Articles Posted October 2011
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Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
Lupe Fiasco is back on the saddle for a new mixtape, Friend of the People, which he plans to release around Thanksgiving. “Lightwork,” the first treat from the project, finds Lu flowing over Bessnectar’s remix…
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One On One With Tragedy Khadafi (Part 2): “Stagnation Is Death”
Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Tragedy Khadafi. This week, things get a little more serious as we delve into Tragedy’s religious beliefs, his philosophies and views on education and society as a whole. Grab a tall drink, we’re in it for the long haul.
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Cuban Linx – Swoon Units
Hello. Your favorite blogfather here with a new installment of Cuban Linx. Pop the lid for today’s top stories.
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Jay Smooth On Occupy Wall Street ‘Outing The Ringers’
Real talk. Love how Jay started from a third person perspective and ends up saying ‘we.’ As in, we are the 99%.
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DJ Premier Kept Justin Bieber Out Of The BET Cyphers
Justin Bieber asked if he could do the cypher. Everybody was worried that it might mess of the integrity of BET. So I said, ‘Yo, as long as he got a dope rhyme, let him…
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Statik Selektah – Population Control Ft. Sean Price & Termanology (Video)
Take a trip down the block with these fellas in the video for the title track of Statik Selektah’s new album. It’s Kimbo Price & Lil’ Manny Pacquiao F*ck them non-believers, we do got classics…
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Classics Revisited: Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
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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New Roots Album ‘Undun’ Drops This December
The Roots “Make My” featuring Big K.R.I.T Mark December 6th (a day late if you choose to participate in the Saint Nick festivities round my ‘hood) on your calendars as it’s the day The Roots…
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Torae Preps Solo-Debut ‘For The Record’
Torae will be releasing his solo-debut LP, ‘For The Record,’ on November 1st and besides donning the production hat himself he has secured a smorgasbord of producers that’ll have anybody who owned a backpack near…
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BGDBoom Presents: Boom Shottas 11
Despite the name of this site being ‘The Rap Up’ regular Trubians know we always keep an eye peeled on the genre’s extended family as well. So when TRU nation brethren Enigmatik shot over a…
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Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire – Lost In Translation (Review)
Bringing New York back. Who the hell still wants that stigma attached to his career? It qualifies you to an increasingly insular demographic of rap of fans who either rally behind otherwise unremarkable, average emcees…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Lecrae (The Christian Rapper on Statik Selektah’s new album)
“You probably watchin’ like ‘I never heard of him / I’d murder him / the nerve of him / rockin’ with P-p-p-p-remier, that’s so absurd of him’” -Lecrae Perhaps that verse during the 2011 BET…
