Archive for the ‘Throwback Thursday’ Category
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving to everybody out there!
Those of us who love hip-hop have to be thankful to the pioneers... the people who started this shit and allowed us to enjoy and participate in the artform. If it wasn't for songs like "The Message" there would be no Jay-Z... no Lil' Wayne... no ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
This week was sort of like a Firm reunion with Nature dropping his lastest album, Pain Killer, and AZ dropping two CD's full of hits and rare tracks. Unfortunately, despite all that talent and promise, The Firm didn't evolve much past their first LP, and while Nature certainly held his ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Sadat X... has there been a rapper that's been singled out simply because of his voice as much as Sadat? Probably not. You either love him or you hate him... and those who hate him just hate his voice. Regardless of the criticism, Sadat just keeps on going... his latest ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
"although it seems heaven sent, we ain't ready to see a black president"
It's funny how closely this song relates to Obama's historic run to president. From the above lyric to the song's title... "Changes"... to Pac's message. The correlation is straight up eerie. It's too bad that Pac isn't alive to witness this ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween!
The Geto Boys "My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me" captures the essence of the spirit of Halloween better than any other hip-hop track... as all three emcee's battle with inner demons.
Halloween isn't really about "Trick or Treat"... it's really All Hallows Eve as it is the evening before All ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Well the Phillies won the World Series... so we might as well bring you Philly's finest. Here's "Proceed" from The Roots... this weeks throwback joint.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
This week's throwback joint is "Crush", a lost gem from Big Shug produced by Primo. This is one of those tracks that I probably would have forgot existed if it weren't for the internet.
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Sometimes it's funny how rappers and fans alike talk about how terrible hip-hop is now... when you had artists like Main Source talking about "Fakin' The Funk" all the way back in 1992. The wack MC is not a new phenomenon...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Quite possibly one of the greatest hip hop videos of all time..."Operation Lockdown" is a certified classic.
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Heltah Skeltah - Ruck 'N Roll (Video)
Heltah Skeltah - Everything Is Heltah Skeltah (Video)
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
With LL Cool J releasing his thirteenth album, Exit 13, this week we bring you the quinessential LL video. Mama Said Knock You Out remains LL's best album to date, and the video for the title track is about as simple, and hard, as you can get.
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LL Cool J - ...
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