July 2011
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“That’s how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who...”
– Snoop Dogg 
Jul 31st
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Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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“Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only...”
– Eminem 
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 20th
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“I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more...”
– Tupac Shakur 
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Album Review: Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
BY ROB SHEFFIELD (Via RollingStone) Hyped hip-hop phenoms are like new cars: They depreciate in value as soon as they drive off the lot. For every Nas living up to his advance buzz, there’s a Canibus done in by the heads’ great expectations. Eminem has plenty of hype to justify. He’s not only the first new protege from Dr. Dre in years, he’s the first new sound from Dr....
Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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“You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a...”
– Dr. Dre 
Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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Album Review: Jay-Z - The Black Album
BY PITCHFORK STAFF (Via Pitchfork) For Shawn Carter, the last seven years have been ridiculous. In 1996, he came up from an impoverished childhood in New York’s Marcy projects to record a debut that would eventually come to be considered one of hip-hop’s landmark albums, and spent the succeeding six years dominating Billboard charts, filling the East Coast void left by...
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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“I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be...”
– Jay-Z 
Jul 9th
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Jul 7th
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Jul 5th
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Album Review: Dr. Dre - The Chronic
BY MATT JUSS (Via RefinedHype) There are a lot of things that can be said about Dr. Dre’s album, “The Chronic”. That it’s an inventive, unique, fantastic piece of music and a memorable debut. Or that it embodies what it means to be ‘West Coast’ and live the ‘gangsta’ lifestyle. And although all of that is accurate, I think a quote from Kanye West describes “The Chronic” in perfect terms.  Read...
Jul 5th
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Jul 5th
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Marvin Gaye What's Going On - Album Review
BY ERIC HENDERSON (Via Slant Magazine) After hearing a preliminary mix of Marvin Gaye’sWhat’s Going On, with its unabashedly passive advocacy for peace and love, Motown head Berry Gordy refused to release the record. Gordy wasn’t offended by Gaye’s embrace of countercultural politics—Stevie Wonder had already released a few decidedly bleeding-heart singles such as...
Jul 4th
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Jul 4th
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Jul 4th