Mr. BROWN: After going out and doing gigs following the release of my first record, I realized that I needed some more funky material, a little more up stuff for playing live.

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Ms. LATIFAH: I got a little swooped up the first time I heard my record on the radio, I mean, that was exciting.

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"This was my first real attempt to break the world record, I knew I was good, I had trained hard, " added Rudisha, whose father Daniel won silver for Kenya in the 4x400m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

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"My first inclination is to go back to a record label and get a job, " he says.

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Koushik's first full-length album, Out My Window, isn't just the sign of an eclectic record collection begging to be mined for samples.

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