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“Lord Jamar will live long…”

How do you balance being a hip-hop devotee (or in Lord J’s case, a hip-hop practicioner) while being a good father?
Check this article out and see…
I used to bump Brand Nubian and I still do on occasion. I have had (at one time or another) Reel to Reel(Grand Puba’s solo joint), Foundation, All for [...]

You know what…

After Ludacris’s Georgia, I actually thought about liking the Field Mob. After this video, they have shown how ignorant they really are. Dissing New York in hip-hop, is almost tantamount to dissing Nashville in country music (what happened to the western?). These insolent bastards need to know their place. Hip-hop is [...]

things that rhyme with fifteen and Ghostface Killah

11, 12, 13, 14, 15…
can’t think of nothing that rhymes with fifteen…
“Cheatin” Little Brother, The Minstrel Show 2005
All of my Little Brother fans will know what I mean…
latrine
Listerine
serene
unseen
wolverine
tangerine
Charlie Sheen
ruptured spleen
Khalid El-Amin
congolene
almondine
A. C. Green
St. Augustine
Damn, I sound like Ghostface now…no disrespect to Tony Starks but he comes with some random shit sometimes. It’s actually one [...]

What if there was no sampling…

Think about how hip-hop would sound with no sampling…
I guess I am biased because I am a huge fan of sampling. There’s nothing like embodying the original like when DJ Premier scratches up a sample ’step-step-up’ (as in “Step in the Arena” which is in the headphones now) to strengthen the song or twisting the [...]

people still taking rapping for a joke…

This article says so much, I can’t do it justice.

 

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