Rap In The 90's: Wu-Tang "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"
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Track:Da Mystery of Chessboxin
I've been in a Wu-Tang mood for the past week and this song was the soundtrack for it... Thanks to my cousin Ted for exposing me to Wu all those years ago.
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Ghostface Should Have His Own Show!
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After years of listening to skits on Ghostface Killah's and various Wu albums, buying The World According to Pretty Toney, and watching various interviews I'm convinced that the Elder Wu statesmen deserves his own show. It's ironic because he's not trying to be funny, but that's where the hilarity comes in. But, one thing about Ghost is that he holds no punches and is always blunt about what's ...
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BlakRoc: Black Keys And Q-Tip
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I almost dismissed it when I heard that a certain rapper was on this album, kind of an immature thing to do but whatever. I first heard the Black Keys at the Roots Picnic this past summer and they rocked hard, no pun intended. When I saw this video on Apollo's blog, my anticipation increased immensely. Q-Tip plus the Black Keys... it's about to be serious
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I Agree With Joe Budden On This One...
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In the past few weeks I've heard 50 Cent, Baby of Cash Money, and Philly's own Beanie Sigel through jabs in the direction of Jay-Z and like Budden said, "It's really no point." Whenever someone is on top, you will always have the opposition to try and dethrone you and denounce what you're about. Honestly, what will any of these individuals have to gain by throwing dirt on Jay-Z? Really, ask y...
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Review: The Tao of Wu by The RZA
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Everyday within the past week while riding home from work on the train, I read RZA's newest book The Tao of Wu. I gained an understanding behind the formation of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan and the importance of chess in correlation to life but the most rewarding bit of information that I gathered came from RZA's book is his perspective on life. It always interests me whenever I have the opport...
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Supreme Magazine X Rosa Acosta?! POW!!!!
Ahhh the internet...such wondrous things that I find all due to Google. For the past few days, I've tried to locate pictures of Rosa Acosta's photoshoot with Terry Richardson for Supreme Magazine (even at work and the pictorial is definitely NSFW) and I thought I was out of luck until this morning and POW! I try not to drool over here because I'm afraid she's going in the direction of the BET ...
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TRIMM "Choosin'"
There was a time when I tended to stray away from Southern artists who weren't Outkast, Goodie Mob, T.I., Young Jeezy, Ludacris, or Scarface. But ever since the South started to "invade" the airwaves, I decided to give a few artists a chance. After listening to the Mr. Falyon meets SMKA album I decided to check for their next project with another ATL rapper named TRIMM. The TRIMM meets SMKA alb...
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J. Cole "Unabomber"
If there's one thing that I appreciate most about an artist, its the audacity to bare his/her soul on a track. We see their pictures on red carpets, we're immersed in waves of verbal braggadocio, but sometimes we lose sight of who these people really are. Even though J. Cole is just "venting" as he states in this song, we still receive the impression that he's more than just some average indivi...
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Producers I Know: Y? Arcka
The world is funny, small, and unpredictable. We often have encounters with individuals who we may or may not ever see again whether they be a passers-by on your commute to work, someone you'd happen to sit next to on bus, a barbershop patron, or in my case a former co-worker. I met Arcka back in 2006 during my 3-month stint at Best Buy. Back then we didn't really know each other which would ex...
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Word To Dilla...
Sometimes all I need is one of these to make my day go from intolerable to Rated AG: All Good.
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This Is Why Black Thought Is One Of The Illest!!!
This is how rappers show respect to each other and I have to this to say: Stop Sleeping On Black Thought!!!
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Check Out Asaad...
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Artist:Asaad
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Album:Flowers
Asaad is a new artist from the City of Brotherly Love and he's making his presence known with his unique style of hip-hop. You can never say that Philly is low on talent especially when the new generation is doing so much to keep the music alive. He will be releasing his debut mixtape, Flowers, on November 10th, 2009.Asaad - (R.I.)Pimp See The FuschiaAsaad - (R.I.)Pimp See The Fuschia RemixAsaa...
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Izza Kizza "Ooh La La"
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Artist:Izza Kizza
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Track:Ooh La La
I first read about Izza Kizza in an old issue of The Fader Magazine and I even talked to him a few times via Twitter. I have to say that what I like most about him is that he steps outside the box, especially in terms of the video. Also, the production makes good use of the 60's style drum patterns. Izza, you're alright in my book.
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Exhibit C?! Oh Word?!
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Artist:Jay Electronica
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Track:Exhibit C
It's a pain in the yang trying to blog during the day when I'm at the nefarious "gig" because I don't have the chance to post certain things when I have thoughts fresh in my brain. But, since I have the opportunity I'll try my best to pull my ideas together from early today. First, I wanted to say that I've been listening to Jay Electronica for close to two years now (maybe longer) and his lyri...
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Grooves In The '90''s: Raphael Saadiq "Get Involved"
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"It's the S-A-Double D-I-Q/Yo, he wanna get involved with you"This is used to be one of my favorite songs during the era that Neo-Soul had a bit of power on the airwaves, it's a bit tragic to see that ten years later that the variety of music I once heard on the radio no longer exists but hey with time comes change so instead of complaining about the radio, I just plug into my iTunes and party ...
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My Favorite Cypher from the BET Hip-Hop Awards
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Three of my favorite MC's in one cipher/cypher... Who could ask for more?! All respect due to Black Thought (Philly is in the building) but Mos Def and Eminem did it for me last night. You should've seen my face when I heard Eminem's verse, after all these years he's showing no signs of lyrical fatigue.
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Diggin' In My Crates: Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Lots Of Lovin (Remix)"
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Track:Lots of Lovin
Just in case you didn't know, Pete Rock And C.L. Smooth were one of the greatest duos in Hip-Hop and their albums Mecca and The Soul Brother and The Main Ingredient are instant classics and that's just based on the production alone. The group truly had a terrific chemistry, as Pete's beats were so soulful that they provided C.L.'s vocals with such a lush foundation that no matter which flow he ...
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