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7 Songs Sampled Differently By Separate Songsmiths
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With all the controversy surrounding Lupe’s ‘recreation’ of the iconic TROY beat, you’d almost think hip-hop acts never dared mining a song for sampling material already dug up before them. While there’s of course extra…
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Classics Revisited: DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…..
May 29, 2012 | 4 Comments">4 Comments
These days, the word “classic” is thrown around as loosely as a Nerf ball at a picnic. However, we at TRU consider classics to be something which stand the test of time and have a…
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VIDEO: Pusha T – Exodus 23:1
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You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Seems pretty clear what Pusha is getting at referring to that line with the title of…
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Bobby Womack Returns As ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’
May 28, 2012 | 1 Comment">1 Comment
“I was ostracised from the music community when I was 21 (on marrying Barbra Cooke, Sam Cooke’s widow). I feel like after 45 years Damon has welcomed me back in.”
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Land Yourself On A Track With A Black Hippy Through The TDE Feature Contest
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Grab your chance and rap or sing your ass of on one of these two instrumentals and maybe you’ll be joined soon by Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock or Schoolboy Q!
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Snap Judgment: Cocaine 80s Ft. Nas – “Chain Glow”
May 23, 2012 | 1 Comment">1 Comment
The newest track to emerge from NO I.D.’s Cocaine 80s collective, Chain Glow, features some serious percussion that might at first sound a bitt muffled and chaotic but after a couple bars starts to provide…
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Rizoh’sTRU Radio 81May 24, 2012 with 6 Comments">6 Comments
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DOWNLOAD: David Banner – Sex, Drugs & Video Games
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Culture
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7 Songs Sampled Differently By Separate Songsmiths
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The Boondocks Returns with Season 4
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Bobby Womack Returns As ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’
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Land Yourself On A Track With A Black Hippy Through The TDE Feature Contest
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Lil Wayne Responds To Pusha T’s Drake Diss
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Pusha T Drops Scathing Drake Diss: Exodus 23:1
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Cuban Linx: For Corners
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Reviews
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Classics Revisited: DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…..
May 29, 2012 with 4 Comments">4 Comments
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Snap Judgment: Cocaine 80s Ft. Nas – “Chain Glow”
May 23, 2012 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
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Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music: Everything You Want From A Rap Record
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Classics Revisited: Outkast – ATLiens
May 14, 2012 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
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A Conversation On Lecrae’s Church Clothes
May 12, 2012 with 2 Comments">2 Comments
TRU Brain Trust
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The Brain Trust Reviews B.o.B.’s Strange Clouds
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The Brain Trust On Schoolboy Q’s ‘Habits & Contradictions’
February 17, 2012 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
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The 11 Best Rap Albums of 2011
January 01, 2012 with 2 Comments">2 Comments
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The Top 20 Rap Songs Of 2011
December 29, 2011 with 2 Comments">2 Comments
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BT Review: The Roots – undun
December 12, 2011 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
Girls
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Cuban Linx: For Corners
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Selena Gomez Did Something in a Bikini
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Rosa Acosta Shakes Her Cakes in ‘Entourage’ Promo Clip
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Cuban Linx: Jimmi Diggin’ Cats
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The Biz
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Behind The Scenes Of Nas’ The Don Video
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How 50 Cent Changed The Game
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The Future Is Now: Spotify Adds Embed Codes
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TDE Becomes A Subsidiary Of Interscope/Aftermath
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Nas Remebering Amy Winehouse (Video) [Re-Upped]
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Lists
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7 Songs Sampled Differently By Separate Songsmiths
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7 Unexpected Collabos By Rappers Outside Of Their Genre
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5 Modern Rap Albums Reimagined as ‘Pen & Pixel’ Covers
April 25, 2012 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
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10 Hip-Hop Artists To Follow On Instagram
April 18, 2012 with 1 Comment">1 Comment
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Holy Week Through Hip Hop
April 07, 2012 with 2 Comments">2 Comments
