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SPITTIN' FIRE
posted: September 25, 2009
Like a lot of rappers out there, Brooklyn-born Wordspit didn’t grow up behind a white picket fence. With a drug-addled mother and a hustler/musician father, his childhood was anything but idyllic. Writing became comfort, then…
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Q&A … AND GENERAL CONVERSATION… WITH ?UESTLOVE
posted: September 1, 2009
Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson, drummer extraordinaire and co-founder of the hardest working hip hop band, The Roots, talks with OurStage during a break from taping the Jimmy Fallon Show. Beside touring all over the world, The…
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SHE RA
posted: August 24, 2009
It’s not often you read a rapper’s blog and find a quote from William Faulkner. Or a critique of the new Harper’s Bazaar cover. But then again, it’s not often you come across a rapper…
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
posted: August 10, 2009
The game of hip hop is one that’s fraught with disses and beefs, rodomontade and schadenfreude. These aren’t friendly waters for a newcomer, and many don’t survive first impact. When a young MC steps up…
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FIRE ON THE DANCE FLOOR
posted: August 7, 2009
Remember that old Prego commercial that touted all the ingredients in their spaghetti sauce with the refrain, It’s in there!? Shinobi Ninja is very much the Prego of party music. Thirty seconds into their club…
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BETTING ON GAMBLE
posted: July 24, 2009
When it comes to hip hop, Chi-Town has been good to us. Common, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco make up the upper echelon of Second City rappers, with plenty of young talent vying to join…
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