Sunrise Skater Kids | What's My Age Again? |
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| 50 |
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2017-02-24 | Combat | Text |
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| 64 |
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2017-02-24 | Combat | Fun |
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| 76 |
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2017-02-24 | Combat | Forced Friendship |
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| 21 |
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2017-07-28 | Really Really | Go Home |
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| 59 |
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2018 | Courage Mother | Excerpts from She |
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| 35 |
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2019-07-18 | Meth Rats | S/T |
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| 53 |
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2019-11-06 | Romantic States | beko_15 |
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| 16 |
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2020-04-17 | Hain's Point | Forced Friendship |
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| 71 |
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2020-04-30 | Codex Orzhova | Baja Blasted |
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| 73 |
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2020-07-03 | Combat | Turning Over |
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| 96 |
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2020-07-10 | Sharptooth | Transitional Forms |
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| 48 |
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2020-09-26 | The Dead Ringers | Essex Boys |
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| 7 |
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2020-10-31 | Freaky | Red Hot Cheeto Fingers (Hosted by Fridgidair Karats) |
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| 63 |
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2021-07-25 | Courage Mother | Behind Me/Polaroid Picture |
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| 24 |
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2021-10-15 | Meth Rats | TRIGGER FINGER |
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| 49 |
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2022-02-25 | Meth Rats | ULTIMATE CULPRIT |
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| 89 |
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2022-03-18 | Combat | Text Me When You Get Back |
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| 40 |
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2022-10-07 | Hain's Point | The Lamb Lies Down in Dundalk |
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| 9 | The Highballers | Soft Music and Hard Liquor |
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| 1 | White Shadow | Panopticon |
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| 3 | TopKlasz | ToP KlaSZ |
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| 4 | Project Kill A Kid | Rhythms from the Jungle Era |
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| 10 | Lean Horse Marathon | On My Own |
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| 15 | Lean Horse Marathon | Up on Bomber Mountain |
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| 18 | Hyperprism | Subobject Classifier |
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| 34 | Worst Funeral Ever | Die Sad - EP |
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| 74 | Joy Classic | Youth Buzz |
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