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For no other reason than it may help pass the few remaining hours in the office before the weekend comes, here are six of my favorite examples of storytelling in hip hop:
Boogie Down Productions - Love's Gonna Getcha
In just under five minutes, KRS-1 manages to condense the ...
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I count several of the independent artists that get featured on this site as friends of some level or another, but Rhode Island's Charlie Carvalho, better known by his stage name of Chachi, is the one emcee who I've been down with years before he ever started performing. For that reason, ...
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As an artform that's seen a number of its most significant contributors pass before their time, hip hop has had more than its fair share of opportunities to master the art of the posthumous tribute album. Yet it is the very rare occasion in which an album featuring the work of a deceased ...
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Reef the Lost Cauze and Haji Haj of
Dumhi - Squeeze Last year Zilla and Nico put
me up on this dude named Haj who was producing under the name Dumhi and who, coincidentally, went to college about a block and half from where I grew up. ...
Reef the Lost Cauze and Haji Haj of Dumhi - Squeeze (Video)
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Ever since the first time I heard Kid Capri's classic 52 Beats mixtape , an event that immediately inspired me to go on the first of what would become numerous vinyl-purchasing binges, I've always had a soft spot for break beat mixes. I recently even went so far as to vote DJ Semantik's ...
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Not content with simply representing for the most talented duo in independent hip hop ( as if you don't know ), Beat Garden Entertainment recently expanded its roster to include Brooklyn-born emcee Curly Castro. His new mixtape with DJ Ambush, Phatman and Likklebwoy , which Castro had been ...
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Bilal Abdul-Hakeem - A Playstation Cost More than
a Choppa About a year ago, I put up
a video from Louisiana rapper Bilal Abdul-Hakeem, A Playstation Cost More than a Choppa . As I said at the time, I was caught off guard by the idea of ...
A Playstation Cost More than a Choppa (Conscious Rap ...
DJ IZOH - Kizakura
Not a whole lot needs to be said to intro this video: DMC Champ DJ Izoh, a Japanese turtablist/b-boy/black-belt-in-training, cuts up a record while traveling through various scenic locales in Japan. It's dope, it's short, go watch it. Click here to read the comments ...
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Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn
When I was in grade school, I used to listen to Boogie Down Productions on a constant basis. At such a young age, however, the meaning behind much of KRS-1's lyrics flew right over my head. It was good enough that the beats were dope, so I ...
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I generally try to avoid jacking material wholesale from other sites, but I'll make an exception for my man Mally. As part of DJBooth's ongoing Freestyle Series , Mally contributed his song By Any Means , which uses Blu's Thank U instrumental. Peep:
Mally - By Any Means
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Beastie Boys - Promos for U68
Way back in the day, when MtV was almost exclusively devoted to rock and their lineup of artists was just as white as a 20-watt light bulb , there weren't a whole lot of outlets for hip hop videos. TBS, a station that these days is primarily of note for ...
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With the basketball season about to start tonight, I thought this would be a good time to put up a few of my favorite rap songs involving NBA players. The following videos are by no means the best examples of NBA rap, certainly not by any musical standards, but merely the few that have managed ...
