Every week on the Breaking blog, the Hype Monitor uses the latest technology to comb the mountain caves of the Internet to flush out the finest buzzworthy bands. Click below for this week’s column, which features scratchy R&B throwback Illa J, brother of late iconic hip-hop producer J Dilla.

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