Neo-Soul and Hip-Hop
The intense flavor and diversity of Philadelphia's world-class cuisine can only be matched by one thing: the music. The city renowned for mouth watering cheesesteaks has also created an international buzz for its brand of neo soul and hip-hop music.
The likes of Jill Scott, The Roots, Musiq Soulchild, Eve, Bilal, Jaguar Wright, and Vivian Green all call Philly home. Will Smith's partner in crime Jeff "Jazzy Jeff" Townes has put out a fair share of hits from A Touch of Jazz (ATOJ) studio in Center City.
Within walking distance from ATOJ is James Poyser and Vikter Duplaix of Axis Music Group who have worked magic for Grammy Award winning artists such as Erykah Badu and D'Angelo. Canadian import Glenn Lewis (Epic) and London's own Floetry (Dreamworks) recently switched to 'Illadelphia' zip codes just to be closer to the talented collective of producers and songwriters.
Philly is most certainly the place to be if you want to be amongst the freshest hip-hop and neo-soul stars.