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Coat of Many Colors
posted: August 8, 2012
Lots of rappers spit about the spoils of their stardom”Bentleys, diamonds, Louis Vuitton luggage. Not many, and maybe none, have taken all that money they’ve made through record sales and donated it to charity. Except,…
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Testify
posted: June 6, 2012
Spirituality is a personal thing. Some people wear theirs on their sleeve, witnessing to anyone willing to listen. Others prefer to keep their religion between them and their god ¦ or gods ¦ or goddesses.…
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Check Baby, Check Baby
posted: September 26, 2011
Mike Check started his career in music behind the kit, eventually trading sticks for a pen and becoming a songwriter. Turns out it was a good swap. Today Check is one of New York’s up-and-coming…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: January 7, 2011
The Good Kanye’s Monster gets the Muppets treatment Watching the Muppets rap Kanye West’s Monster is both hilarious and distressing. Count Von Count opening with Bitch I’m a monster / No good bloodsucker is entirely…
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Hip Hop Habit: Mick Lawrence
posted: December 21, 2010
A transitional year in the world of hip hop, 1998 straddled the change from the gangster rap of the mid 90s to the epidemic of suburban white boy rappers in the early ’00s. There were many notable…
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Hip Hop Habit: Yes Lord
posted: October 19, 2010
As a man with familial connections to Northern Philadelphia, I’ll be the first to tell you the day-to-day existence there is less than rosy. Needless to say, growing up in that environment is tough, but surviving it with…
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