Articles Posted November 2011
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Classics Revisited: Slick Rick – The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
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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The Real Story Behind Jay-Z’s #OWS Shirt Controversy
You might’ve seen it hit the web a couple days ago but unless you ordered one right away the window of opportunity had closed. Now the Rocawear #Occupy shirt is back. There’s a boatload of…
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Erick Sermon Suffered A Heart Attack
Erick Sermon had a heart attack Saturday. There’s really no snappy comment to make about this and even if there were I wouldn’t. Thankfully he already let the world know he was fine for now…
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$17,000 Needed For One More Hit [UPDATED]
‘One More Hit’ is a documentary on Pharcyde producer J Swift’s battle with crack addiction. The homie Khal hipped us to the fact that the film is almost done but needs some additional funds and…
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Russia Turns Up The Heat With A ‘Sexy’ Voting Campaign
Russian parliament has their underwear up in a bunch over what the opposition sees as an uncouth campaign trying to make voting ‘sexy’ to young folk, who they are having a hard time with convincing…
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DMX Performs New Religious Rap On ‘Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers’
“When I think I don’t deserve it / I think about Jesus / and the fact that He was perfect / and that He thinks that I’m worth it…” DMX, who is no stranger to…
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THIS ISN’T DUBSTEP! (a Venn Diagram)
Read any random post on a dubstep song anywhere online and there’s a fat chance you’ll see multiple comments like “THIS ISN’T DUBSTEP!”, “YES IT IS!” and everything in between. When a genre reaches a…
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The Black Keys Break New Ground In Vinyl Production With Limited Edition 12″
Black Friday this year doesn’t strictly mean the culmination of consumer culture as we clamor to spend our money on the crumbs thrown to us to power-hungry multinational corporations, while we convince ourselves we’re actually…
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Blu ft. U-God – DoinNothin’ (Video)
Oh dang. I fully admit to sleeping on this record. Blu, Wu & Flylo on a single track though? Consider that a thorough wake-up call! Video by David M Helman and Ruffmercy. If you’ll excuse,…
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DOWNLOAD: Playdough + Heath McNease – Wed, White, and Wu
Wed White and Wu by Wed White and Wu Serious. Fun. Like Heath McNease did with his Straight Outta Console mixtape of 8-bit Nintendo-samples and rhymes this summer, The Greasy Choir Boy is back to…
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Jasiri X Stands By His Words, #OCW Silencers Be Damned
Whenever I hear from Jasiri X my respect for the guy grows. A lot of rappers liken themselves to Tony Montana but seem to forget a crucial aspect of his (fictional) character; All I have…
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The Roots Release Two(!) Albums In The Fourth Quarter
Speaking to TRU’s Aaron earlier this week we hit the topic of this year’s fourth quarter looking uncharacteristically tame (Still got that Common to look forward to but other than that? Meh.). Seems like all…
