{"id":21054,"date":"2010-11-25T18:15:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=21054"},"modified":"2010-11-25T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T17:15:05","slug":"the-indie-series-presents-fat-beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-indie-series-presents-fat-beats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indie Series Presents: Fat Beats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C5RPO2-pNpU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the final feature from <a href=\"http:\/\/allindstrom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allindstrom.com<\/a>&#8216;s Indie Series, we take a look at the mecca of hip-hop independence, Fat Beats. 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