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N.W.A. - 100 Miles and Runnin' (August 16, 1990)

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2008-09-05 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music to whet the appetites of the millions of suburban white kids who lived vicariously through the gangsta acts depicted in verse by Dre, Ren, and Eric Wright. DJ Yella and Dr. Dre tried their best to create a different sound, in a further effort to deviate from their origins, and although Dre gets the majority of the credit for the...
 
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Royce Da 5'9" - Independent's Day (June 28, 2005)

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2008-09-03 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music for your actual fans, and we'll support the hell out of it. Sound good? The only problem with that plan of attack is trying to determine how many Royce fans there are left after that song he did with fucking Willa Ford 3. RIDE (FEAT BIG HERK & JUAN Utilizing one of the most generic titles in hip hop history, Royce proves that, yes, he...
 
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Theodore Unit - 718 (August 3, 2004)

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2008-09-01 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music from a 1970's cop show, Trife impresses the hell out of me with his solo offering. Trife has always been one of the better Wu-Tang weed carriers in my eyes, and he spits over this awesome beat as if he had been waiting for the opportunity his entire life 3. '88 FREESTYLE (GHOSTFACE KILLAH & TRIFE DA GOD Ghost and Trife sound off over...
 
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My Gut Reaction: Fergie - The Dutchess (September 13, 2006)

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2008-08-30 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music, this song will be seen as having no consequence whatsoever. But, in truth, it isn't bad 13. FINALLY This sounds like the type of plaintive ballad that the female lead would sing in a bad movie musical, possibly while staring at the moon, while a montage plays out a sequence featuring Fergie and Josh Duhamel acting playful and meeting...
 
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My Gut Reaction: Salt 'N Pepa - Hot, Cool, & Vicious (1986)

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2008-08-29 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...musical selections of advertising firms the world over Here, for your reading pleasure, is Hot, Cool, & Vicious 1. PUSH IT (REMIX You already know this song: no point in pretending otherwise. (I never knew the version that I'm most familiar with was a remix , though: I guess I've never actually heard the original 12-inch track.) I noticed...
 
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Bahamadia - Kollage (March 19, 1996)

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2008-08-28 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music is meant to entertain, and Guru talks it up as if Kollage will change the way you perceive the world and solve the mortgage crisis in America. Groan 6. I CONFESS I never liked this song, but I still bought the CD maxi-single back in the day anyway. Why, you may ask? The other track showcased on the single was "3 The Hard Way", and it...
 
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My Gut Reaction: Jean Grae - Attack Of The Attacking Things (The Dirty Mixes) (August 6, 2002)

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2008-08-27 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
Rapper Jean Grae, whose real name is Tsidi Ibrahim, is from New York by way of Cape Town, South Africa. She is best known as an underground emcee who, essentially, rips the shit out of whatever verse she happens to be contributing to on any given day. She has recorded tracks under various aliases with some of hip hop's heavyweights, and when I...
 
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Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (August 25, 1998)

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2008-08-26 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music stalwarts the Fugees, sold a gazillion copies, primarily off of the strength of a cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" sang by group member Lauryn Hill, music fans the world over waited with bated breath for her solo album, which was promised shortly thereafter. So when the first Fugees member to release a solo album dropped The...
 
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My Gut Reaction: Lil' Kim - Hard Core (November 12, 1996)

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2008-08-25 12:00:00 by Max in Hip Hop Isn't Dead
...music critics, primarily for her skill behind the mic and her confident, over-the-top persona (she has compared herself to Pamela Anderson frequently, although I'm not sure what that has to do with hip hop). This direction earned her a flock of fans and a place as a media darling, which even scored her a Grammy award and an opportunity to...
 
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